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ReviewCell transplantation

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Kidney Diseases: Potential and Challenges.

Fukun Chen, NaNa Chen, Chunjuan Xia, Hongyue Wang, Lishi Shao, Chen Zhou, Jiaping Wang

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Review in Cell transplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Editorial: Stem cell research and therapy for liver and kidney diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fukun ChenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Yunnan Tumor Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
NaNa ChenDepartment of SICU, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Chunjuan XiaDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Hongyue WangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Lishi ShaoDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Chen ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2092-8442
Jiaping WangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Kunming Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kidney disease (KD) is a life-threatening disease characterized by high morbidity and mortality in clinical settings, which can be caused by many reasons, and the incidence increases with age. However, supportive therapy and kidney transplantation still have limitations in alleviating KD progression. Recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have shown great potential in repairing injury through their multidirectional differentiation and self-renewal ability. Of note, MSCs serve as a safe and effective therapeutic strategy for treating KD in preclinical and clinical trials. Functionally, MSCs ameliorate KD progression by regulating the immune response, renal tubular cell apoptosis, tubular epithelial-mesenchymal transition, oxidative stress, angiogenesis, and so on. In addition, MSCs exhibit remarkable efficacy in both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) through paracrine mechanisms. In this review, we outline the biological characteristics of MSCs, discuss the efficacy and mechanisms of MSCs-based therapy for KD, summarize the completed and ongoing clinical trials, as well as analyze limitations and new strategies, aiming to provide new ideas and approaches for the preclinical experiments and clinical trials of MSCs transplantation for KD.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationRenal Insufficiency, ChronicHumansKidneykidney diseasesmesenchymal stem cellparacrineregeneration

Identifiers

PMID37013255
PMCPMC10074620
OpenAlexW4362523202

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