Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27539581›Full record

ReviewClinical and translational medicine2016

Therapeutic use of stem cells for cardiovascular disease.

Whitney Faiella, Rony Atoui

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Review in Clinical and translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Opportunities and challenges in stem cell therapy in cardiovascular diseases: Position standing in 2022.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Whitney FaiellaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Health Sciences North, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, P3E 5J1, Canada.
Rony AtouiDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Health Sciences North, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, P3E 5J1, Canada. rony.atoui@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-2109
Health Sciences North · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell treatments are a desirable therapeutic option to regenerate myocardium and improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Several different types of cells have been explored, each with their own benefits and limitations. Induced pluripotent stem cells possess an embryonic-like state and therefore have a high proliferative capacity, but they also pose a risk of teratoma formation. Mesenchymal stem cells have been investigated from both bone marrow and adipose tissue. Their immunomodulatory characteristics may permit the use of allogeneic cells as universal donor cells in the future. Lastly, studies have consistently shown that cardiac stem cells are better able to express markers of cardiogenesis compared to other cell types, as well improve cardiac function. The ideal source of stem cells depends on multiple factors such as the ease of extraction/isolation, effectiveness of engraftment, ability to differentiate into cardiac lineages and effect on cardiac function. Although multiple studies highlight the benefits and limitations of each cell type and reinforce the successful potential use of these cells to regenerate damaged myocardium, more studies are needed to directly compare cells from various sources. It is interesting to note that research using stem cell therapies is also expanding to treat other cardiovascular diseases including non-ischemic cardiomyopathies.

Indexed as

Adipose tissueBone marrowCardiac stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsMesenchymal stem cellsMyocardial infarctionStem cell therapy

Identifiers

PMID27539581
PMCPMC4990528
OpenAlexW2512289339

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