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ArticleCells2021

Placenta-Expanded Stromal Cell Therapy in a Rodent Model of Simulated Weightlessness.

Linda Rubinstein, Amber M Paul, Charles Houseman, Metadel Abegaz, Steffy Tabares Ruiz, Nathan O'Neil, Gilad Kunis, Racheli Ofir, Jacob Cohen, April E Ronca and 2 more

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Linda RubinsteinUniversities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
Amber M PaulUniversities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21046, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1657-3618
Charles HousemanSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Metadel AbegazSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Steffy Tabares RuizSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Nathan O'NeilSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2770-6233
Gilad KunisPluristem Ltd., Haifa 31905, Israel.
Racheli OfirPluristem Ltd., Haifa 31905, Israel.
Jacob CohenSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
April E RoncaSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Ruth K GlobusSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Candice G T TahimicSpace Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
Ames Research Center · USPluristem Therapeutics (Israel) · ILUniversity of North Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long duration spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts during flight and re-adaptation after return to Earth. There is an emerging need for NASA to provide successful and reliable therapeutics for long duration missions when capability for medical intervention will be limited. Clinically relevant, human placenta-derived therapeutic stromal cells (PLX-PAD) are a promising therapeutic alternative. We found that treatment of adult female mice with PLX-PAD near the onset of simulated weightlessness by hindlimb unloading (HU, 30 d) was well-tolerated and partially mitigated decrements caused by HU. Specifically, PLX-PAD treatment rescued HU-induced thymic atrophy, and mitigated HU-induced changes in percentages of circulating neutrophils, but did not rescue changes in the percentages of lymphocytes, monocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, T-cells and splenic atrophy. Further, PLX-PAD partially mitigated HU effects on the expression of select cytokines in the hippocampus. In contrast, PLX-PAD failed to protect bone and muscle from HU-induced effects, suggesting that the mechanisms which regulate the structure of these mechanosensitive tissues in response to disuse are discrete from those that regulate the immune- and central nervous system (CNS). These findings support the therapeutic potential of placenta-derived stromal cells for select physiological deficits during simulated spaceflight. Multiple countermeasures are likely needed for comprehensive protection from the deleterious effects of prolonged spaceflight.

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Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyWeightlessnessAnimalsBody WeightCell ProliferationCytokinesFemaleHippocampusMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, AnimalNeurosecretory SystemsOrgan SizePlacentaPregnancyRodentiaCytokinesbone losscell therapyCNScytokineshindlimb unloadinghippocampusimmune systemmuscle atrophyplacentaPLX-PAD cellsspaceflight

Identifiers

PMID33921854
PMCPMC8073415
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