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 ().

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

For papers that reported utilizing human tissue ().