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ReviewThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics2019

Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Targeting Solid Tumors: Therapeutic Potential beyond Regenerative Therapy.

Shen Cheng, Susheel Kumar Nethi, Sneha Rathi, Buddhadev Layek, Swayam Prabha

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Review in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 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

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

38 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

5 authors.

Shen ChengDepartments of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (S.C., S.K.N., B.L., S.P.) and Pharmaceutics (S.R., S.P.), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota.
Susheel Kumar NethiDepartments of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (S.C., S.K.N., B.L., S.P.) and Pharmaceutics (S.R., S.P.), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota.
Sneha RathiDepartments of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (S.C., S.K.N., B.L., S.P.) and Pharmaceutics (S.R., S.P.), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota.
Buddhadev LayekDepartments of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (S.C., S.K.N., B.L., S.P.) and Pharmaceutics (S.R., S.P.), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota.
Swayam PrabhaDepartments of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (S.C., S.K.N., B.L., S.P.) and Pharmaceutics (S.R., S.P.), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota prabh025@umn.edu.

Funding

Targeting Solid Tumors Using Nano-Engineered MSCsR01EB022558 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PRABHA, SWAYAM · 2016 to 2019
$1.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have previously demonstrated considerable promise in regenerative medicine based on their ability to proliferate and differentiate into cells of different lineages. More recently, there has been a significant interest in using MSCs as cellular vehicles for targeted cancer therapy by exploiting their tumor homing properties. Initial studies focused on using genetically modified MSCs for targeted delivery of various proapoptotic, antiangiogenic, and therapeutic proteins to a wide variety of tumors. However, their use as drug delivery vehicles has been limited by poor drug load capacity. This review discusses various strategies for the nongenetic modification of MSCs that allows their use in tumor-targeted delivery of small molecule chemotherapeutic agents. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: There has been considerable interest in exploiting the tumor homing potential of MSCs to develop them as a vehicle for the targeted delivery of cytotoxic agents to tumor tissue. The inherent tumor-tropic and drug-resistant properties make MSCs ideal carriers for toxic payload. While significant progress has been made in the area of the genetic modification of MSCs, studies focused on identification of molecular mechanisms that contribute to the tumor tropism along with optimization of the engineering conditions can further improve their effectiveness as drug delivery vehicles.

Indexed as

Cell EngineeringAnimalsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsNeoplasmsTranslational Research, Biomedical

Identifiers

PMID31175219
PMCPMC6640188

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