Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42550350›Full record

ReviewMolecular biology reports2026

Recent trends in modified mesenchymal stromal cells: engineering approaches and international regulatory landscape.

S Gokul Krishna, Smitha Panigrahy, Uday Kumar Kolkundkar, Suresh Kannan

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Molecular biology reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors.

S Gokul KrishnaDepartment of Research and Development, Stempeutics Research Private Limited, 3rd Floor, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield #143, EPIP, ITPL Main Rd, Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, 560048, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9905-1726
Smitha PanigrahyDepartment of Research and Development, Stempeutics Research Private Limited, 3rd Floor, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield #143, EPIP, ITPL Main Rd, Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, 560048, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9797-8027
Uday Kumar KolkundkarDepartment of Research and Development, Stempeutics Research Private Limited, 3rd Floor, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield #143, EPIP, ITPL Main Rd, Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, 560048, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-0828
Suresh KannanDepartment of Research and Development, Stempeutics Research Private Limited, 3rd Floor, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield #143, EPIP, ITPL Main Rd, Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, 560048, Karnataka, India. suresh.kannan@stempeutics.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9027-2234

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have demonstrated significant potential for various clinical applications; however, several challenges limit their therapeutic efficacy. These include donor variability, poor homing and survival after transplantation, reduced proliferative and differentiation potential during in vitro expansion, and the inflammatory microenvironment at the injury site. This review summarizes current strategies used to enhance the therapeutic potential of MSCs and discusses approaches to overcome these limitations. It also highlights key challenges and gaps in the existing literature that require further investigation. In addition, this structured review provides an overview of current research trends involving different MSC sources, disease models, preconditioning strategies, emerging gene modification approaches, and other methods to improve MSC function. Finally, regulatory considerations and the roles of global and regional regulatory authorities in ensuring the safety and quality of modified MSC-based therapies are briefly discussed.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationHumanscell therapygene modificationMesenchymal stromal cellspreconditioningregulatory bodies

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.