Journal: Regenerative Therapy
Article Title: Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cell-secretome enhances skin rejuvenation via ApoA4 and SERPINH1
doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2026.101071
Figure Lengend Snippet: ApoA4 in vitro functions relevant to skin rejuvenation. Baseline control: SFM (no serum/hPL); Vehicle-CM not used. (A) HaCaT scratch-wound assay showing concentration-dependent increases in migration/closure with ApoA4. (B) In LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages, ApoA4 reduces mRNA levels of IL-6, COX-2, IL-1β, and TNF-α. (C) DCF-DA staining shows decreased intracellular ROS with ApoA4; representative images confirm fewer ROS-positive cells, comparable to ascorbic acid (10 μM). (D) Immunoblot verifying siApoA4 knockdown. (E) Total antioxidant capacity increased with ApoA4; siApoA4 reduced capacity toward control levels. Total antioxidant capacity was calculated from a Trolox standard curve and is presented as Trolox equivalents (nmol/μL). Data are mean ± SEM; one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test (∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001).
Article Snippet: Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting SERPINH1 and ApoA4 (Bioneer, Daejeon, Korea) were transfected into cells at a final concentration of 30 nM using standard transfection reagent protocols.
Techniques: In Vitro, Control, Scratch Wound Assay Assay, Concentration Assay, Migration, Staining, Western Blot, Knockdown