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INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL
Volume 51, Issue 11, Pages 1187-1195Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/iej.12940
Keywords
angiogenesis; dental pulp; fibrocytes; wound healing
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [25462952, 16K11546]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25462952, 16K11546] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Aim To explore the expression profile of CD45+/pro-collagen I+ fibrocytes in intact dental pulps as well as during wound healing in adult dental pulp tissue. Methodology A total of 16 healthy permanent teeth were obtained from young patients (18 to 25years) undergoing orthodontic treatment. Routine pulp capping with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) was performed under local anaesthesia to induce a mineralized barrier at the exposed surface. Teeth were extracted from patients after 7, 14 and 35 days. Sections of the extracted teeth were prepared and stained for various markers using indirect immunofluorescence. Fibrocytes were counted, and the data were statistically evaluated using the Dunnett test. Results In uninflammed pulp tissue, a pro-collagen I-positive reaction was detected in odontoblasts, as well as in perivascular cells. Most of the CD45-positive cells were negative for pro-collagen I in normal pulp tissue, whereas CD45+/pro-collagen I+ fibrocytes were detected 7 days after injury. At day 14, fibrocytes were recognized under the fibrous matrix in contact with MTA and had infiltrated into regions of new capillary formation, where the fibrocytes were positively stained for vascular endothelial growth factor. By 35 days, fibrocytes were few, coincident with the formation of dentine bridges. The number of fibrocytes peaked 7days post-injury and decreased at 14 days. Conclusions The presence of fibrocytes in human pulp wound healing was observed. The spatiotemporal distribution of fibrocytes suggests that fibrocytes are involved in the early stages of pulp wound healing, specifically by contributing to new blood vessel formation.
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