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ArticleInternational journal of fertility & sterility2020

The Viability of Human Testis-Derived Cells on Human Serum Albumin-Based Scaffold as An Artificial Male Germ Cell Niche.

Zahra Borzouie, Seyed Hossein Hekmatimoghaddam, Ali Jebali, Behrouz Aflatoonian

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Article in International journal of fertility & sterility, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zahra BorzouieStem Cell Biology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Seyed Hossein HekmatimoghaddamStem Cell Biology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Electronic Address: shhekmati2002@yahoo.com.
Ali JebaliMedical Biotechnology Research Center, Ashkezar Islamic Azad University, Ashkezar, Yazd, Iran.
Behrouz AflatoonianStem Cell Biology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Electronic Address: b.aflatoonian@ssu.ac.ir.
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Azoospermia is one of the challenging disorders affecting couples who are afflicted with infertility. Human testisderived cells (hTCs) are suitable candidates for the initiation of in-vitro spermatogenesis for these types of patients. The current study aimed to assess the proliferation of hTCs through the cell culture on the three-dimensional (3D) porous scaffolds. Cells harvested from the testicular sperm extraction (TESE) samples of the azoospermic patients were cultured on the 3D porous scaffolds containing human serum albumin (HSA)/tri calcium phosphate nanoparticles (TCP NPs) for two weeks. The proliferation/viability of the cells was assessed using the MTT assay, along with H and E histological staining method. The MTT assay showed that hTCs could stay alive on this scaffold with 50 and 66.66% viability after 7 and 14 days, respectively. Such viability was not significantly different when compared with cells grown on monolayer flask culture (P>0.05). Therefore, 3D HSA/TCP NPs scaffolds could be used for the reconstitution of the artificial human somatic testicular niche for future applications in regenerative medicine for male infertility.

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AzoospermiaHuman Serum AlbuminScaffoldSpermatogenesisTestis

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PMID32681628
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