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ReviewJournal of bone oncology2021

New perspective into mesenchymal stem cells: Molecular mechanisms regulating osteosarcoma.

Xingyu Chang, Zhanjun Ma, Guomao Zhu, Yubao Lu, Jingjing Yang

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Review in Journal of bone oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xingyu ChangThe First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
Zhanjun MaThe Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
Guomao ZhuThe First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
Yubao LuThe Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
Jingjing YangThe Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
Lanzhou University · CNLanzhou University Second Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells with significant potential for regenerative medicine. The tumorigenesis of osteosarcoma is an intricate system and MSCs act as an indispensable part of this, interacting with the tumor microenvironment (TME) during the process. MSCs link to cells by acting on each component in the TME via autocrine or paracrine extracellular vesicles for cellular communication. Because of their unique characteristics, MSCs can be modified and processed into good biological carriers, loaded with drugs, and transfected with anticancer genes for the targeted treatment of osteosarcoma. Previous high-quality reviews have described the biological characteristics of MSCs; this review will discuss the effects of MSCs on the components of the TME and cellular communication and the prospects for clinical applications of MSCs.

Indexed as

3TSR, Three type 1 repeats5 FC, 5-fluorocytosineAD-MSCs, Adipose-derived MSCsAQP1, Aquaporin-1BMSC-derived exosomes, BMSC-ExosBMSCs, Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsCAFs, Carcinoma-associated-fibroblastsCellular communicationClinical applicationCRC, Colorectal cancerCSF, Colony-stimulating factorDOX, DoxorubicinDP-MSCs, Dental pulp-derived MSCs, hUC-MSCs, Human umbilical cord MSCsECM, Extracellular matrixESCs, embryonic stem cellsEVs, Extracellular vesiclesGBM, GlioblastomahASCs, human adipose stem cellsHCC, hepatocellular carcinomaiPSCs, induced pluripotent stem cellsLINE-1, Long interspersing element 1MCP-1, Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1MSC-Exos, MSC-derived exosomesMSC-MVs, MSC microvesiclesMSCsMSCs, Mesenchymal stem cellsOPG, osteoprotegerinOS, osteosarcomaOsteosarcomaPDGFRα, Platelet derived growth factor receptor αPDGFRβ, Platelet derived growth factor receptor βPDGFα, Platelet derived growth factor αSDF-1, Stromal cell-derived factor 1SD-MSCs, stressed MSCsS TRAIL, Secretable variant of the TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligandTGF, Transforming growth factorTMETME, Tumor microenvironmentTNF, Tumor necrosis factorTRA2B, Transformer 2βVEGF, Vascular endothelial growth factoryCD::UPRT, Yeast cytosine deaminase::uracil phosphoribosyl transferase

Identifiers

PMID34258182
PMCPMC8254115
OpenAlexW3174085197

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