Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 141-147.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1860

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Factors affecting the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor from dental pulp stem cells

He Hongzhi1, Ma Dandan2, 3   

  1. 1First Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China; 2School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China; 3Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2019-04-16 Revised:2019-04-22 Accepted:2019-06-12 Online:2020-01-08 Published:2019-12-13
  • Contact: Ma Dandan, MD, Associate chief physician, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China; Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:He Hongzhi, First Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), No. 81400495; the PhD Start-up Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, No. 2015A3030310101; the Guangdong College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Project, No. 201712121137

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: How to regulate the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor from dental pulp stem cells is of great significance for promoting dental pulp regeneration by dental pulp stem cells, especially promoting dentinogenesis, dental pulp angiogenesis and neurogenesis.

OBJECTIVE: To review the factors affecting the secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor from dental pulp stem cells, providing ideas for pulp regeneration and other clinical applications.

METHODS: We searched the articles in PubMed, CNKI, WanFang databases with the keywords of “vascular endothelial growth factor; dental pulp stem cell; dental pulp regeneration; hypoxia; inflammatory mediator; bacterial virulence factor; growth factor; material” in Chinese and English, respectively. Finally, 56 articles met the criteria for review.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Vascular endothelial growth factor is the most important cytokine in angiogenesis and neovasculization, which promotes the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells as well as protecting nerves and promoting neurogenesis. Dental pulp stem cells are the most important stem cells in dental pulp tissues. They are also important seed cells in pulp regeneration. Dental pulp stem cells have biological characteristics such as high proliferation, self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation, and have certain secretory activities, which can be used as an alternative source of exogenous vascular endothelial growth factor. A variety of factors, such as hypoxia, bacterial virulence factors, inflammatory factors, growth factors and materials, are associated with the cytokine secretion activity of dental pulp stem cells, which can affect the expression and secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor in dental pulp stem cells. Therefore, increasing concern has been emphasized on the regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor ecpression and secretion in dental pulp stem cells and the better use in pulp regeneration.


Key words: vascular endothelial growth factor, dental pulp stem cells, pulp regeneration, hypoxia, inflammatory factors, bacterial virulence factors, growth factors, biomaterials

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