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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Virve Pääkkönen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8730 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Pääkkönen Virve V Vuoristo Jussi J Salo Tuula T Tjäderhane Leo L
Cytokine 20070921 1
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) is the most extensively studied growth factor in dentin-pulp complex, with pleiotropic effects on pulp response and healing. Our main objective was to analyze the expression profile of pulp tissue and odontoblasts, and the effects of TGF-beta1 on these profiles in cultured human pulp and odontoblasts with a specific interest in the anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines. For that purpose, pulps and odontoblasts were cultured for different time periods, ...[more]