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ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2023

The Therapeutic Potential of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Premature Ovarian Failure.

Amna Umer, Nasar Khan, David Lawrence Greene, Umm E Habiba, Sabiha Shamim, Asma Umer Khayam

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Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Amna Umer *R3 Medical and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd, Jahangir Multiplex, H-13 Sector, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Nasar Khan *R3 Medical and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd, Jahangir Multiplex, H-13 Sector, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan. nkhan@r3stemcell.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9196-9321
David Lawrence GreeneR3 Medical and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd, Jahangir Multiplex, H-13 Sector, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Umm E HabibaR3 Medical and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd, Jahangir Multiplex, H-13 Sector, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Sabiha ShamimR3 Medical and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd, Jahangir Multiplex, H-13 Sector, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Asma Umer KhayamDepartment of Biochemistry, Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
FuelCell Energy (United States) · USQuaid-i-Azam University · PKScottsdale Research Institute (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Premature ovarian failure (POF) affects 1% of women under 40, leading to infertility. The clinical symptoms of the POF include hypoestrogenism, lack of mature follicles, hypergonadotropinism, and amenorrhea. POF can be caused due to genetic defects, autoimmune illnesses, and environmental factors. The conventional treatment of POF remains a limited success rate. Therefore, an innovative treatment strategy like the regeneration of premature ovaries by using human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) can be a choice. To summarize all the theoretical frameworks for additional research and clinical trials, this review article highlights all the results, pros, and cons of the hUC-MSCs used to treat POF. So far, the data shows promising results regarding the treatment of POF using hUC-MSCs. Several properties like relatively low immunogenicity, multipotency, multiple origins, affordability, convenience in production, high efficacy, and donor/recipient friendliness make hUC-MSCs a good choice for treating basic POF. It has been reported that hUC-MSCs impact and enhance all stages of injured tissue regeneration by concurrently stimulating numerous pathways in a paracrine manner, which are involved in the control of ovarian fibrosis, angiogenesis, immune system modulation, and apoptosis. Furthermore, some studies demonstrated that stem cell treatment could lead to hormone-level restoration, follicular activation, and functional restoration of the ovaries. Therefore, all the results in hand regarding the use of hUC-MSCs for the treatment of POF encourage researchers for further clinical trials, which will overcome the ongoing challenges and make this treatment strategy applicable to the clinic in the near future.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationPrimary Ovarian InsufficiencyFemaleHumansUmbilical CordHuman Umbilical CordInfertilityMesenchymal Stem CellsOvarian FunctionPremature Ovarian Failure

Identifiers

PMID36520408
PMCPMC10070285
OpenAlexW4311581960

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