Research Article
Hypoxia-Preconditioned Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Mitigate Stress-Induced Apoptosis and Ameliorate Human Islet Survival and Function in Direct Contact Coculture System
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VEGF secretion and mRNA expression in human islets cocultured with Hpc-MSCs and Nc-MSCs. (a) VEGF mRNA expression and (b) VEGF secretion in the islet groups. A comparison was done between the control and each cocultured islets. and . Nc-MSCs: normoxia condition mesenchymal stem cells; Hpc-MSCs: hypoxia preconditioning MSCs; D: direct coculture; I: indirect coculture.
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