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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chen YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5168414 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of oral science 20161216 4
Postnatal mesenchymal stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into multiple cell lineages. This study explored the possibility of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) for potential application in tendon tissue engineering. The expression of tendon-related markers such as scleraxis, tenascin-C, tenomodulin, eye absent homologue 2, collagens I and VI was detected in dental pulp tissue. Interestingly, under mechanical stimulation, these tendon-related markers were significantly enhanced when DPSCs ...[more]