Dental pulp stem cells: Function, isolation and applications in regenerative medicine

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1205-1216

  Tatullo, Marco ^a   Marrelli, Massimo ^b   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^c   White, Lisa J ^c  

^a Regenerative Medicine Section   (Italy)

^b Maxillo Facial Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bone regeneration; Dental pulp stem cells; Isolation; Neural regeneration; Pulp regeneration

Indexed keywords

BONE; CYTOLOGY; STEM CELLS;

ANGIOGENESIS; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS; BONE REGENERATION; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS; ISOLATION; NEURAL REGENERATION; PULP REGENERATIONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MARROW STROMA CELL; BONE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENTAL PULP STEM CELL; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; HUMAN; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ODONTOBLAST; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; METABOLISM; NEURAL CREST; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROMA CELL; TOOTH;

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL CREST; ODONTOBLASTS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TOOTH;

EID: 84946068775     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1899     Document Type: Review

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