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KMID : 0363620160370020085
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2016 Volume.37 No. 2 p.85 ~ p.92
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Evaluation of the effects of a low dose of Asiasari radix on stem cell morphology and proliferation
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Park Jun-Beom
Lee Ji-Eun
Jin Seong-Ho
Ko Young-Kyung
Jeong Su-Hyeon
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Abstract
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Objectives: Asiasari radix (A. radix) is a traditional herb medicine that has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, or anti-allergic remedy. This study was performed to evaluate the effects of low concentration of the Asiasarum heterotropoides extract on the morphology and proliferation of the human mesenchymal stem cells derived from periodontal tissue.
Methods: Stem cells derived from gingiva were grown in the presence of A. radix at final concentrations that ranged from 0.001 to 0.01 μg/mL. The morphology of the cells was viewed under an inverted microscope and the analysis of cell proliferation was performed by using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) on days 1 and 3.
Results: The control group showed fibroblast morphology. The shapes of the cells in 0.001 and 0.01 μg/mL of A. radix were similar to that of the untreated control group. The cultures growing in the presence of A. radix at day 1 showed an increase in the CCK-8 value. The relative values of CCK-8 assays of 0.001 and 0.01 μg/mL of A. radix are 130.6 % ± 1.8 % and 129.3 % ± 1.5 %, respectively, when the CCK-8 result of the untreated control group at day 1 is considered 100% (P = 0.051).
Conclusions: Within the limits of this study, low concentrations of A. radix seemed to increase the proliferation of the stem cells that were derived from the gingiva and did not have adverse effects on the morphology of the cells.
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KEYWORD
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Asiasari Radix, low dose, stem cells, cell morphology, cell proliferation
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