Examination of the therapeutic potential of mouse oral mucosa stem cells in a wound-healing diabetic mice model

Shiri Kuperman*, Ram Efraty, Ina Arie, Arkadi Rahmanov, Marina Rahmanov Gavrielov, Matityahau Noff, Ron Fishel, Sandu Pitaru

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Abstract

Diabetic wounds’ delayed healing response is still considered a major therapeutic challenge. Stem cells and derived cellular products have been an active field of research for novel therapies referred to as regenerative medicine. It has recently been shown that human oral mucosa stem cells (hOMSCs) are a readily accessible source for obtaining large quantities of stem cells. This study evaluates the potential of mouse oral mucosa stem cells (mOMSCs) to enhance wound healing in a diabetic (db/db) mouse model by morphological and histological analysis. We show that mOMSCs-treated wounds displayed a significantly faster wound-healing response (p ≤ 0.0001), featuring faster re-epithelialization and a larger area of granulation tissue (p ≤ 0.05). Taken together, these results suggest that oral mucosa stem cells might have therapeutic potential in diabetic wound healing.

Original languageEnglish
Article number4854
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume17
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Diabetic mice model
  • Diabetic wound healing model
  • Oral stem cells
  • Wound healing

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