Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33803227›Full record

ReviewCells2021

Stem Cells in Cardiovascular Diseases: 30,000-Foot View.

Thomas J Povsic, Bernard J Gersh

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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  5. Stem cell-based therapy for human diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2022
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  7. Mass Customized Outlook for Regenerative Heart Failure Care.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

2 authors.

Thomas J PovsicDepartment of Medicine, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
Bernard J GershDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell and regenerative approaches that might rejuvenate the heart have immense intuitive appeal for the public and scientific communities. Hopes were fueled by initial findings from preclinical models that suggested that easily obtained bone marrow cells might have significant reparative capabilities; however, after initial encouraging pre-clinical and early clinical findings, the realities of clinical development have placed a damper on the field. Clinical trials were often designed to detect exceptionally large treatment effects with modest patient numbers with subsequent disappointing results. First generation approaches were likely overly simplistic and relied on a relatively primitive understanding of regenerative mechanisms and capabilities. Nonetheless, the field continues to move forward and novel cell derivatives, platforms, and cell/device combinations, coupled with a better understanding of the mechanisms that lead to regenerative capabilities in more primitive models and modifications in clinical trial design suggest a brighter future.

Indexed as

AnimalsBioengineeringBone MarrowCardiovascular DiseasesClinical Trials as TopicHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicStem Cellsanginacardiomyopathyclinical trialscongestive heart failureregenerative medicinestem cells

Identifiers

PMID33803227
PMCPMC8001267

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