Pourjafar M

ORCID: 0000-0002-7124-4577 · 4 papers in corpus · active 2016-2017
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

ObjectivesTo 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) mig…

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…

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

ObjectivesTo investigate the effect of AdipoRon on major factors involved in survival, migration and neovascularization of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.ResultsAdipoRon promoted the MSCs viability. Real-time PCR indicated t…

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…