objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of exendin-4 (ex-4) on differentiation of insulin-producing cells (ipcs) from rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (rat-bm-mscs). materials and methods: in this experimental study, rat-bm-mscs were cultured and the cells characterized by flow cytometry analysis of cell surface markers. rat-bm-mscs were subsequently treated wi...

background: although cervical cancer mortality has reduced during last years, but it is still leading cause of mortality among women. many efforts have performed to develop new drugs and strategy to cure cervical cancer. mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) have many advantages that make them a suitable choice as a cell therapeutic agent in cancer treatment. there are different transfection methods fo...

The use of stem cells is a breakthrough in medical biotechnology which brings regenerative therapy into new era. Over the past several decades, had been widely used as and Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) emerged promising therapeutic option. Currently are effective agents againts diseases due to their tissue protective repair mechanisms. This effect largely biomolecular properties including secre...

objective(s): bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (bm-mscs) potentials make them appropriate for cell therapy including ability of differentiation and release of anti-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors secreta. for treatment of azoospermia to induce proliferation and differentiation of germ cells, mscs transplantation has been introduced. the aim of the present experimental case-c...

background: due to increasing clinical demand for adipose tissue, a suitable cell for reconstructive adipose tissue constructs is needed. in this study, we investigated the ability of human endometrial-derived stem cells (enscs) as a new source of mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into adipocytes. enscs are the abundant and easy available source with no immunological response, for cell re...

tissue engineering based on the adipose derived stem cells  promote a strong strategy to propagation of bone, cartilage and fat tissues in the three-dimensional scaffolds, fabricated by combining biological materials with suitable and appropriate growth factors.  in this study, a peo scaffold was used to show that mesenchymal stem cells can attach well; the aim of this study was the investigati...

BACKGROUND: Stem cell therapy in small animal medicineis still in its infancy and few in vitro and in vivo research projectsregarding animal Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) have beencarried out. On the other hand, Cell tracking is the first step of thecell-based therapies and is essential to recognize cell fate posttransplantation. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was toisolate, characterize, an...

The extent to which bone marrow (BM) contributes to physiological cell renewal is still controversial. Using the marker human placental alkaline phosphatase (ALPP) which can readily be detected in paraffin and plastic sections by histochemistry or immunohistochemistry, and in ultrathin sections by electron microscopy after pre-embedding staining, we examined the role of endogenous BM in physiol...

background: in this study, we examined a new two step induction protocol for improving the differentiation of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells into neural progenitor cells. materials and methods: human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells were first cultured in dulbecco’s modified eagle medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum in a humidified incub...