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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2014

Analysis of enamel development using murine model systems: approaches and limitations.

Megan K Pugach, Carolyn W Gibson

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Challenges of Studying Amelogenesis in Gene-Targeted Mouse Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Effect of ibuprofen on amelogenesis in Wistar rats.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB · 2025
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  10. Protein nanoribbons template enamel mineralization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  11. Tooth Enamel and its Dynamic Protein Matrix.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  13. DLX3-Dependent Regulation of Ion Transporters and Carbonic Anhydrases is Crucial for Enamel Mineralization.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Megan K PugachDepartment of Mineralized Tissue Biology, The Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA.
Carolyn W GibsonDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

ENAMEL MINERAL FORMATION DURING MURINE ODONTOGENESISR01DE011089 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GIBSON, CAROLYN · 1995 to 2012
$3.9M
The Role of LRAP in Enamel Mineral FormationR00DE022624 · NIDCR · ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC. · PI PUGACH, MEGAN KARDON · 2013 to 2015
$725k
NIDCR NIH HHS R00 DE022624NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE011089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A primary goal of enamel research is to understand and potentially treat or prevent enamel defects related to amelogenesis imperfecta (AI). Rodents are ideal models to assist our understanding of how enamel is formed because they are easily genetically modified, and their continuously erupting incisors display all stages of enamel development and mineralization. While numerous methods have been developed to generate and analyze genetically modified rodent enamel, it is crucial to understand the limitations and challenges associated with these methods in order to draw appropriate conclusions that can be applied translationally, to AI patient care. We have highlighted methods involved in generating and analyzing rodent enamel and potential approaches to overcoming limitations of these methods: (1) generating transgenic, knockout, and knockin mouse models, and (2) analyzing rodent enamel mineral density and functional properties (structure and mechanics) of mature enamel. There is a need for a standardized workflow to analyze enamel phenotypes in rodent models so that investigators can compare data from different studies. These methods include analyses of gene and protein expression, developing enamel histology, enamel pigment, degree of mineralization, enamel structure, and mechanical properties. Standardization of these methods with regard to stage of enamel development and sample preparation is crucial, and ideally investigators can use correlative and complementary techniques with the understanding that developing mouse enamel is dynamic and complex.

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amelogeninenamel developmentknockinknockoutmineralizationtransgenic

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PMID25278900
PMCPMC4166228

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