background: the basis of spermatogenesis is the spermatogonial stem cells (sscs). the concentration of sscs is very small. however, a system that supports the proliferation and maintenance of sscs in vitro could be used to preserve and expand sscs numbers as well as increase success in transplantation. it is a new avenue to restore spermatogenesis in azoospermia subjects. objective: proliferati...

objective: this study presents a simple method for isolation, expansion and purification of neonatal mouse spermatogonial stem cells. methods: we used enzymatic digestion to isolate a cell suspension of spermatogonia and sertoli cells from neonatal 2-day-old mice. the cells were cultured in dmem/f12 that contained 10% serum for two weeks. sertoli and spermatogonia cell characteristics were conf...

this study was designed to examine the effects of retinoic acid adding to cumulus and/or fibroblast cellsmonolayer on the development of mouse early embryos. one-cell mouse embryos were obtained from nmrimice after superovulation by an intraperitoneal injection of 5 iu equine chorionic gonadotrophin (ecg)followed 48 hrs later by 5 iu human chorionic gonadotrophin (hcg). mouse embryonic fibrobla...

background: extensive full-thickness burns require replacement of both epidermis and dermis. in designing skin replacements, the goal has been to re-create this model and make a product which has both essential components. methods: in the present study, we developed procedures for establishing confluent, stratified layers of cultured human keratinocytes on the surface of modified collagen-chito...

the complex process of spermatogenesis is regulated by various factors. studies on spermatogonial stem cells (sccs) have provided very important tool to improve herd genetic and different field. 0.2 to 0.3 percent of total cells of seminiferous tubules is consist of spermatogonial stem cells. to investigate and biomanipulation of these cells, proliferation and viability rate of cells should be ...

introduction: the aim of this study was evaluate the ability of notochord to induce neural induction and/or differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cell to neuron and motor neuron, respectively. methods: in order to produce embryoid bodies, es cells line royan b1 were grown in suspension in the absence of lif for 4 days. ebs were divided into 4 groups. ebs in group 1 & 2 were further cultured i...

background: this study was undertaken to establish the characterization of cultured oral mucosal epithelium and introducing them as an alternative source for reconstruction of ocular surface disease. methods: human oral epithelial cells were cultured on simple media (dmem/hf12) as control and co-cultured on mitomycin c-treated 3t3 feeder layer, on the amniotic membrane (am) without nitrocellulo...

background: this study was conducted to evaluate fibroblast co-culture and activin a on in vitro maturation and fertilization of mouse preantral follicles. methods: the ovaries from 12-14-day-old mice were dissected, and 120-150 μm preantral follicles were cultured individually in α-mem as based medium for 12 days. a total number of 456 follicles were cultured in four conditions: (i) base mediu...

aims: to evaluate the effect of mouse fallopian tube cell co-culture on the proliferation of human endometrial stromal cells. materials and methods: the endometrial cells were collected from the uterus under hysteroscopy. then the cells were isolated withcollagenase type 3 and passed within the filters with 150 and 40 micrometer sizes respectivelyand then the isolated cells were cultured in dme...