Dental Follicle Cells: Roles in Development and Beyond

• Main Authors: Tao Zhou (Author), Jinhai Pan (Author), Peiyao Wu (Author), Ruijie Huang (Author), Wei Du (Author), Yachuan Zhou (Author), Mian Wan (Author), Yi Fan (Author), Xin Xu (Author), Xuedong Zhou (Author), Liwei Zheng (Author), Xin Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dental follicle cells (DFCs) are a group of mesenchymal progenitor cells surrounding the tooth germ, responsible for cementum, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone formation in tooth development. Cascades of signaling pathways and transcriptional factors in DFCs are involved in directing tooth er...