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ReviewJournal of inflammation research2025

Pyroptosis in Pulpitis.

Xiaorui Wei, Shidian Ran, Xingrui Yan, Jindie Huang, Linyu Xue, Tong-Chuan He, Hongmei Zhang, Si Wu

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Review in Journal of inflammation research, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xiaorui WeiThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Shidian RanThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Xingrui YanThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Jindie HuangThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Linyu XueThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Tong-Chuan HeMolecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Hongmei ZhangThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Si WuThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulpitis is an inflammatory disease occurs in the pulp tissues. Continuous development of pulpitis can lead to apical periodontitis and seriously damage the function of teeth, affecting the oral health and daily life of patients. Pyroptosis, alternatively termed inflammatory necrosis, is a type of programmed cell death that is characterized by the swelling of cells until the cell membrane is broken. The GSDM family of proteins can be activated by a variety of pathways, which can lead to the puncture of cell membrane, inducing the release of cellular contents and inflammatory cytokines like IL-1β and IL-18 to activate a strong inflammatory response. Pyroptosis in dental pulp may be an important direction to find new targets for pulpal inflammation prevention and treatment, which deserves further study. In this article, we reviewed the activation mechanism and potential role of pyroptosis in the progression of pulpitis, along with the interaction between pyroptosis and other regulated cell death (RCD) pathways. This review aims to enrich the mechanism under the development of dental pulp inflammation, and to uncover potential therapeutic targets for early alleviation and treatment of pulp inflammation.

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dental pulp cellspulpitispyroptosis

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