Adult dental epithelial stem cell-derived organoids deposit hydroxylapatite biomineral

• Main Authors: Hyun-Yi Kim (Author), Victoria Cooley (Author), Eun-Jung Kim (Author), Shujin Li (Author), Jong-Min Lee (Author), Dina Sheyfer (Author), Wenjun Liu (Author), Ophir D. Klein (Author), Derk Joester (Author), Han-Sung Jung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Ameloblasts are specialized cells derived from the dental epithelium that produce enamel, a hierarchically structured tissue comprised of highly elongated hydroxylapatite (OHAp) crystallites. The unique function of the epithelial cells synthesizing crystallites and assembling them in a mech...