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ArticleStem cell research & therapy2016

Grafted c-kit

Xi Chen, Zehua Chen, Zhengya Li, Chen Zhao, Yuxiao Zeng, Ting Zou, Caiyun Fu, Xiaoli Liu, Haiwei Xu, Zheng Qin Yin

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Article in Stem cell research & therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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.

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Retinal Organoid Technology: Where Are We Now?International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  15. Organoid-derived C-KitNature communications · 2019
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  18. Bone Marrow CD133Cell transplantation · 2018
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xi ChenSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Zehua ChenSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Zhengya LiSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Chen ZhaoSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Yuxiao ZengSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Ting ZouSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Caiyun FuSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Xiaoli LiuDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Haiwei XuSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. haiweixu2001@163.com.
Zheng Qin YinSouthwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. qinzyin@aliyun.com.
Army Medical University · CNSouthwest Hospital · CNBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite diverse pathogenesis, the common pathological change observed in age-related macular degeneration and in most hereditary retinal degeneration (RD) diseases is photoreceptor loss. Photoreceptor replacement by cell transplantation may be a feasible treatment for RD. The major obstacles to clinical translation of stem cell-based cell therapy in RD remain the difficulty of obtaining sufficient quantities of appropriate and safe donor cells and the poor integration of grafted stem cell-derived photoreceptors into the remaining retinal circuitry.

methodsEye-wall c-kit

resultsEye-wall c-kit

conclusionsGrafted c-kit

Indexed as

AnimalsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedLewis X AntigenMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinaRetinal DegenerationStem CellsStem Cell TransplantationSynapsesLewis X Antigenc-kitDifferentiationNeuroplasticityRetinal degenerationSynapse formationTransplantation

Identifiers

PMID28038685
PMCPMC5203726
OpenAlexW2561759152

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