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A short-term treatment with tumor necrosis factor-alpha enhances stem cell phenotype of human dental pulp cells.
Stem cell research & therapy - 28 Feb 2014
Ueda Mayu, Fujisawa Takuo, Ono Mitsuaki, Hara Emilio Satoshi, Pham Hai Thanh, Nakajima Ryu, Sonoyama Wataru, Kuboki Takuo
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INTRODUCTION: During normal pulp tissue healing, inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) or interleukins, act in the initial 48 hours (inflammatory phase) and play important roles not only as chemo-attractants of inflammatory cells and stem/progenitor cells but also in...
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