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Delayed treatment with human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells attenuates diabetic renal injury
- Title
- Delayed treatment with human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells attenuates diabetic renal injury
- Authors
- Park J.H.; Park J.; Hwang S.H.; Han H.; Ha H.
- Ewha Authors
- 하헌주
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 하헌주
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Journal Title
- Transplantation Proceedings
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
- Citation
- Transplantation Proceedings vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1123 - 1126
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Conference Paper
- Abstract
- Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Excess accumulation of extracellular matrix and the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition contribute to renal fibrosis, which is associated with DKD. The present study examined whether delayed treatment with human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells (hUCB-SC) showed a therapeutic effect on DKD progression. Experimental diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ; 50 mg/kg) into 6-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats. Age-matched control rats received an equivalent volume of sodium citrate buffer alone. At 4 weeks after the STZ injection when diabetic renal injury had developed, hUCB-SC were administered (1 × 10 6 cells/rat) through the tail vein. Four weeks after administering the hUCB-SC, rats were sacrificed and we measured indices of DKD, including urinary protein excretion as well as fibronectin, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), and E-cadherin mRNA, and protein expression. Diabetic rats developed significantly increased urinary protein excretion and renal hypertrophy compared to those in control rats. Renal expression of fibronectin and α-SMA mRNA, and protein were increased significantly in diabetic rats compared to those in the controls. E-cadherin protein expression in diabetic kidneys decreased significantly. Intravenously administered hUCB-SC effectively reduced proteinuria, renal fibronectin, and α-SMA up-regulation, as well as renal E-cadherin down-regulation in diabetic rats without a significant effect on blood glucose. Engrafted hUCB-SC in diabetic kidneys were confirmed by human DNA PKcs. The results demonstrated that delayed treatment with hUCB-SC attenuated the progression of diabetic renal injury. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.03.044
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- 약학대학 > 약학과 > Journal papers
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