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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2019

Stem cells: past, present, and future.

Wojciech Zakrzewski, Maciej Dobrzyński, Maria Szymonowicz, Zbigniew Rybak

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 799 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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799citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

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

799 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

4 authors.

Wojciech ZakrzewskiDepartment of Experimental Surgery and Biomaterials Research, Wroclaw Medical University, Bujwida 44, Wrocław, 50-345, Poland. tekwoj@hotmail.com.
Maciej DobrzyńskiDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Pedodontics, Krakowska 26, Wrocław, 50-425, Poland.
Maria SzymonowiczDepartment of Experimental Surgery and Biomaterials Research, Wroclaw Medical University, Bujwida 44, Wrocław, 50-345, Poland.
Zbigniew RybakDepartment of Experimental Surgery and Biomaterials Research, Wroclaw Medical University, Bujwida 44, Wrocław, 50-345, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, stem cell therapy has become a very promising and advanced scientific research topic. The development of treatment methods has evoked great expectations. This paper is a review focused on the discovery of different stem cells and the potential therapies based on these cells. The genesis of stem cells is followed by laboratory steps of controlled stem cell culturing and derivation. Quality control and teratoma formation assays are important procedures in assessing the properties of the stem cells tested. Derivation methods and the utilization of culturing media are crucial to set proper environmental conditions for controlled differentiation. Among many types of stem tissue applications, the use of graphene scaffolds and the potential of extracellular vesicle-based therapies require attention due to their versatility. The review is summarized by challenges that stem cell therapy must overcome to be accepted worldwide. A wide variety of possibilities makes this cutting edge therapy a turning point in modern medicine, providing hope for untreatable diseases.

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Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationGraphiteHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsStem CellsStem Cell TransplantationTissue ScaffoldsGraphiteDifferentiationGrowth mediaInduced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)PluripotencyStem cell derivationStem cellsTeratoma formation assayTissue banksTissue transplantation

Identifiers

PMID30808416
PMCPMC6390367

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