Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (13): 2126-2132.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0429

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Dental pulp stem cells in tissue engineering: application and development

Shao Miao-miao1, Liu Zhong-xi1, Xu Nuo2, Liu Qing-hua1, Wang Dong1, He Jian-ya1, Li Xiao-jie1   

  1. 1School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China; 2Zhongshan College of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116000, Liaoning Province, China
  • Online:2018-05-08 Published:2018-05-08
  • Contact: Li Xiao-jie, Master, Associate professor, School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Shao Miao-miao, Studying for master’s degree, School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China. Liu Zhong-xi, Studying for master’s degree, School of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China. Shao Miao-miao and Liu Zhong-xi contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:

    the Project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology, No. 201602230

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: As a special source of stem cells, dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) make much progress in the development of tissue engineering field due to their high proliferation and self-renewal ability. In the certain conditions DPSCs can be induced to differentiate into a variety of specialized tissue cells, providing a new way for tissue engineering development.
OBJECTIVE: To review the main progress in the DPSCs biological characteristics, original source, isolation method, and its related application in tissue engineering research.
METHODS: “Dental pulp stem cell, differentiation, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering” in English and Chinese were termed as the keywords to search relevant articles about DPSCs and tissue engineering published from 2005 to 2017 in PubMed, Medline, WanFang, and CNKI databases. After removal of repetitive or irrelevant articles, 66 articles were finally reviewed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: With the development of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, the effective combination of DPSCs and tissue engineering scaffolds have be further achieved. Recent studies on DPSCs focus on the properties of DPSCs differentiating into odontoblasts and osteocytes/osteoblasts and on the potential of nerve repair, vascular remodeling, corneal reconstruction and chondrogenic differentiation.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Dental Pulp, Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering

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