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ReviewGut and liver2020

Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Liver Disease: Present and Perspectives.

Seong Hee Kang, Moon Young Kim, Young Woo Eom, Soon Koo Baik

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Review in Gut and liver, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seong Hee KangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Moon Young KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Young Woo EomDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Soon Koo BaikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation is an emerging therapy for treating chronic liver diseases. The potential of this treatment has been evaluated in preclinical and clinical studies. Although the mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation are still not completely understood, accumulating evidence has revealed that their immunomodulation, differentiation, and antifibrotic properties play a crucial role in liver regeneration. The safety and therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells in patients with chronic liver disease have been observed in many clinical studies. However, only modest improvements have been seen, partly because of the limited feasibility of transplanted cells at present. Here, we discuss several strategies targeted at improving viable cell engraftment and the potential challenges in the use of extracellular vesicle-based therapies for liver disease in the future.

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseHumansLiver DiseasesLiver RegenerationMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationTreatment OutcomeCell survivalCell transplantationLiver diseaseMesenchymal stromal cells

Identifiers

PMID31581387
PMCPMC7234888
OpenAlexW2977610533

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