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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Improves the Proliferation and Regenerative Potential of Bone Marrow Adherent Stem Cells and the Immune Tolerance of Fetal Microchimeric Stem Cells In Vitro

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Nongonadal tissues express luteinizing hormone-chorionic gonadotropin receptors (LHCG-R) which are essential for their growth during fetal development. Adult mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) have been shown to express functional LHCG-R outside pregnancy conditions, making them susceptible to hCG stimulation. In the present study we tested the effect of hCG treatment on bone marrow (BM) derived adherent stem cells in vitro, isolated from a parous women, mother of male sons, in order to evaluate its effect on maternal MSCs and in the same time on fetal microchimeric stem cells (FMSCs), to better understand the outcomes of this safe and affordable treatment on cell proliferation and expression of pluripotency genes. Our study highlights the beneficial effects of hCG exposure on gene regulation in bone marrow adherent stem cells through the upregulation of pluripotency genes and selection of more primitive mesenchymal stem cells with a better differentiation potential. Validation of these effects on MSCs and FMSCs long after parturition in vivo represents a close perspective as it could set the premises of a new mobilization strategy for the stem cell transplantation procedures in the clinical setting.

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  1. Research Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Andrei Cosmin Cismaru, Ancuta Maria Jurj, Lajos-Zsolt Raduly, Cornelia Braicu, Sergiu Chira, Roxana Cojocneanu, Laura Ancuta Pop & Ioana Berindan Neagoe

  2. Radiotherapy, Radio-biology and Tumor Biology Laboratory, The Oncology Institute “Prof. dr. Ion Chiricuta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Olga Soritau

  3. Pathology Department, The Oncology Institute “Prof. dr. Ion Chiricuta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Bogdan Pop & Cosmina Bocean

  4. Genetics Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Diana Miclea

  5. Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Experimental Pathology Laboratory, The Oncology Institute “Prof. dr. Ion Chiricuta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Oana Baldasici

  6. MedFUTURE, the Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Cristian Moldovan

  7. Hematology Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Laura Urian

  8. Immunology Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Claudia Burz

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Cismaru, A.C., Soritau, O., Jurj, A.M. et al. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Improves the Proliferation and Regenerative Potential of Bone Marrow Adherent Stem Cells and the Immune Tolerance of Fetal Microchimeric Stem Cells In Vitro. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 16, 524–540 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-020-09957-w

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