Nowadays, there has been immense progress in developing materials to support
transplanted cells. Nevertheless, the complexity of tissues is far beyond what is found in the …

Bone regeneration after injury or after surgical bone removal due to disease is a serious
medical challenge. A variety of materials are being tested to replace a missing bone or tooth …

Diabetic wounds represent a pressing concern affecting the health and quality of life of
patients. Despite the continuous improvement in therapeutic strategy, diabetic wounds …

Background Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications in patients with
diabetes. At present, there are no satisfactory treatments available for diabetic nephropathy …

We sought to biologically characterize and identify a subpopulation of urine-derived stem
cells (USCs) with the capacity for multipotent differentiation. We demonstrated that single …

Objective. Low back pain (LBP) is one of the top three causes of disability in developed
countries, and intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a major contributor to LBP. In the …

Background: The goals of this study were to characterize urine-derived stem cells obtained
from the upper urinary tract (uUSC), induce these cells to differentiate into urothelial and …

Bladder cancer (BC) is among the most common malignancies in the world and a relevant
cause of cancer mortality. BC is one of the most frequent causes for bladder removal through …

Over the past few decades, small intestinal submucosa (SIS), a naturally occurring
decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM), has attracted much attention in tissue repair …

In tissue engineering, urine-derived stem cells are ideal seed cells and silver nanoparticles
(AgNPs) are perfect antimicrobial agents. Due to a distinct lack of information on the effects …