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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies

From: Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

References

Year

Country

Design

Sample size (female/male)

Average age

Follow-up time

Source of MSCs

Cell number of MSCs

Administration method

Almadori [22]

2019

America

Self-control

62 (61/1)

56

12.41 ± 8.64 m

ADSCs

NA

IH

Blezien [23]

2017

Italy

Self-control

7 (7/0)

46.28

1/6/12 m

ADSCs

NA

IH

Francesco [24]

2017

Italy

Self-control

6 (4/2)

NA

3 m

SVF

NA

IH

Granel [19,20,21]

2015

France

Self-control

12 (12/0)

54.5

2/6/12/22/30 m

SVF

NA

IH

Keyszer [25]

2011

Germany

Self-control

3 (1/2)

54.67

3/6 m

BMSCs

0.7–1.8 × 106/kg

IV

Park [26]

2020

Korea

Self-control

18 (15/3)

NA

2/6/24w

SVF

3.61 × 106

IH

Scuderi [27]

2013

Italy

Self-control

6 (4/2)

NA

12 m

ADSCs

8 × 105/ml of HA

IH

Wang [28]

2013

China

Self-control

5 (2/3)

44.6

1/3/6/12 m

UC-MSCs

1 × 106/kg

IV

Zhang [29]

2017

China

Self-control

14 (11/3)

37.4

1/3/6/12 m

UC-MSCs

1 × 106/kg

IV

  1. NA, not applicable; m, month; w, week; HA, hyaluronic acid; IV, intravenous injection; IH, hypodermic injection; ADSCs, adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells; UC-MSCs, umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells; SVF, stromal vascular fraction; BMSCs, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells