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ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025

Current state of heart failure treatment: are mesenchymal stem cells and their exosomes a future therapy?

Chengqian Chen, Wentao Zhong, Hao Zheng, Wei Zhao, Yushi Wang, Botao Shen

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Review in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Cardio-Vascular Extracellular Matrix: The Unmet Enigma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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.

Chengqian ChenDepartment of Cardiology Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Wentao ZhongDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hao ZhengDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Wei ZhaoDepartment of Cardiology Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yushi WangDepartment of Cardiology Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Botao ShenDepartment of Cardiology Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) represents the terminal stage of cardiovascular disease and remains a leading cause of mortality. Epidemiological studies indicate a high prevalence and mortality rate of HF globally. Current treatment options primarily include pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. With the development of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation technology, increasing research has shown that stem cell therapy and exosomes derived from these cells hold promise for repairing damaged myocardium and improving cardiac function, becoming a hot topic in clinical treatment for HF. However, this approach also presents certain limitations. This review summarizes the mechanisms of HF, current treatment strategies, and the latest progress in the application of MSCs and their exosomes in HF therapy.

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cell transplantationexosomesheart failuremesenchymal stem cellstreatment

Identifiers

PMID40357434
PMCPMC12066684

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