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ReviewBlood reviews2021

Promising role for mesenchymal stromal cells in coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19)-related severe acute respiratory syndrome?

Hamdan Hamdan, Shahrukh K Hashmi, Hillard Lazarus, Robert Peter Gale, Wenchun Qu, Riad El Fakih

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In one paragraph

Review in Blood reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Hamdan HamdanDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Shahrukh K HashmiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Oncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hillard LazarusDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Robert Peter GaleHaematology Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Wenchun QuDepartment of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Center of Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Riad El FakihOncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: relfakih1@kfshrc.edu.sa.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SACase Western Reserve University · USImperial College London · GBWinnMed · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have immune regulatory and tissue regenerative properties. MSCs are being studied as a therapy option for many inflammatory and immune disorders and are approved to treat acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and associated coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) has claimed many lives. Innovative therapies are needed. Preliminary data using MSCs in the setting of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 are emerging. We review mechanisms of action of MSCs in inflammatory and immune conditions and discuss a potential role in persons with COVID-19.

Indexed as

AnimalsCOVID-19HumansMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationRespiratory Distress SyndromeSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Mesenchymal stromal cellSARS-CoV2

Identifiers

PMID32854985
PMCPMC7425550
OpenAlexW3048607302

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