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ReviewInflammation and regeneration2023

A review of current status of cell-based therapies for aortic aneurysms.

Aika Yamawaki-Ogata, Masato Mutsuga, Yuji Narita

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Review in Inflammation and regeneration, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aika Yamawaki-OgataDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0896-0140
Masato MutsugaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.
Yuji NaritaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. ynarita@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Nagoya University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22H03155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An aortic aneurysm (AA) is defined as focal aortic dilation that occurs mainly with older age and with chronic inflammation associated with atherosclerosis. The aneurysmal wall is a complex inflammatory environment characterized by endothelial dysfunction, macrophage activation, vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) apoptosis, and the production of proinflammatory molecules and matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) secreted by infiltrated inflammatory cells such as macrophages, T and B cells, dendritic cells, neutrophils, mast cells, and natural killer cells. To date, a considerable number of studies have been conducted on stem cell research, and growing evidence indicates that inflammation and tissue repair can be controlled through the functions of stem/progenitor cells. This review summarizes current cell-based therapies for AA, involving mesenchymal stem cells, VSMCs, multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring cells, and anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages. These cells produce beneficial outcomes in AA treatment by modulating the inflammatory environment, including decreasing the activity of proinflammatory molecules and MMPs, increasing anti-inflammatory molecules, modulating VSMC phenotypes, and preserving elastin. This article also describes detailed studies on pathophysiological mechanisms and the current progress of clinical trials.

Indexed as

Aortic aneurysm (AA)Cell-based therapyElastinExosomesExtracellular matrix (ECM)InflammationMacrophagesMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)MicroRNA (miRNA)Smooth muscle cells (SMCs)

Identifiers

PMID37544997
PMCPMC10405412
OpenAlexW4385614222

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