derivation of germ cells from different stem cell sources has been challenging in the treatment of male infertility. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have an essential role in gene expression at post-transcriptional level. The aim of this research was to find more about miRNA-17 and miRNA-146 expression during differentiation of spermatogonial stem cell like cells (SSC like cells) from mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) through bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4) and retinoic acid (RA) induction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the expression alteration of miR-886-5p in bladder tumors and evaluating its expression level as a potential biomarker in this type of cancer.
Materials And Methods: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples of bladder tumors belonging to 70 patients whom had been referred to the Shahid Labbafi-Nejad medical center were obtained from the archival collection of pathology department. After RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis, expression levels of miR-886-5p were quantified by a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) approach.