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Record W4408094041 · doi:10.1186/s12860-025-00534-y

Differentiation of Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stromal cells into hepatocyte-like cells using a refined method

2025· article· en· W4408094041 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueBMC Molecular and Cell Biology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicMesenchymal stem cell research
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsElectroporationMesenchymal stem cellWharton's jellyHepatocyteTransfectionCell biologyStromal cellCellular differentiationChemistryCell cultureMolecular biologyBiologyIn vitroBiochemistryGeneGeneticsCancer research

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The production of functional hepatocyte cells in enough quantities is of paramount importance for the replacement of lost hepatocytes. In this investigation, a series of 7-mimic microRNAs was harnessed to induce the differentiation of Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (WJ-MSCs) into hepatocyte-like cells (HLC) through the application of two distinct techniques: transfection agents and electroporation. The results were then compared with those of HLCs differentiated through the consumption of chemical compounds. RESULTS: Different time points (48 h, 72 h, and 96 h), unlike concentrations of mimic miRNAs (100 pM, and 200 pM), and dissimilar combinations of mimic-miRNAs (4-mimic and 7-mimic miRNAs) were selected to assess the stage of differentiated cells through electroporation and lipofection methods. For chemical differentiation, a two-step chemical hepatic differentiation protocol was used (for 21 days). The expression level of eleven key genes that were selected to estimate the stage of produced HLCs by each method were tested at different time points, concentrations and combination of mimic-miRNA. Results demonstrated that the 7-miR-mimics/72 h culture method by electroporation, then the 7-miR-mimics/72 h culture method by lipofection, and finally the chemical differentiation (72 h culture) showed the best result for differentiation. Furthermore, the period in which HLCs are maintained under culture conditions is important, as prolonged culture (more than 72 h) leads to cell loss. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the results demonstrated that the 7-miR cocktail delivered by electroporation after 72 h effectively promoted the acquisition of hepatocyte-like characteristics which was evidenced by a significant decrease in the Oct4 stemness factor and an increase in the expression of ALB, TAT, AAT, CYP, G6P and HNF4A.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.088
Threshold uncertainty score0.970

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.022
GPT teacher head0.328
Teacher spread0.306 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it