Research Article

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Support Endometriotic Stromal Cells In Vitro

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Ad-MSC reduced apoptosis and increased survival of ESCendo and ESCcyst. A transwell system using Ad-MSC and conditioned medium (Cond) from allogeneic unprimed Ad-MSC were used in coculture with ESCendo or ESCcyst. Direct cell coculture of unprimed Ad-MSC and ESCendo or ESCcyst was also carried out. Apoptosis and survival of ESCendo and ESCcyst was determined using the annexin V assay by flow cytometry. All three systems reduced apoptosis and increased survival of ESCendo and ESCcyst (). The data was normalized to untreated controls for each cell type. Four independent experiments ( biological replicates) were carried out in triplicates (mean ± SD).
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