Melatonin promotes hepatic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells: Clinical implications for the prevention of liver fibrosis

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-135

  Cho, Young Ah ^a   Noh, Kwantae ^a   Jue, Seong Suk ^a   Lee, So Youn ^a   Kim, Eun Cheol ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cell therapy; hepatic differentiation; human dental pulp stem cells; liver cirrhosis; melatonin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ANTIOXIDANTS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTAL PULP STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TOOTH PULP; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DENTAL PULP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTAL PULP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, NUDE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84919699269     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12198     Document Type: Article

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