The Role of Thymosin Beta 4 on Odontogenic Differentiation in Human Dental Pulp Cells

April 2013 in “ PLoS ONE ”

Sang‐im Lee, Duck-Su Kim, Hwa-Jeong Lee, Hee‐Jae Cha, Eun-Cheol Kim

Studysummary In this study, the researchers found that thymosin beta-4 promotes odontoblastic differentiation in human dental pulp cells, suggesting it as a potential mechanism for regenerative endodontics.

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