Pourjafar M

ORCID: 0000-0002-7124-4577 · 4 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2017
All-trans retinoic acid enhances in vitro mesenchymal stem cells migration by targeting matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9
Biotechnology letters ·doi:10.1007/s10529-017-2350-1

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on caspase 3 activity, matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), and MMP-9 expression and activity as well as in vitro rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) m…

lab-animal 2017
All-trans retinoic acid preconditioning enhances proliferation, angiogenesis and migration of mesenchymal stem cell in vitro and enhances wound repair in vivo.
Cell proliferation ·doi:10.1111/cpr.12315

ObjectivesStem cell therapy is considered to be a suitable alternative in treatment of a number of diseases. However, there are challenges in their clinical application in cell therapy, such as to reduce survival and loss of transplanted st…

lab-animal 2017
Promigratory and proangiogenic effects of AdipoRon on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: an in vitro study
Biotechnology letters ·doi:10.1007/s10529-016-2214-0

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of AdipoRon on major factors involved in survival, migration and neovascularization of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. RESULTS: AdipoRon promoted the MSCs viability. Real-time PCR indic…

lab-animal 2016
Cytoprotective effects of endothelin-1 on mesenchymal stem cells: an in vitro study
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology ·doi:10.1111/1440-1681.12590

Stem cell-based therapies is a promising approach for regenerative therapy in various diseases. Some obstacles remain to be solved before clinical application of the cell therapy is realized, including increasing the survival of transplante…