Research Article

Exosomes Secreted by Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Attenuate Diabetes in Mice

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Characterization of MSCs and MSC-Exo. Representative photomicrographs of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells differentiated into (a) adipocytes, (b) osteocytes, and (c) chondrocytes and stained with Oil Red, Alizarin Red, and Alcian Blue stain, respectively. . (d) (i) Electron micrograph of an MSC-Exo showing that 92.7% of the exosomes were between 50 and 140 nm (indicated by green letter). . (ii) MSC-derived exosome size ranging between 100 and 140 nM by dynamic light scattering analysis. (e) Representative immunoblot showing exosome-specific markers TSG101, CD63, and CD81 in isolated exosomes. Three independent experiments were performed. Full blot is submitted as a supplementary file.
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