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ArticleNature communications2026

Wnt-dependent ontogeny of acellular cementum-forming cementoblasts on the tooth root surface.

Taishi Komori, Mizuki Nagata, Natnicha Praneetpong, Hanwen Fan, Yuxiao Zhou, Noriaki Ono, Wanida Ono

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Taishi KomoriDepartment of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Dentistry, Houston, TX, USA.
Mizuki NagataDepartment of Orthodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Dentistry, Houston, TX, USA.
Natnicha PraneetpongDepartment of Orthodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Dentistry, Houston, TX, USA.
Hanwen FanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Yuxiao ZhouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Noriaki OnoDepartment of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Dentistry, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-8230
Wanida OnoDivision of Orthodontics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA. wanida.ono@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0358-1897

Funding

Skeletal stem cell plasticity in craniofacial bone diseases.R35DE034348 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Noriaki Ono · 2024 to 2026
$3.1M
Craniofacial skeletal cell lineage plasticity for reconstituting stem cells and their nichesR01DE030630 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ONO, NORIAKI, ONO, WANIDA · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
Pharmacological rescue of tooth eruption disordersR01DE030416 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Wanida Ono · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Dental Follicle: A Central Regulator of Tooth Root Formation and RegenerationR01DE029181 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ONO, WANIDA · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE029181NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030416NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030630NIDCR NIH HHS R35 DE034348U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01DE029181U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01DE030416U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01DE030630U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R35DE034348
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Abstract

Cementum is a specialized mineralized tissue that covers the tooth root surface and anchors the tooth to the surrounding periodontal ligament. The cervical acellular cementum (AC) is indispensable for periodontal attachment and represents a key target for periodontal regenerative therapies. However, the developmental origin and molecular identity of AC-forming cementoblasts remain poorly understood. Here, through an integrated spatial and single-cell transcriptomic analysis, we identify AC-forming cementoblasts as a distinct population of noncanonical mineralizing cells enriched for cell-matrix organization and Wnt signaling signatures, distinguishing them from cellular cementum-forming cementoblasts localized in the apical portion. Lineage tracing using a Wnt inhibitory factor 1 (Wif1-creER) demonstrates that AC-forming cementoblasts originate exclusively from peri-epithelial apical Wif1

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Dental CementumTooth RootWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsCementogenesisGene Expression ProfilingMicePeriodontal Ligament

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PMID42129164
PMCPMC13376515

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