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ArticleTherapeutics and clinical risk management2018

Umbilical cord blood stem cells transplantation as an adjunctive treatment strategy for liver cirrhosis in Chinese population: a meta-analysis of effectiveness and safety.

Huimin Tao, Yafeng Li, Tingting Wang, Changhui Zhou

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Article in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Huimin Tao *Department of Gastroenterology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Liaocheng, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yafeng Li *Department of Gastroenterology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Liaocheng, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Tingting WangDepartment of Health Care, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Changhui ZhouDepartment of Central Laboratory, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Liaocheng, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Liaocheng People's Hospital · CNTaishan Medical University · CNWeifang People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of umbilical cord blood stem cells (USCs) transplantation combined with routine supportive therapy (RST) for liver cirrhosis (LC). MATERIALS AND

methodsClinical trials involved in this research were searched from Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Wanfang and CNKI database. Treatment effects, quality of life (QoL), adverse events and other outcome measures were extracted and evaluated.

resultsA total of 10 trials including 616 LC patients were involved in this study. Based on our analysis, the liver function of LC patients was significantly improved after USCs transplantation and RST combined therapy, indicated by decreased total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase levels and prothrombin time and increased serum albumin level and prothrombin activity. Compared to those treated by RST alone, patients treated by combined therapy showed more satisfied treatment effects, improved QoL reflected by improved appetite (odds ratio [OR]=5.43, 95% CI=2.84 to 10.38,

conclusionUSCs transplantation is a safe and effective adjuvant therapy for RST-treated LC, possibly through improving patients' liver function.

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liver cirrhosismeta-analysisroutine supportive therapyumbilical cord blood stem cells

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PMID29520148
PMCPMC5834176
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