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ArticleNature2018

Linking a cell-division gene and a suicide gene to define and improve cell therapy safety.

Qin Liang, Claudio Monetti, Maria V Shutova, Eric J Neely, Sabiha Hacibekiroglu, Huijuan Yang, Christopher Kim, Puzheng Zhang, Chengjin Li, Kristina Nagy and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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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

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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

88 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

14 authors.

Qin LiangLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Claudio MonettiLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Maria V ShutovaLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eric J NeelyLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sabiha HacibekirogluLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Huijuan YangLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher KimLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Puzheng ZhangLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chengjin LiLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kristina NagyLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Maria MileikovskyLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Istvan GyongySchool of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Hoon-Ki SungLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Andras NagyLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. nagy@lunenfeld.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human pluripotent cell lines hold enormous promise for the development of cell-based therapies. Safety, however, is a crucial prerequisite condition for clinical applications. Numerous groups have attempted to eliminate potentially harmful cells through the use of suicide genes

Indexed as

Patient SafetyAnimalsCDC2 Protein KinaseCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DivisionCell ProliferationEmbryonic Stem CellsFemaleGanciclovirGenes, Transgenic, SuicideHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSimplexvirusThymidine KinaseCDC2 Protein KinaseCDK1 protein, humanGanciclovirThymidine Kinase

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