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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease in Children: A Look from Pediatric and Pediatric Surgeon Viewpoints.

Gloria Pelizzo, Serena Silvestro, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Emanuela Mazzon, Valeria Calcaterra

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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 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Old and emerging therapies for childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD): a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gloria PelizzoPediatric Surgery Department, Children's Hospital "Vittore Buzzi", 20154 Milano, Italy.
Serena SilvestroIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Via Provinciale Palermo, Contrada Casazza, 98124 Messina, Italy.
Maria Antonietta AvanziniCell Factory, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6056-9018
Gianvincenzo ZuccottiDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences-L. Sacco, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2795-9874
Emanuela MazzonIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Via Provinciale Palermo, Contrada Casazza, 98124 Messina, Italy.
Valeria CalcaterraDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital "Vittore Buzzi", 20154 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-5974
Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · ITUniversity of Milan · ITPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

Fondo integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca Covid-19, Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca FISR2020IP_02959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been proposed as a potential therapy to treat congenital and acquired lung diseases. Due to their tissue-regenerative, anti-fibrotic, and immunomodulatory properties, MSCs combined with other therapy or alone could be considered as a new approach for repair and regeneration of the lung during disease progression and/or after post- surgical injury. Children interstitial lung disease (chILD) represent highly heterogeneous rare respiratory diseases, with a wild range of age of onset and disease expression. The chILD is characterized by inflammatory and fibrotic changes of the pulmonary parenchyma, leading to gas exchange impairment and chronic respiratory failure associated with high morbidity and mortality. The therapeutic strategy is mainly based on the use of corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and supportive care; however, the efficacy is variable, and their long-term use is associated with severe toxicity. The role of MSCs as treatment has been proposed in clinical and pre-clinical studies. In this narrative review, we report on the currently available on MSCs treatment as therapeutical strategy in chILD. The progress into the therapy of respiratory disease in children is mandatory to ameliorate the prognosis and to prevent the progression in adult age. Cell therapy may be a future therapy from both a pediatric and pediatric surgeon's point of view.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationPediatriciansSurgeonsChildExtracellular VesiclesHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialMesenchymal Stem Cellschildreninterstitial lung diseasemesenchymal stromal cellspediatrics

Identifiers

PMID34943779
PMCPMC8699409
OpenAlexW3216754494

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