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Potential Therapies Using Myogenic Stem Cells Combined with Bio-Engineering Approaches for Treatment of Muscular Dystrophies.

Norio Motohashi, Yuko Shimizu-Motohashi, Thomas C Roberts, Yoshitsugu Aoki

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Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Norio MotohashiDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.
Yuko Shimizu-MotohashiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan.
Thomas C RobertsDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
Yoshitsugu AokiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan. tsugu56@ncnp.go.jp.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a group of heterogeneous genetic disorders caused by mutations in the genes encoding the structural components of myofibres. The current state-of-the-art treatment is oligonucleotide-based gene therapy that restores disease-related protein. However, this therapeutic approach has limited efficacy and is unlikely to be curative. While the number of studies focused on cell transplantation therapy has increased in the recent years, this approach remains challenging due to multiple issues related to the efficacy of engrafted cells, source of myogenic cells, and systemic injections. Technical innovation has contributed to overcoming cell source challenges, and in recent studies, a combination of muscle resident stem cells and gene editing has shown promise as a novel approach. Furthermore, improvement of the muscular environment both in cultured donor cells and in recipient MD muscles may potentially facilitate cell engraftment. Artificial skeletal muscle generated by myogenic cells and muscle resident cells is an alternate approach that may enable the replacement of damaged tissues. Here, we review the current status of myogenic stem cell transplantation therapy, describe recent advances, and discuss the remaining obstacles that exist in the search for a cure for MD patients.

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Muscle, SkeletalAnimalsCell EngineeringCells, CulturedHumansMiceMuscle CellsMuscle DevelopmentMuscular DystrophiesStem CellsStem Cell Transplantationdystrophyregenerationskeletal musclestem cellstherapy

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PMID31514443
PMCPMC6769835

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