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Athletes' Mesenchymal Stem Cells Could Be the Best Choice for Cell Therapy in Omicron-Infected Patients.

Mona Saheli, Kayvan Khoramipour, Massoud Vosough, Abbas Piryaei, Masoud Rahmati, Katsuhiko Suzuki

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Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Mona SaheliDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, and Pathology and Stem Cell Research Centre, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616914115, Iran.
Kayvan KhoramipourNeuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616914115, Iran.
Massoud VosoughDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran 1665659911, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5924-4366
Abbas PiryaeiDepartment of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1985717443, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3182-6214
Masoud RahmatiDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad 6815144316, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4792-027X
Katsuhiko SuzukiFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa 359-1192, Saitama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6572-5809
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IRLorestan University · IRRoyan Institute · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRWaseda University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant, Omicron, contains 32 mutations that have caused a high incidence of breakthrough infections or re-infections. These mutations have reduced vaccine protection against Omicron and other new emerging variants. This highlights the need to find effective treatment, which is suggested to be stem cell-based therapy. Stem cells could support respiratory epithelial cells and they could restore alveolar bioenergetics. In addition, they can increase the secretion of immunomodulatory cytokines. However, after transplantation, cell survival and growth rate are low because of an inappropriate microenvironment, and stem cells face ischemia, inflammation, and oxidative stress in the transplantation niche which reduces the cells' survival and growth. Exercise-training can upregulate antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic defense mechanisms and increase growth signaling, thereby improving transplanted cells' survival and growth. Hence, using athletes' stem cells may increase stem-cell therapy outcomes in Omicron-affected patients.

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COVID-19Mesenchymal Stem CellsAthletesCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19exerciseomicronsportstem cell

Identifiers

PMID35741055
PMCPMC9221912
OpenAlexW4282920727

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