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Treatment evaluation of Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells using a chronic salpingitis model: an animal experiment

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Title
Treatment evaluation of Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells using a chronic salpingitis model: an animal experiment
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, October 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13287-017-0685-0
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Zhe Li, Zhao Zhang, Xin Chen, Juan Zhou, Xiao-min Xiao

Abstract

The present study was conducted to evaluate new methods to repair the reproductive function of the oviduct, thereby allowing gametes to combine and grow in vivo under natural circumstances. Sixty pathogen-free female New Zealand rabbits were divided into three groups: a wild-type group, an untreated control group, and a treatment group. Disposable sterile newborn sputum suction tubes were inserted into the urogenital tract to instill an Escherichia coli suspension into the uterine cavity to establish the chronic salpingitis model. Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells (WJMSCs) or normal saline were used to treat this infection via different methods. The therapeutic effect was assessed by evaluating morphology, inflammatory factors, proteinology, and pregnancy outcomes. Oviducts of New Zealand rabbits in the untreated control group showed structural failure and abnormal supermicrostructure of epithelial cells. WJMSCs could partially repair the structure and supermicrostructure of the tubal epithelium. The concentration of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the untreated control group was significantly higher than that in the wild-type group (P = 0.015). The concentration of TNF-α in the local treatment group was significantly lower than that in the untreated control group (P = 0.011). The expression of oviductal glycoprotein (OVGP) and OVGP mRNA in the wild-type group was significantly higher than those in the untreated control group (P = 0.024 and P = 0.013, respectively). The litter size of the treatment group was 2 ± 2.39 kits, which was higher than that of the untreated control group (P = 0.035). Chronic inflammation can destroy the structure of the oviduct and the supermicrostructure of epithelial cells as well as leading to infertility. WJMSC transplantation therapy in rabbits with chronic salpingitis partially restored fertility. WJMSCs also repaired the structure of the tubal epithelium subjected to chronic inflammation, decreased the level of inflammatory factors, and partially restored the secretion level of OVGP.

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Unknown 25 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 16%
Lecturer 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Researcher 2 8%
Student > Master 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 12 48%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 8%
Chemical Engineering 1 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 12 48%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2017.
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#14,957,541
of 23,006,268 outputs
Outputs from Stem Cell Research & Therapy
#1,214
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#193,303
of 326,542 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Stem Cell Research & Therapy
#39
of 76 outputs
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