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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Isolation and culture of dental pulp stem cells from permanent and deciduous teeth.

Shagufta Naz, Farhan Raza Khan, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Sahreena Salim Lakhundi, Mehwish Sagheer Khan, Nuruddin Mohammed, Tashfeen Ahmad

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Ultrasonic techniques to obtain dental pulp from impacted third molars.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2021
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  20. Therapeutic Functions of Stem Cells from Oral Cavity: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shagufta NazMs. Shagufta Naz, M.Sc., Department of Surgery, Department of Biotechnology, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Farhan Raza KhanDr. Farhan Raza Khan, FCPS, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Raheela Rahmat ZohraDr. Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Ph.D. Department of Biotechnology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Sahreena Salim LakhundiDr. Sahreena Lakhundi, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mehwish Sagheer KhanMs. Mehwish Sagheer Khan, M.Sc. M.Phil., Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nuruddin MohammedDr. Nuruddin Mohammed, PhD, FMFM, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tashfeen AhmadDr. Tashfeen Ahmad, FCPS, Ph.D., Departments of Surgery and Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University · PKUniversity of Karachi · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo isolate dental pulp mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from non-infected human permanent and deciduous teeth.

methodsIt was an in-vitro experimental study. Human teeth were collected from 13 apparently healthy subjects including nine adults and four children. After decoronation dental pulps were extirpated from teeth and cultured via explant method in a stem cell defined media. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics.

resultsAs above MSCs emerged exhibiting fibroblast-like morphology. In vitro culture was positive for 100% (9/9) and 75% (3/4) of the permanent and deciduous teeth respectively. First cell appeared from deciduous teeth pulp in 10±6.2 days while permanent teeth pulp took 12.4±3.7 days. Together, 26.6±3.6 and 24.5±3.5 days were required for permanent and deciduous tooth pulp stem cells to be ready for further assays.

conclusionsThe protocol we developed is easy and consistent and can be used to generate reliable source of MScs for engineering of calcified and non-calcified tissue for regenerative medicine approaches.

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Dental pulpMesenchymal stem cellsPermanent teethPrimary / Deciduous teethTissue engineeringTissue explant

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PMID31372131
PMCPMC6659089
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