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ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2019

Is Stem Cell Commerce in Small Animal Therapies Scientifically and Morally Justified?

Luane Lopes Pinheiro, Ana Rita de Lima, Érika Branco

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Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luane Lopes PinheiroInstitute of Animal Health and Production, Federal Rural University of Amazônia, Av. Perimetral, 2501, Belém, Pará, 66.077-830, Brazil. luanelopespinheiro@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6784-7140
Ana Rita de LimaInstitute of Animal Health and Production, Federal Rural University of Amazônia, Av. Perimetral, 2501, Belém, Pará, 66.077-830, Brazil.
Érika BrancoInstitute of Animal Health and Production, Federal Rural University of Amazônia, Av. Perimetral, 2501, Belém, Pará, 66.077-830, Brazil.
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of clear regulations for the use of veterinary stem cells has triggered the commercialization of unproven experimental therapies for companion animal diseases. Adult stem cells have complex biological characteristics that are directly related to the therapeutic application, but several questions remain to be answered. In order to regulate the use of these cells, well-conducted, controlled scientific studies that generate high-quality data should be performed, in order to assess the efficacy and safety of the intended treatment. This paper discusses the scientific challenges of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in veterinary regenerative medicine, and reviews published trials of adipose-tissue-derived stem cells in companion animal diseases that spontaneously occur.

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Animal DiseasesMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAdult Stem CellsAnimalsRegenerative MedicineVeterinary MedicineAdipose-derived stem cell (ASC)CatCell therapyDogSmall animal

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PMID31140074
OpenAlexW2947732217

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