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ReviewBiotech (Basel (Switzerland))2025

Engineered Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells with Promising Potential for Regenerative Medicine.

Emi Inada, Issei Saitoh, Masahiko Terajima, Yuki Kiyokawa, Naoko Kubota, Haruyoshi Yamaza, Kazunori Morohoshi, Shingo Nakamura, Masahiro Sato

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Review in Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

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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

3 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

9 authors.

Emi InadaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
Issei SaitohDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Gifu 501-0296, Japan.
Masahiko TerajimaDepartment of Anatomy, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Gifu 501-0296, Japan.
Yuki KiyokawaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Gifu 501-0296, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8406-130X
Naoko KubotaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
Haruyoshi YamazaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
Kazunori MorohoshiDivision of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Shingo NakamuraDivision of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6084-0958
Masahiro SatoDepartment of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1334-2950

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fields of regenerative medicine and stem cell-based tissue engineering hold great potential for treating a wide range of tissue and organ defects. Stem cells are ideal candidates for regenerative medicine because they are undifferentiated cells with the capacity for self-renewal, rapid proliferation, multilineage differentiation, and expression of pluripotency-associated genes. Human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) consist of various cell types (including stem cells) and possess multilineage differentiation potential. Owing to their easy isolation and rapid proliferation, DPSCs and their derivatives are considered promising candidates for repairing injured tissues. Recent advances in gene engineering have enabled cells to express specific genes of interest, leading to the secretion of medically important proteins or the alteration of cell behavior. For example, transient expression of Yamanaka's factors in DPSCs can induce transdifferentiation into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These gene-engineered cells represent valuable candidates for regenerative medicine, including stem cell therapies and tissue engineering. However, challenges remain in their development and application, particularly regarding safety, efficacy, and scalability. This review summarizes current knowledge on gene-engineered DPSCs and their derivatives and explores possible clinical applications, with a special focus on oral regeneration.

Indexed as

dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)gene-engineerediPSCsmulti-differentiationorganoidscaffoldstem cellstissue engineeringtransdifferentiationtransfection

Identifiers

PMID41283323
PMCPMC12641844

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