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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2021

Stem cell therapies for autoimmune hepatitis.

Ahmed Lotfy, Aya Elgamal, Anna Burdzinska, Ayman A Swelum, Reham Soliman, Ayman A Hassan, Gamal Shiha

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fibrosis in Immune-Mediated and Autoimmune Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  4. Pharmacotherapy of Liver Fibrosis and Hepatitis: Recent Advances.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  8. [Current status, challenges and reflections on stem cell therapy for liver diseases].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2022
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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ahmed Lotfy *Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt. Lotfy_bio@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9928-0724
Aya Elgamal *Department of Animal Histology and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Badr University in Cairo (BUC), Cairo, Egypt.
Anna BurdzinskaDepartment of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Nowogrodzka 59, 02-006, Warsaw, Poland.
Ayman A SwelumDepartment of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
Reham SolimanTropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
Ayman A HassanEgyptian Liver Research Institute and Hospital (ELRIAH), Mansoura, Egypt.
Gamal ShihaEgyptian Liver Research Institute and Hospital (ELRIAH), Mansoura, Egypt. G_shiha@hotmail.com.
Mansoura University Hospital · EGBadr University in Cairo · EGBeni-Suef University · EGMansoura University · EGMedical University of Warsaw · PLZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic inflammatory hepatic disorder which may cause liver fibrosis. Appropriate treatment of autoimmune hepatitis is therefore important. Adult stem cells have been investigated as therapies for a variety of disorders in latest years. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) were the first known adult stem cells (ASCs) and can give rise to all of the cell types in the blood and immune system. Originally, HSC transplantation was served as a therapy for hematological malignancies, but more recently researchers have found the treatment to have positive effects in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are ASCs which can be extracted from different tissues, such as bone marrow, adipose tissue, umbilical cord, and dental pulp. MSCs interact with several immune response pathways either by direct cell-to-cell interactions or by the secretion of soluble factors. These characteristics make MSCs potentially valuable as a therapy for autoimmune diseases. Both ASC and ASC-derived exosomes have been investigated as a therapy for autoimmune hepatitis. This review aims to summarize studies focused on the effects of ASCs and their products on autoimmune hepatitis.

Indexed as

Hepatitis, AutoimmuneMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAdipose TissueHumansUmbilical CordAutoimmune hepatitisExosomesHematopoietic stem cellsMesenchymal stem cellMesenchymal stromal cellStem cells

Identifiers

PMID34233726
PMCPMC8262021
OpenAlexW3179605502

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Registered trials

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