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ArticleWorld journal of stem cells2021

First immunohistochemical evidence of human tendon repair following stem cell injection: A case report and review of literature.

Eckhard Alt, Ralf Rothoerl, Matthias Hoppert, Hans-Georg Frank, Tobias Wuerfel, Christopher Alt, Christoph Schmitz

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Article in World journal of stem cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Eckhard AltChairman of the Board, Isarklinikum Munich, Munich 80331, Germany. e.alt@biomed-science.com.
Ralf RothoerlDepartment of Spine Surgery, Isarklinikum Munich, Munich 80331, Germany.
Matthias HoppertDepartment for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Isarklinikum Munich, Munich 80331, Germany.
Hans-Georg FrankChair of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich 80336, Germany.
Tobias WuerfelChair of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich 80336, Germany.
Christopher AltDirector of Science and Research, InGeneron GmbH, Munich 80331, Germany.
Christoph SchmitzChair of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich 80336, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry · DEAltran (France) · FRGEF Ingenieur (Germany) · DEInstitut für Urheber- und Medienrecht · DEMünchen Klinik · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrent clinical treatment options for symptomatic, partial-thickness rotator cuff tear (sPTRCT) offer only limited potential for true tissue healing and improvement of clinical results. In animal models, injections of adult stem cells isolated from adipose tissue into tendon injuries evidenced histological regeneration of tendon tissue. However, it is unclear whether such beneficial effects could also be observed in a human tendon treated with fresh, uncultured, autologous, adipose derived regenerative cells (UA-ADRCs). A specific challenge in this regard is that UA-ADRCs cannot be labeled and, thus, not unequivocally identified in the host tissue. Therefore, histological regeneration of injured human tendons after injection of UA-ADRCs must be assessed using comprehensive, immunohistochemical and microscopic analysis of biopsies taken from the treated tendon a few weeks after injection of UA-ADRCs. CASE SUMMARY: A 66-year-old patient suffered from sPTRCT affecting the right supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendon, caused by a bicycle accident. On day 18 post injury [day 16 post magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination] approximately 100 g of abdominal adipose tissue was harvested by liposuction, from which approximately 75 × 10

conclusionInjection of UA-ADRCs can result in regeneration of injured human tendons by formation of new tendon tissue.

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Adipose derived regenerative cellsCase reportCell-based therapy at point of carePartial-thickness rotator cuff tearStem cellsTendon regeneration

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PMCPMC8316863
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