Funding for this research was provided by:
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 30 October 2018
Accepted: 10 May 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Platelet-rich plasma was obtained from volunteers, after explaining the objective of the study and providing a summary of the research stages as well as obtaining their informed verbal and written consent. Gingival fibroblasts and osteoblast-like cells were also prepared from Cell Bank Department of Pasteur institute. Also, the methodology of this experimental study was consistent to all the ethical protocols approved by the University’s Ethics Committee and registered with the code of IR.SBMU.RIDS.REC.1396.440 at the Ethics Committee.
: Informed verbal and written consent was obtained from volunteers for extracting platelet-rich plasma. Also, the methodology of this experimental study was consistent to all the ethical protocols approved by the University’s Ethics Committee and registered with the code of IR.SBMU.RIDS.REC.1396.440 at the Ethics Committee.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.