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Advances in Regenerative Dentistry: A Systematic Review of Harnessing Wnt/β-Catenin in Dentin-Pulp Regeneration.

Mariam Amir, Lakshmi Jeevithan, Maham Barkat, Syeda Habib Fatima, Malalai Khan, Sara Israr, Fatima Naseer, Sarmad Fayyaz, Jeevithan Elango, Wenhui Wu and 2 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Mariam AmirDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Lakshmi JeevithanDepartment of Marine Biopharmacology, College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
Maham BarkatDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Syeda Habib FatimaDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Malalai KhanDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Sara IsrarDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Fatima NaseerDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Sarmad FayyazDepartment of Dental Materials Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-9866-2149
Jeevithan ElangoDepartment of Marine Biopharmacology, College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4115-9918
Wenhui WuDepartment of Marine Biopharmacology, College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1710-8582
José Eduardo Maté Sánchez de ValDepartment of Biomaterials Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, UCAM-Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Guadalupe, 30107 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4216-421X
Saeed Ur RahmanDepartment of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2234-2274

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dentin pulp has a complex function as a major unit in maintaining the vitality of teeth. In this sense, the Wnt/β-Catenin pathway has a vital part in tooth development, maintenance, repair, and regeneration by controlling physiological activities such as growth, differentiation, and migration. This pathway consists of a network of proteins, such as Wnt signaling molecules, which interact with receptors of targeted cells and play a role in development and adult tissue homeostasis. The Wnt signals are specific spatiotemporally, suggesting its intricate mechanism in development, regulation, repair, and regeneration by the formation of tertiary dentin. This review provides an overview of the recent advances in the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway in dentin and pulp regeneration, how different proteins, molecules, and ligands influence this pathway, either upregulating or silencing it, and how it may be used in the future for clinical dentistry, in vital pulp therapy as an effective treatment for dental caries, as an alternative approach for root canal therapy, and to provide a path for therapeutic and regenerative dentistry.

Indexed as

Dental PulpDentinRegenerationWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsbeta CateninHumansbeta Catenindentinpulpregenerationsignaling pathwayWnt/β-catenin

Identifiers

PMID38995004
PMCPMC11240772

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