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Systematic review of patient factors affecting adipose stem cell viability and function: implications for regenerative therapy

Overview of attention for article published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, February 2017
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Title
Systematic review of patient factors affecting adipose stem cell viability and function: implications for regenerative therapy
Published in
Stem Cell Research & Therapy, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13287-017-0483-8
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Jajini Varghese, Michelle Griffin, Afshin Mosahebi, Peter Butler

Abstract

The applications for fat grafting have increased recently, within both regenerative and reconstructive surgery. Although fat harvesting, processing and injection techniques have been extensively studied and standardised, this has not had a big impact on the variability of outcome following fat grafting. This suggests a possible larger role of patient characteristics on adipocyte and adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) viability and function. This systematic review aims to collate current evidence on the effect of patient factors on adipocyte and ADSC behaviour. A systematic literature review was performed using MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and EMBASE. It includes outcomes observed in in vitro analyses, in vivo animal studies and clinical studies. Data from basic science work have been included in the discussion to enhance our understanding of the mechanism behind ADSC behaviour. A total of 41 papers were included in this review. Accumulating evidence indicates decreased proliferation and differentiation potential of ADSCs with increasing age, body mass index, diabetes mellitus and exposure to radiotherapy and Tamoxifen, although this was not uniformly seen across all studies. Gender, donor site preference, HIV status and chemotherapy did not show a significant influence on fat retention. Circulating oestrogen levels have been shown to support both adipocyte function and graft viability. Evidence so far suggests no significant impact of total cholesterol, hypertension, renal disease, physical exercise and peripheral vascular disease on ADSC yield. A more uniform comparison of all factors highlighted in this review, with the application of a combination of tests for each outcome measure, is essential to fully understand factors that affect adipocyte and ADSC viability, as well as functionality. As these patient factors interact, future studies looking at adipocyte viability need to take them into consideration for conclusions to be meaningful. This would provide crucial information for surgeons when deciding appropriate volumes of lipoaspirate to inject, improve patient selection, and counsel patient expectations with regards to outcomes and likelihood for repeat procedures. An improved understanding will also assist in identification of patient groups that would benefit from graft enrichment and cryopreservation techniques.

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Unknown 233 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 33 14%
Student > Master 30 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 11%
Student > Bachelor 25 11%
Student > Postgraduate 17 7%
Other 41 18%
Unknown 61 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 82 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 5%
Sports and Recreations 7 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 3%
Other 35 15%
Unknown 68 29%
Attention Score in Context

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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 13 October 2017.
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#6
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