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The effect of TGF-beta 2 on dentin apposition and hardness in transgenic mice.
Advances in dental research - 1 Aug 2001
DenBesten P K, Machule D, Gallagher R, Marshall G W, Mathews C, Filvaroff E
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor beta, TGF-beta, is expressed during tooth formation and can induce pre-odontoblast differentiation and formation of functional odontoblast-like cells in vitro. In addition, exogenous TGF-beta can increase reparative dentin formation, presumably by acting on odontoblasts. In this study, we examined the tooth phenotype of transgenic mice, in which TGF-beta 2 expression is directed by the...
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