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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Female Infertility Treatment: Protocols and Preliminary Results.

Sofia Chatzianagnosti, Iasonas Dermitzakis, Paschalis Theotokis, Eleni Kousta, George Mastorakos, Maria Eleni Manthou

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. The Use of Stem Cells in Assisted Reproduction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  19. Endometriosis: Future Biological Perspectives for Diagnosis and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sofia ChatzianagnostiSchool of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-3794-2621
Iasonas DermitzakisDepartment of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9134-1083
Paschalis TheotokisDepartment of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8607-6695
Eleni KoustaSchool of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0694-0741
George MastorakosDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolism, Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1929-3275
Maria Eleni ManthouDepartment of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7075-878X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is a global phenomenon that impacts people of both the male and the female sex; it is related to multiple factors affecting an individual's overall systemic health. Recently, investigators have been using mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy for female-fertility-related disorders such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), premature ovarian failure (POF), endometriosis, preeclampsia, and Asherman syndrome (AS). Studies have shown promising results, indicating that MSCs can enhance ovarian function and restore fertility for affected individuals. Due to their regenerative effects and their participation in several paracrine pathways, MSCs can improve the fertility outcome. However, their beneficial effects are dependent on the methodologies and materials used from isolation to reimplantation. In this review, we provide an overview of the protocols and methods used in applications of MSCs. Moreover, we summarize the findings of published preclinical studies on infertility treatments and discuss the multiple properties of these studies, depending on the isolation source of the MSCs used.

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infertility treatmentmesenchymal stem cellsmolecular techniquesreproductive systemsignaling pathwaysstem cell therapy

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PMID39337944
PMCPMC11433628

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