background: the aim of this study was optimization of the polyfect gene delivery method of pcdna3.1 expression vector transfected with the mouse pdx-1 gene in three different kinds of mesenchymal stem cells and hepa cells as well as comparison of transfection efficiency leading to expression of the mentioned gene in the cell types used. materials and methods: rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal...

introduction: bone marrow (bm) is a known source of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) that are used for cell therapy. this study attempts to identify if the wharton’s jelly (wj) is a suitable substitute for bm as a source for mscs. materials and methods: a population of human wj and bm stem cells were isolated and incubated with fluorescein conjugated antibodies for five specific msc markers. cell ...

background: bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (bmmscs) transplantation has been considered as a promising milestone in liver fibrosis treatment. however, low amounts of homing are a major obstacle. we aimed to investigate the role of melatonin pretreatment in bmmsc homing into experimental liver fibrosis. methods: bmmscs were obtained, grown, propagated and preconditioned with 5 µm mel...

conclusions large amounts of preclinical studies have been made of stem cells and there is an increasing interest to perform these studies within the human population but preclinical studies are insufficient; therefore, much more and efficient studies should be conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of stem cells. context musculoskeletal injuries may be painful, troublesome, life limitin...

bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into neurons and astrocytes after transplantation in the spinal cord injury of rats. although bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are known to protect against spinal cord injury through anti-apoptotic effects, but generation of neural stem cells with large number and safety protocols unclear. in the present study, described the differentiation...

background: adipose-derived stem cells (adsc) could be an appealing alternative to bone marrow stem cells (bmsc) for engineering cell-based osteoinductive grafts. meanwhile, prior studies have demonstrated that melatonin can stimulate osteogenic differentiation. therefore, we assayed and compared the melatonin effect on osteogenic differentiation of bmsc with that of adsc. methods: mesenchymal ...

background: the use of stem cells is considered as an appropriate source in cell therapy and tissue engineering. differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hipscs) to hepatocyte-like cells (hlcs) on mouse embryonic fibroblasts (mefs) feeders is confronted with several problems that hinder the clinical applications of these differentiated cells for the treatment of liver injuries. ...

this investigation aimed to examine the protective function of vitamin e on rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) treated with cadmium chloride. rat bone marrow mscs were extracted using flashing-out and cultured in dmem containing 10% fbs and 100 u/ml pen/strep. at the end of the third passage, cells were divided into 4 groups including control, cadmium chloride, cadmium chloride + vit...

background infertility is a serious social problem in advanced nations, with male factor in half of all cases of infertility. this study was conducted to determine the regenerative effect of bone marrow-derived stem cells in spermatogenesis of infertile hamster. methods twelve adult male hamsters were equally divided into azoospermic and control groups. busulfan was intraperitoneally used for i...