Dental pulp stem cells in regenerative medicine:application and development / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Dental pulp stem cel s are characterized by multi-lineage differentiation and proliferation abilities and are easy to obtain, so they are becoming an issue of concern in regenerative medicine. OBJECTIVE:To provide clues and direction for further study by analyzing progress of domestic and overseas research on dental pulp stem cel s, and summarizing their application in regenerative medicine. METHODS:The“dental pulp stem cel , regenerative medicine, tissue engineering”in Chinese and English served as the search terms to search articles related to dental pulp stem cel s and regenerative medicine, published from 2000 to 2015 in Medline, PubMed, CNKI, Wanfang and Cqvip databases. Total y 46 articles were selected for overview. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Dental pulp stem cel s, which hold the capacity of self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation, are relatively easy to obtain, and exhibit a great potential in regenerative medicine. The research of dental pulp stem cel s in repairing bone defects has entered the clinical trial phase, but the research of cel differentiation into other tissues is stil in basic trial phase and needs further development.