Dental nerves: a neglected mediator of pulpitis

C Zhan, M Huang, X Yang, J Hou - International Endodontic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most densely innervated tissues, the dental pulp contains abundant nerve
fibres, including sensory, sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibres. Studies in animal …

[PDF][PDF] The role of inflammation modulation in dental pulp regeneration

SH Zaky, M Shehabeldin, H Ray, C Sfeir - Eur Cell Mater, 2021 - ecmjournal.org
A vital and healthy dental pulp (DP) is required for teeth to remain functional throughout a
lifespan. Appreciating its value for the tooth, the regeneration of the DP is a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Bionic peptide scaffold in situ polarization and recruitment of M2 macrophages to promote peripheral nerve regeneration

P Yang, Y Peng, X Dai, J Jie, D Kong, X Gu, Y Yang - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue regeneration requires exogenous and endogenous signals, and there is increasing
evidence that the exogenous microenvironment may play an even more dominant role in the …

Schwann cell-derived EVs facilitate dental pulp regeneration through endogenous stem cell recruitment via SDF-1/CXCR4 axis

D Wang, Y Lyu, Y Yang, S Zhang, G Chen, J Pan… - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The dental pulp is critical for physiological vitality of the tooth, and dental pulp regeneration
has great potential for rebuilding live pulp tissue after pulp disease. Schwann cells (SCs) …

[HTML][HTML] Schwann cells contribute to keloid formation

M Direder, T Weiss, D Copic, V Vorstandlechner… - Matrix Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Keloids are disfiguring, hypertrophic scars with yet poorly understood pathomechanisms,
which could lead to severe functional impairments. Here we analyzed the characteristics of …

Down-regulation miR-146a-5p in Schwann cell-derived exosomes induced macrophage M1 polarization by impairing the inhibition on TRAF6/NF-κB pathway after …

J Sun, Z Liao, Z Li, H Li, Z Wu, C Chen, H Wang - Experimental Neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Both Schwann cell-derived exosomes (SC-Exos) and macrophagic
sub-phenotypes are closely related to the regeneration and repair after peripheral nerve …

Glia and orofacial pain: Progress and future directions

Y Ye, E Salvo, M Romero-Reyes, S Akerman… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Orofacial pain is a universal predicament, afflicting millions of individuals worldwide.
Research on the molecular mechanisms of orofacial pain has predominately focused on the …

Potential application of immunotherapy for modulation of pulp inflammation: opportunities for vital pulp treatment

S Arora, PR Cooper, LT Friedlander… - International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Caries results in the demineralization and destruction of enamel and dentine, and as the
disease progresses, irreversible pulpitis can occur. Vital pulp therapy (VPT) is directed …

Comprehensive analysis of differentially expressed genes in clinically diagnosed irreversible pulpitis by multiplatform data integration using a robust rank aggregation …

L Liu, T Wang, D Huang, D Song - Journal of Endodontics, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Molecular diagnosis may overcome the limitations of clinical and histologic
diagnosis in pulpitis, thereby benefiting many treatment techniques, such as vital pulp …

Development of rat caries-induced pulpitis model for vital pulp therapy

H Huang, M Okamoto, M Watanabe… - Journal of Dental …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Rodent animal models for vital pulp therapy are commonly used in dental research because
their tooth anatomy and cellular processes are similar to the anatomy and processes in …