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Table 3 Summary of research on human stem cell therapy for thin endometrium

From: Unresponsive thin endometrium caused by Asherman syndrome treated with umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on collagen scaffolds: a pilot study

Author

Year

Number of patients

Type of stem cell

Intervention

Method of stem cell administration

ET (pre-/post-therapy)

Pregnancy outcome

Nagori et al. a

2011

1 AS

Auto-BMSCs

Stem cell therapy

Intrauterine infusion

3.2/7.1

8 weeks

N Singh et al. b

2014

6 AS (5/6 genital TB)

BM-MNCs

Stem cell therapy

Subendometrial zone injection

1.38/4.05/5.46/5.48

N/A

X Santamaria et al. b

2016

11 AS

5 EA

Auto-CD133 + BMSCs

HSA + stem cell therapy

Uterine spiral arterioles

IUA improve obviously.

EM for AS:4.3/6.7

EM for EA:4.2/5.7

2 babies born, 2 ongoing pregnancy, 2 miscarriage, 1 ectopic, 3 biochemical pregnancy

Jichun Tan et al. b

2016

7 AS

Auto-MenSCs

Stem cell therapy

Intrauterine infusion

EM :3/7

2 babies born, 1 ongoing pregnancy

Guangfeng Zhao et al. b

2017

5 AS

Auto-MNCs

HSA + stem cell therapy

Loaded onto a collagen scaffold

IUA improve obviously.

EM:4.5/7.2

5 babies born

Yun Cao et al. b

2018

26 AS

UC-MSCs

HSA + stem cell therapy

Loaded onto a collagen scaffold

IUA score:9.12/5.52

EM:4.46/5.74

8 babies born, 1 ongoing pregnancy, 1 miscarriage

Se Yun Lee et al. b

2019

6 AS

Auto-ADSCs

Stem cell therapy

Intrauterine infusion

EM:3.0/6.9

1 miscarriage

N Singh et al. b

2020

12 AS (9/12 genital TB)

13 EA (6/13 genital TB)

BM-MNCs

HSA + stem cell therapy

Subendometrial zone injection

IUA improve.

EM for AS:2.6/4.2/4.6

EM for EA:3.6/5.9/6.5

3 babies born (all have no genital TB)

  1. aCase report. bProspective study. AS, Asherman syndrome; EA, endometrial atrophy; BMSCs, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; MNCs, mononuclear cells; MenSCs, menstrual endometrial stem cells; ADSC, adipose-derived stem cells; IUA, intrauterine adhesions