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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2022

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells for diabetes therapy: touch, fuse, and fix?

Zahra Azizi, Roya Abbaszadeh, Roxana Sahebnasagh, Amir Norouzy, Elahe Motevaseli, Kathrin Maedler

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zahra AziziDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 88, Italia St, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran. Zahra.azizivarzaneh@gmail.com.
Roya AbbaszadehDepartment of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Roxana SahebnasaghDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 88, Italia St, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran.
Amir NorouzyDepartment of Energy & Environmental Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.
Elahe MotevaseliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 88, Italia St, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran.
Kathrin MaedlerIslet Biology Laboratory, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen,, Leobener Straße 5, NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany. kmaedler@uni-bremen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7436-1197
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRNational Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IRPhilipps University of Marburg · DEUniversity of Bremen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs) have anti-inflammatory and pro-survival properties. Naturally, they do not express human leukocyte antigen class II surface antigens and have immunosuppressive capabilities. Together with their relatively easy accessibility and expansion, they are an attractive tool for organ support in transplantation and regenerative therapy. Autologous BM-MSC transplantation alone or together with transplanted islets improves β-cell function, graft survival, and glycemic control in diabetes. Albeit MSCs' capacity to transdifferentiate into β-cell is limited, their protective effects are mediated mainly by paracrine mechanisms through BM-MSCs circulating through the body. Direct cell-cell contact and spontaneous fusion of BM-MSCs with injured cells, although at a very low rate, are further mechanisms of their supportive effect and for tissue regeneration. Diabetes is a disease of long-term chronic inflammation and cell therapy requires stable, highly functional cells. Several tools and protocols have been developed by mimicking natural fusion events to induce and accelerate fusion in vitro to promote β-cell-specific gene expression in fused cells. BM-MSC-islet fusion before transplantation may be a strategy for long-term islet survival and improved function. This review discusses the cell-protective and anti-inflammatory characteristics of BM-MSCs to boost highly functional insulin-producing cells in vitro and in vivo, and the efficacy of their fusion with β-cells as a path to promote β-cell regeneration.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusInsulin-Secreting CellsMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationBone MarrowBone Marrow CellsHumansBeta-cellBM-MSCBone marrow stem cellsDiabetesFusionInsulinMSCRegeneration

Identifiers

PMID35883121
PMCPMC9327419
OpenAlexW4288068870

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