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ArticleMolecules and cells2015

Vitamin D Promotes Odontogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Cells via ERK Activation.

Su-Mi Woo, Hae-Soon Lim, Kyung-Yi Jeong, Seon-Mi Kim, Won-Jae Kim, Ji-Yeon Jung

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Article in Molecules and cells, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Su-Mi WooDental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Hae-Soon LimDental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Kyung-Yi JeongDepartment of Dental Hygiene, Honam University, Gwangju 506-714, Korea.
Seon-Mi KimDental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Won-Jae KimDental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Ji-Yeon JungDental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Honam University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The active metabolite of vitamin D such as 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25(OH)2D3) is a well-known key regulatory factor in bone metabolism. However, little is known about the potential of vitamin D as an odontogenic inducer in human dental pulp cells (HDPCs) in vitro. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin D3 metabolite, 1α,25(OH)2D3, on odontoblastic differentiation in HDPCs. HDPCs extracted from maxillary supernumerary incisors and third molars were directly cultured with 1α,25(OH)2D3 in the absence of differentiation-inducing factors. Treatment of HDPCs with 1α,25(OH)2D3 at a concentration of 10 nM or 100 nM significantly upregulated the expression of dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) and dentin matrix protein1 (DMP1), the odontogenesis-related genes. Also, 1α,25(OH)2D3 enhanced the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and mineralization in HDPCs. In addition, 1α,25(OH)2D3 induced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), whereas the ERK inhibitor U0126 ameliorated the upregulation of DSPP and DMP1 and reduced the mineralization enhanced by 1α,25(OH)2D3. These results demonstrated that 1α,25(OH)2D3 promoted odontoblastic differentiation of HDPCs via modulating ERK activation.

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Cell DifferentiationCells, CulturedDental PulpDentin SialophosphoproteinExtracellular Matrix ProteinsExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHumansMolarOdontogenesisPhosphoproteinsSialoglycoproteinsVitamin DDentin Sialophosphoproteindihydroxy-vitamin D3DMP1 protein, humanExtracellular Matrix ProteinsExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesPhosphoproteinsSialoglycoproteinsVitamin D1α,25(OH)2D3human dental pulp cellsmitogen-activated protein kinaseodontoblastic differentiationvitamin D

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PMID26062551
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