Research Article

c-Jun Overexpression Accelerates Wound Healing in Diabetic Rats by Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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c-Jun alters growth factor levels in hUC-MSCs and in diabetic wound tissues. (a) Diabetic rats received subcutaneous injection of , untransduced or transduced with Lenti-NC, Lenti-shc-Jun, or Lenti-c-Jun, at the wound edge. PBS served as the control. The rats were euthanized on day 17 after treatment. The VEGF, PDGFA, and HGF protein levels in the wound tissues were determined with western blot analysis. (b, c) hUC-MSCs at passage 3 were transduced with Lenti-NC, Lenti-c-Jun, Lenti-shNC, or Lenti-shc-Jun. (b) The VEGF, PDGFA, and HGF protein levels were determined with western blot analysis. (c) The VEGF, PDGFA, and HGF mRNA levels were determined with RT-PCR. , , .
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