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ArticleCell medicine2011

Management of Liver Failure: From Transplantation to Cell-Based Therapy.

Maria Giovanna Francipane, Melchiorre Cervello, Giovanni Battista Vizzini, Giada Pietrosi, Giuseppe Montalto

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Article in Cell medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Maria Giovanna FrancipaneInstitute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology "Alberto Monroy," National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy; †Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Melchiorre CervelloInstitute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology "Alberto Monroy," National Research Council (CNR) , Palermo , Italy.
Giovanni Battista Vizzini‡ Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy , Palermo , Italy.
Giada Pietrosi‡ Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy , Palermo , Italy.
Giuseppe Montalto† Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, University of Palermo , Palermo , Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The severe shortage of deceased donor organs has driven a search for alternative methods of treating liver failure. In this context, cell-based regenerative medicine is emerging as a promising interdisciplinary field of tissue repair and restoration, able to contribute to improving health in a minimally invasive fashion. Several cell types have allowed long-term survival in experimental models of liver injury, but their therapeutic potential in humans should be regarded with deep caution, because few clinical trials are currently available and the number of patients enrolled so far is too small to assess benefits versus risks. This review summarizes the current literature on the physiological role of endogenous stem cells in liver regeneration and on the therapeutic benefits of exogenous stem cell administration with specific emphasis on the potential clinical uses of mesenchymal stem cells. Moreover, critical points that still need clarification, such as the exact identity of the stem-like cell population exerting the beneficial effects, as well as the limitations of stem cell-based therapies, are discussed.

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Bone marrow-derived stem cellsEndothelial progenitor cellsFetal liver stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsIntrahepatic stem cellsMesenchymal stem cells

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PMID26998399
PMCPMC4789314

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