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ReviewPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2019

Potential use of stem cells as a therapy for cystinosis.

Celine J Rocca, Stephanie Cherqui

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In one paragraph

Review in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. The Crystalline Nephropathies.Kidney international reports · 2021
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Nephropathic cystinosis: an update on genetic conditioning.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2021
    Review
  9. Inherited disorders of lysosomal membrane transporters.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2020
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Celine J RoccaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0734, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0734, USA.
Stephanie CherquiDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0734, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0734, USA. scherqui@ucsd.edu.
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Lentiviral-transduced hematopoictic stem cell transplantation for cystinosisR01DK090058 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHERQUI, STEPHANIE · 2011 to 2019
$2.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090058NIH HHS RO1-DK090058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease that belongs to the family of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). Initial symptoms of cystinosis correspond to the renal Fanconi syndrome. Patients then develop chronic kidney disease and multi-organ failure due to accumulation of cystine in all tissue compartments. LSDs are commonly characterized by a defective activity of lysosomal enzymes. Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) transplantation is a treatment option for several LSDs based on the premise that their progeny will integrate in the affected tissues and secrete the functional enzyme, which will be recaptured by the surrounding deficient cells and restore physiological activity. However, in the case of cystinosis, the defective protein is a transmembrane lysosomal protein, cystinosin. Thus, cystinosin cannot be secreted, and yet, we showed that HSPC transplantation can rescue disease phenotype in the mouse model of cystinosis. In this review, we are describing a different mechanism by which HSPC-derived cells provide cystinosin to diseased cells within tissues, and how HSPC transplantation could be an effective one-time treatment to treat cystinosis but also other LSDs associated with a lysosomal transmembrane protein dysfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsCystinosisHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansCystinosisGene therapyHematopoietic stem and progenitor cellsLysosomal storage disordersLysosomal transferTunneling nanotubes

Identifiers

PMID29789935
PMCPMC6250595
OpenAlexW2803904939

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