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Therapeutic use of stem cells for cardiovascular disease

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical and Translational Medicine, August 2016
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Therapeutic use of stem cells for cardiovascular disease
Published in
Clinical and Translational Medicine, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40169-016-0116-3
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Whitney Faiella, Rony Atoui

Abstract

Stem cell treatments are a desirable therapeutic option to regenerate myocardium and improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Several different types of cells have been explored, each with their own benefits and limitations. Induced pluripotent stem cells possess an embryonic-like state and therefore have a high proliferative capacity, but they also pose a risk of teratoma formation. Mesenchymal stem cells have been investigated from both bone marrow and adipose tissue. Their immunomodulatory characteristics may permit the use of allogeneic cells as universal donor cells in the future. Lastly, studies have consistently shown that cardiac stem cells are better able to express markers of cardiogenesis compared to other cell types, as well improve cardiac function. The ideal source of stem cells depends on multiple factors such as the ease of extraction/isolation, effectiveness of engraftment, ability to differentiate into cardiac lineages and effect on cardiac function. Although multiple studies highlight the benefits and limitations of each cell type and reinforce the successful potential use of these cells to regenerate damaged myocardium, more studies are needed to directly compare cells from various sources. It is interesting to note that research using stem cell therapies is also expanding to treat other cardiovascular diseases including non-ischemic cardiomyopathies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 113 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 21 19%
Student > Master 20 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 14%
Researcher 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Other 9 8%
Unknown 32 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 12%
Engineering 8 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 4%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 37 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2016.
All research outputs
#3,240,950
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Clinical and Translational Medicine
#127
of 1,060 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#53,425
of 354,571 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical and Translational Medicine
#4
of 15 outputs
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