Ghrelin Upregulates Hoxb4 Gene Expression in Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Objective Ghrelin is a peptide which has a proliferative and antiapoptotic effect in many cells including bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Homeobox protein B4 (HOXB4) is a transcription factor involved in stem cell regeneration and survival. The aim of the study was to find out the effect of ghre...

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Main Authors: Alireza Abdanipour, Behnaz Shahsavandi, Mohsen Alipour, Hadi Feizi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royan Institute (ACECR), Tehran 2018-04-01
Series:Cell Journal
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Online Access:http://celljournal.org/journal/article/19671/download