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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2016

Are Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Parkinson's Disease Ready for the Clinic in 2016?

Roger A Barker, Malin Parmar, Agnete Kirkeby, Anders Björklund, Lachlan Thompson, Patrik Brundin

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Article in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Roger A BarkerJohn van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Cambridge, UK.
Malin ParmarWallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, BMC A11, Lund, Sweden.
Agnete KirkebyWallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, BMC A11, Lund, Sweden.
Anders BjörklundWallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, BMC A11, Lund, Sweden.
Lachlan ThompsonFlorey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Patrik BrundinCenter for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, MI, USA.
Lund University · SEThe University of Melbourne · AUVan Andel Institute · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent news of an impending clinical cell transplantation trial in Parkinson's disease using parthenogenetic stem cells as a source of donor tissue have raised hopes in the patient community and sparked discussion in the research community. Based on discussions held by a global collaborative initiative on translation of stem cell therapy in Parkinson's disease, we have identified a set of key questions that we believe should be addressed ahead of every clinical stem cell-based transplantation trial in this disorder. In this article, we first provide a short history of cell therapy in Parkinson's disease and briefly describe the current state-of-art regarding human stem cell-derived dopamine neurons for use in any patient trial. With this background information as a foundation, we then discuss each of the key questions in relation to the upcoming therapeutic trial and critically assess if the time is ripe for clinical translation of parthenogenetic stem cell technology in Parkinson's disease.

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HumansParkinson DiseaseResearch DesignStem Cell Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID27003785
PMCPMC4927930
OpenAlexW2326453337

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