The Potential Therapeutic Effect of Orexin-Treated versus Orexin-Untreated Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

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Characteristics and identification of AD-MSCs. The MSCs were identified by their immunological phenotypes; the isolated and cultured cells were positive for CD29 (a) and CD90 (b) and were negative for CD34 (c). Muscle (d) and adipose tissue (e) sections were investigated by fluorescence microscope which revealed homing of AD-MSCs labeled with PKH26 fluorescent dye (red fluorescence).

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