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Trial reportNature2025

Phase I/II trial of iPS-cell-derived dopaminergic cells for Parkinson's disease.

Nobukatsu Sawamoto, Daisuke Doi, Etsuro Nakanishi, Masanori Sawamura, Takayuki Kikuchi, Hodaka Yamakado, Yosuke Taruno, Atsushi Shima, Yasutaka Fushimi, Tomohisa Okada and 12 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

22 authors.

Nobukatsu Sawamoto *Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8695-0223
Daisuke Doi *Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0992-1220
Etsuro Nakanishi *Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Masanori Sawamura *Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Takayuki KikuchiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Hodaka YamakadoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yosuke TarunoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Atsushi ShimaDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yasutaka FushimiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1982-3168
Tomohisa OkadaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2312-5677
Tetsuhiro KikuchiDepartment of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2332-4967
Asuka MorizaneDepartment of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7411-1828
Satoe HiramatsuDepartment of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takayuki AnazawaDepartment of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7625-5750
Takero ShindoDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2085-6151
Kentaro UenoDepartment of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Satoshi MoritaDepartment of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yoshiki ArakawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4626-4645
Yuji NakamotoDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Susumu MiyamotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Ryosuke TakahashiDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. ryosuket@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-1407-9640
Jun TakahashiDepartment of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. jbtaka@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-3642-9186

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is caused by the loss of dopamine neurons, causing motor symptoms. Initial cell therapies using fetal tissues showed promise but had complications and ethical concerns

Indexed as

Dopaminergic NeuronsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsParkinson DiseaseAgedDopamineFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeDopamine

Identifiers

PMID40240591
PMCPMC12095070

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