TY - BOOK AU - Sara Mohamed Abdelkhalek Abdelrazek AU - Abeer Ahmed Bahnassy , AU - Amira Mohamed Raafat , AU - Mahmoud Ahmed Amer , TI - Assessment of the trans-differentiation potential of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood stem cells in generating insulin producing cells / PY - 2016/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sara Mohamed Abdelkhalek Abdelrazek , KW - Bone marrow KW - Insulin producing cells KW - Umbilical cord blood stem cells N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Zoology; Issued also as CD N2 - This study was carried out to assess the feasibility of generating insulin-producing cells from progenitor cells obtained from the bone marrow (BM) and cord blood (CB) and compare the trans-differentiation potential of the two studied sources (BM versus CB cells). I- In this study, 20 samples of umbilical cord blood were obtained, isolation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was done. In vitro expansion of MSCs was performed. MSCs were propagated in-vitro, the insulin-producing cells differentiation medium was added. The cells showed a change in their morphology insulin-producing cells appeared. II- Twenty samples of rat bone marrow were obtained; isolation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was done. In vitro expansion of MSCs was performed. MSCs were propagated in vitro, the insulin-producing cells differentiation medium was added. The cells showed a change in their morphology, and became insulin-producing cells appeared. III. RNA extraction was performed; RNA was transformed to (cDNA) and expression of GAPDH, Insulin genes were assessed using RT-PCR technique UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -