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In vitro differentiation of human dental follicle cells with dexamethasone and insulin.
Cell biology international - 1 Jul 2005
Morsczeck C, Moehl C, Götz W, Heredia A, Schäffer T E, Eckstein N, Sippel C, Hoffmann K H
Abstract excerpt
The dental follicle is an ectomesenchymally derived connective tissue harboring precursor cells for the tooth supporting apparatus. In this study, we examined gene expression of freshly isolated human dental follicle cells during osteogenic differentiation in vitro. These plastic adherent fibroblastic cells express Notch-1, nestin and vimentin. We differentiated dental follicle cells with dexamethasone or...
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