Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt; The Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt.
Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Apr;31(4):271-273. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2020.01.001. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a devastating metabolic disease. Stem cell therapy provides great hope to all diabetic patients. Umbilical cord (UC) Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells (WJ-MSCs) specifically provides a potential cell therapy for DM. In this article, we discuss major advantages of WJ-MSCs and challenges facing their clinical utility in DM.
糖尿病（DM）是一种毁灭性的代谢性疾病。干细胞疗法为所有糖尿病患者带来了巨大的希望。脐带（UC）Wharton 胶间充质干细胞（WJ-MSCs）特别为 DM 提供了一种潜在的细胞治疗方法。在本文中，我们讨论了 WJ-MSCs 的主要优势及其在 DM 临床应用中面临的挑战。
