Physiology & Pharmacology
Shahram Kamali; Sohrab Boozarpour; Madjid Momeni-Moghaddam
Volume 28, Issue 1 , January and February 2021, , Pages 93-98
Abstract
Creating wounds from simple to advanced and from acute to chronic is one of the problems that mankind has faced for a long time. Over the past half century, with the discovery of antibiotics, human ability to manage wounds has improved much more than before, but antibiotic resistance has become a serious ...
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Creating wounds from simple to advanced and from acute to chronic is one of the problems that mankind has faced for a long time. Over the past half century, with the discovery of antibiotics, human ability to manage wounds has improved much more than before, but antibiotic resistance has become a serious problem in recent decades, especially for chronic wounds, and therefore different therapeutic approaches are needed. Larval therapy is an old method that requires molecular cellular research and recognition and confirmation of its function can lead to the development of new drugs. In this study, the larvae of Lucilia sericata were first prepared and extracted, and then the extract was affected on fibroblast cells and molecular cellular studies were performed. The results indicate that TNF-α gene expression was 8 times higher in the control sample. The expression of SMAD-2 gene was 6 times higher in the control sample than in the control sample. TGF-β gene expression in the treated sample was 4 times that of the control sample. Given the additive effect on fibroblast growth and molecular confirmation of the above genes, it is suggested that this extract has the potential to heal wounds.
Biotechnology & nanotechnology
Madjid Momeni-Moghaddam; Roya Gholami
Volume 26, Issue 5 , November and December 2019, , Pages 651-656
Abstract
Abstract:Aims: Collagen synthesis can help to heal wounds, especially Large wounds. Any treatments that can stimulate collagen synthesis in fibroblasts can accelerate wound repair, so it has clinical value. Stem cells secrete some macromolecules and signals that can have different effects in other cells.Materials ...
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Abstract:Aims: Collagen synthesis can help to heal wounds, especially Large wounds. Any treatments that can stimulate collagen synthesis in fibroblasts can accelerate wound repair, so it has clinical value. Stem cells secrete some macromolecules and signals that can have different effects in other cells.Materials and Methods: In this study, human mesenchymal stem cells were cultured and their medium supernatant was harvested as a medium containing the signal. After determining concentration, they were exposed to mouse fibroblasts. The cell viability was examined and then in the molecular section, by designing specific primers, three The collagen gene was evaluated by Real-Time PCR.Results: The results indicated a growth-promoting effect using the amount of 20 μg /ml of stem cells conditioned media in the culture medium of fibroblast cells. It was also found in the molecular section, that this concentration could increase the expression of all three selected collagen genes.Discussion and conclusion: The results of this study fully confirmed the initial goals, indicating the high power of mesenchymal stem cells in the induction of collagen synthesis, and thus could be a very good candidate for clinical studies.