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ArticleInnovative surgical sciences2016

Genetic engineering of mesenchymal stromal cells for cancer therapy: turning partners in crime into Trojan horses.

Hanno Niess, Michael N Thomas, Tobias S Schiergens, Axel Kleespies, Karl-Walter Jauch, Christiane Bruns, Jens Werner, Peter J Nelson, Martin K Angele

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Article in Innovative surgical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hanno NiessDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Michael N ThomasDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Tobias S SchiergensDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Axel KleespiesDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Karl-Walter JauchDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Christiane BrunsDepartment of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, Hospital of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jens WernerDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Peter J NelsonMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Campus Innenstadt, Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen, Arbeitsgruppe Klinische Biochemie, Munich, Germany.
Martin K AngeleDepartment of General, Visceral, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
LMU Klinikum · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are adult progenitor cells with a high migratory and differentiation potential, which influence a broad range of biological functions in almost every tissue of the body. Among other mechanisms, MSCs do so by the secretion of molecular cues, differentiation toward more specialized cell types, or influence on the immune system. Expanding tumors also depend on the contribution of MSCs to building a supporting stroma, but the effects of MSCs appear to go beyond the mere supply of connective tissues. MSCs show targeted "homing" toward growing tumors, which is then followed by exerting direct and indirect effects on cancer cells. Several research groups have developed novel strategies that make use of the tumor tropism of MSCs by engineering them to express a transgene that enables an attack on cancer growth. This review aims to familiarize the reader with the current knowledge about MSC biology, the existing evidence for MSC contribution to tumor growth with its underlying mechanisms, and the strategies that have been developed using MSCs to deploy an anticancer therapy.

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HSV-Tkmesenchymal stromal cellsMSCsuicide gene therapytumor stroma

Identifiers

PMID31579715
PMCPMC6753982
OpenAlexW2560030640

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