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ArticleStem cells international2021

Pluripotency of Dental Pulp Cells and Periodontal Ligament Cells Was Enhanced through Cell-Cell Communication via STAT3/Oct-4/Sox2 Signaling.

Zhengjun Peng, Lu Liu, Wenyu Zhang, Xi Wei

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Article in Stem cells international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhengjun PengOperative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7147-3505
Lu LiuOperative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wenyu ZhangOperative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xi WeiOperative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5749-2910
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternation in culture environment due to cell-cell communications can rejuvenate the biological activity of aged/differentiated cells and stimulate the expression of pluripotency markers. Dental pulp cells (DPCs) and periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs) are promising candidates in dental tissue regeneration. However, the molecular network that underlies cell-cell communications between dental-derived cells and the microenvironment remains to be identified. To elucidate the signaling network that regulates the pluripotency of DPCs and PDLCs, proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, and the expression of Oct-4/Sox2/c-Myc in DPCs and PDLCs with indirect/direct coculture were examined. PCR arrays were constructed to identify genes that were differentially expressed, and the results were confirmed by a rat model with injury. Further research on the mechanism of the related signaling pathways was investigated by overexpression/silence of STAT3, ChIP, the dual-luciferase reporter assay, and EMSA. We found that the proliferation and apoptosis of DPCs and PDLCs were inhibited, and their cell cycles were arrested at the G0/G1 phase after coculture.

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