Research Article
Are They Really Stem Cells? Scrutinizing the Identity of Cells and the Quality of Reporting in the Use of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells
Table 6
Summary of reporting on selected key areas and parameters in papers that reported the use of ASC in animals (
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| Key area |
Information | Number of articles | Yes | No |
| Ethics | Approval from animal ethics committee | 75 | 7 | Human ethics | 16 | 19 | Informed consent from tissue | 24 | 11 |
| Animal characteristics | Species Age Gender | 82 35 69 | 0 47 13 |
| Study design | Random allocation to groups Calculation of sample size Blinding | 44 2 38 | 38 80 44 |
| Safety | Testing for genomic stability Screen contaminants Viability | 0 2 25 | 82 80 57 |
| Cell characteristics | Number of cells administered Number of cell passages | 78 51 | 4 31 |
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For papers that reported utilizing human tissue ().
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