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Excessive Wnt/β-catenin signaling disturbs tooth-root formation.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Aug 2013
Bae C H, Lee J Y, Kim T H, Baek J A, Lee J C, Yang X, Taketo M M, Jiang R, Cho E S
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Wingless-type MMTV integration site family (Wnt)/β-catenin signaling plays an essential role in cellular differentiation and matrix formation during skeletal development. However, little is known about its role in tooth-root formation. In a previous study, we found excessive formation of dentin and cementum in mice with constitutive β-catenin stabilization in the dental mesenchyme. In...
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