{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhuang G"],"funding":["NICHD NIH HHS","California Institute for Regenerative Medicine","Wuhan Union Hospital"],"pagination":["228"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8025391"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been studied extensively for regenerative medicine; however, they have limited proliferation in vitro, and the long culture time induces cell senescence. MSCs also contribute to tissue repair through their paracrine function. In this study, we sought to examine the paracrine effects of human smooth muscle cell progenitors (pSMC) on the urethra and adjacent vagina of stress urinary incontinence rodents. We use human pluripotent stem cell (PSC) lines to derive pSMCs to overcome the issue of decreased proliferation in tissue culture and to obtain a homogenous cell population.<h4>Method</h4>Three human PSC lines were differentiated into pSMCs. The conditioned medium (CM) from pSMC culture, which contain pSMC secretomes, was harvested."],"journal":["Stem cell research & therapy"],"pubmed_title":["Secretomes of human pluripotent stem cell-derived smooth muscle cell progenitors upregulate extracellular matrix metabolism in the lower urinary tract and vagina."],"pmcid":["PMC8025391"],"funding_grant_id":["TRAN1-10958","R21 HD102224"],"pubmed_authors":["Wen Y","Tran D","Zhuang G","Briggs M","Wang H","Shao Q","Chen B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Secretomes of human pluripotent stem cell-derived smooth muscle cell progenitors upregulate extracellular matrix metabolism in the lower urinary tract and vagina.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been studied extensively for regenerative medicine; however, they have limited proliferation in vitro, and the long culture time induces cell senescence. MSCs also contribute to tissue repair through their paracrine function. In this study, we sought to examine the paracrine effects of human smooth muscle cell progenitors (pSMC) on the urethra and adjacent vagina of stress urinary incontinence rodents. We use human pluripotent stem cell (PSC) lines to derive pSMCs to overcome the issue of decreased proliferation in tissue culture and to obtain a homogenous cell population.<h4>Method</h4>Three human PSC lines were differentiated into pSMCs. The conditioned medium (CM) from pSMC culture, which contain pSMC secretomes, was harvested.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2025-05-29T20:02:40.105Z","creation":"2025-05-29T20:02:40.105Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8025391","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33823931"],"doi":["10.1186/s13287-021-02292-y"]}}