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ArticleScientific reports2021

The promise(s) of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in averting preclinical diabetes: lessons from in vivo and in vitro model systems.

Nagasuryaprasad Kotikalapudi, Samuel Joshua Pragasam Sampath, Sinha Sukesh Narayan, Bhonde R, Harishankar Nemani, Sathish Kumar Mungamuri, Vijayalakshmi Venkatesan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nagasuryaprasad KotikalapudiDivision of Cell and Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Samuel Joshua Pragasam SampathDivision of Cell and Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Sinha Sukesh NarayanDivision of Food Safety, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Bhonde RDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Allalasandra, Yelahanka, Bangalore, 560065, India.
Harishankar NemaniDivision of Animal Facility, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Sathish Kumar MungamuriDivision of Food Safety, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Vijayalakshmi VenkatesanDivision of Cell and Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India. v.venkateshan@gmail.com.
National Institute of Nutrition · INInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity (Ob) poses a significant risk factor for the onset of metabolic syndrome with associated complications, wherein the Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) therapy shows pre-clinical success. Here, we explore the therapeutic applications of human Placental MSCs (P-MSCs) to address Ob-associated Insulin Resistance (IR) and its complications. In the present study, we show that intramuscular injection of P-MSCs homed more towards the visceral site, restored HOMA-IR and glucose homeostasis in the WNIN/GR-Ob (Ob-T2D) rats. P-MSC therapy was effective in re-establishing the dysregulated cytokines. We report that the P-MSCs activates PI3K-Akt signaling and regulates the Glut4-dependant glucose uptake and its utilization in WNIN/GR-Ob (Ob-T2D) rats compared to its control. Our data reinstates P-MSC treatment's potent application to alleviate IR and restores peripheral blood glucose clearance evidenced in stromal vascular fraction (SVF) derived from white adipose tissue (WAT) of the WNIN/GR-Ob rats. Gaining insights, we show the activation of the PI3K-Akt pathway by P-MSCs both in vivo and in vitro (palmitate primed 3T3-L1 cells) to restore the insulin sensitivity dysregulated adipocytes. Our findings suggest a potent application of P-MSCs in  pre-clinical/Ob-T2D management.

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationModels, BiologicalAdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsBlood GlucoseCells, CulturedCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlucose Transporter Type 4HomeostasisHumansInsulinMacrophagesBlood GlucoseCytokinesGlucose Transporter Type 4InsulinPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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