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How to Make Sense out of 75,000 Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Publications?
Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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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.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cell therapy strategies for organ regeneration.BMC medicine · 2026Review
- Effects of Different Forms of Selenium in Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the impact of customized serum-free culture medium on the production of clinical-grade human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: insights for future clinical applications.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Article
- Review
- Powering prescription: Mitochondria as "Living Drugs" - Definition, clinical applications, and industry advancements.Pharmacological research · 2024Review
- Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Based Therapy.Cells · 2023Article
- Extracellular vesicles and their cells of origin: Open issues in autoimmune diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Optimizing an immunomodulatory potency assay for Mesenchymal Stromal Cell.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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4 authors.
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Abstract
Mesenchymal stromal cells have been the subject of an expanding number of studies over the past decades. Today, over 75,000 publications are available that shine light on the biological properties and therapeutic effects of these versatile cells in numerous pre-clinical models and early-phase clinical trials. The massive number of papers makes it hard for researchers to comprehend the whole field, and furthermore, they give the impression that mesenchymal stromal cells are wonder cells that are curative for any condition. It is becoming increasingly difficult to dissect how and for what conditions mesenchymal stromal cells exhibit true and reproducible therapeutic effects. This article tries to address the question how to make sense of 75,000, and still counting, publications on mesenchymal stromal cells.
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