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ReviewStem cell reports2025

Elimination of tumorigenic pluripotent stem cells from their differentiated cell therapy products: An important step toward ensuring safe cell therapy.

Afsaneh Yazdani Movahed, Rana Bagheri, Pierre Savatier, Tomo Šarić, Sharif Moradi

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Review in Stem cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Afsaneh Yazdani MovahedDepartment of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Rana BagheriDepartment of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Pierre SavatierUniversity Lyon, University Lyon 1, INSERM, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France.
Tomo ŠarićCenter for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute for Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: tomo.saric@uni-koeln.de.
Sharif MoradiDepartment of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: sh.moradi@royan-rc.ac.ir.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are considered a promising tool for regenerative medicine due to their unique self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation capabilities. Although over 100 clinical trials have employed hPSC-derived products to treat life-threatening diseases, the tumorigenic risk posed by residual undifferentiated hPSCs remains a formidable obstacle to their clinical implementation. In this review, we summarize current strategies to eliminate tumorigenic hPSCs, most of which target hPSC-specific markers, and critically evaluate the advantages and limitations of each approach. Finally, we discuss various methods that can be used to evaluate the efficiency of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) elimination.

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CarcinogenesisCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationPluripotent Stem CellsAnimalsHumansRegenerative Medicinecell graftcell therapymiRNApluripotencyteratogenesisteratomatransplantation

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PMID40541178
PMCPMC12277835

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