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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2021

Gold Nanoparticles Combined Human β-Defensin 3 Gene-Modified Human Periodontal Ligament Cells Alleviate Periodontal Destruction

Lingjun Li, Yangheng Zhang, Min Wang, Jing Zhou, Qian Zhang, Wenrong Yang, Yanfen Li, Fuhua Yan

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lingjun LiNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Yangheng ZhangNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Min WangNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Jing ZhouKey Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Stomatology, Hangzhou, China.
Qian ZhangNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Wenrong YangSchool of Life and Environmental Science, Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Yanfen LiNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Fuhua YanNanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing University · CNDeakin University · AUZhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Stomatological Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with plaques as the initiating factor, which will induce the destruction of periodontal tissues. Numerous studies focused on how to obtain periodontal tissue regeneration in inflammatory environments. Previous studies have reported adenovirus-mediated human β-defensin 3 (hBD3) gene transfer could potentially enhance the osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs) and bone repair in periodontitis. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), the ideal inorganic nanomaterials in biomedicine applications, were proved to have synergetic effects with gene transfection. To further observe the potential promoting effects, AuNPs were added to the transfected cells. The results showed the positive effects of osteogenic differentiation while applying AuNPs into hPDLCs transfected by adenovirus encoding hBD3 gene.

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gold nanoparticleshuman β-defensin 3 geneosteogenic differentiationp38 MAPK pathwayperiodontal ligament cells

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PMID33585435
PMCPMC7876295
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