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ArticleGene therapy2019

Sufficiency for inducible Caspase-9 safety switch in human pluripotent stem cells and disease cells.

Toshinobu Nishimura, Haojun Xu, Masayuki Iwasaki, Daiki Karigane, Brandon Saavedra, Yusuke Takahashi, Fabian P Suchy, Shinichiro Monobe, Renata M Martin, Manami Ohtaka and 6 more

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Article in Gene therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

16 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Toshinobu Nishimura *Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. toshinob@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5425-1708
Haojun Xu *Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-1945
Masayuki Iwasaki *Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3003-3853
Daiki KariganeInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-5193
Brandon SaavedraInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-9993
Yusuke TakahashiInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-9088
Fabian P SuchyInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-5360
Shinichiro MonobeInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Renata M MartinInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2996-4260
Manami OhtakaBiotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan.
Mahito NakanishiBiotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan.
Scott R BurrowsQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, 4006, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-0472
Michael L ClearyInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-3223
Ravindra MajetiInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5814-0984
Akira ShibuyaDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
Hiromitsu NakauchiInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. nakauchi@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9841-6973
Stanford University · USNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JPCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine · USInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine · INQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUTokyo Women's Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have promising potential for opening new avenues in regenerative medicine. However, since the tumorigenic potential of undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) is a major safety concern for clinical transplantation, inducible Caspase-9 (iC9) is under consideration for use as a fail-safe system. Here, we used targeted gene editing to introduce the iC9 system into human iPSCs, and then interrogated the efficiency of inducible apoptosis with normal iPSCs as well as diseased iPSCs derived from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML-iPSCs). The iC9 system induced quick and efficient apoptosis to iPSCs in vitro. More importantly, complete eradication of malignant cells without AML recurrence was shown in disease mouse models by using AML-iPSCs. In parallel, it shed light on several limitations of the iC9 system usage. Our results suggest that careful use of the iC9 system will serve as an important countermeasure against posttransplantation adverse events in stem cell transplantation therapies.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsPluripotent Stem CellsAnimalsApoptosisCaspase 9Cell DifferentiationCell LineHumansMiceCaspase 9

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PMID32704085
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