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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

Case Report: Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a Therapeutic Intervention for a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient.

Quan Zhang, Kang Huang, Jianlei Lv, Xiang Fang, Jun He, Ailian Lv, Xuan Sun, Lamei Cheng, Yanjun Zhong, Shangjie Wu and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Quan ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Kang HuangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Jianlei LvDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Xiang FangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Jun HeDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Ailian LvDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
Xuan SunSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Lamei ChengSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yanjun ZhongDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Shangjie WuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yao DaiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
The First Hospital of Changsha · CNCentral South University · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNNational Engineering Research Center of Human Stem Cells · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report a critically ill patient who was cured of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Changsha, China. A 66-year-old Chinese woman, with no significant past medical history, developed severe pneumonia-like symptoms and later diagnosed as severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Within 2 months of hospitalization, the patient deteriorated to ARDS including pulmonary edema and SIRS with septic shock. When treatment schemes such as antibiotics plus corticosteroids showed diminished therapeutic value, hUCMSC therapy was compassionately prescribed under the patient's consent of participation. After treatment, there was significant improvement in disease inflammation-related indicators such as IL-4, IL-6, and IL-10. Eventually, it confirmed the therapeutic value that hUCMSCs could dampen the cytokine storm in the critically ill COVID-19 patient and modulated the NK cells. In the continued hUCMSC treatment, gratifying results were achieved in the follow-up of the patient. The data we acquired anticipate a significant therapeutic value of MSC treatment in severe and critically ill patients with COVID-19, while further studies are needed.

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PMID34307417
PMCPMC8298026
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