Shiri, Elham
Pasbakhsh, Parichehr
Borhani‑Haghighi, Maryam
Alizadeh, Zohreh
Nekoonam, Saied
Mojaverrostami, Sina
Pirhajati Mahabadi, Vahid
Mehdi, Ali
Zibara, Kazem http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-072X
Kashani, Iraj Ragerdi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (97-03-30-39671)
Université Libanaise (2017-25652)
Article History
Received: 31 March 2020
Accepted: 22 June 2020
First Online: 27 June 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing financial or non-financial interests.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee (IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1397.918) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran). Informed consents were signed before collection of <i>human</i> umbilical cords (UC) for isolation of mesenchymal stem cells. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the Tehran University of Medical Science approved all experiments. Animals were kept in quarantine for approximately 1 week prior to their use. International, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All animals were kept in standard conditions with unlimited access to food and water. Deep anesthesia was employed for animal surgical procedures. Experimental procedures as well as animal housing were carried out in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive (86/609/EEC) and the guidelines of the Iranian Agriculture Ministry.
: After signing the informed consents, and in order to obtain mesenchymal stem cells, <i>human</i> umbilical cords (UC) were collected from patients undergoing full-term pregnancy and elective for cesarean section.