Human Dental Pulp-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Potential to Differentiate into Smooth Muscle-Like Cells In Vitro

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Adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation potential. DPSCs showed their differentiation ability to develop adipocytes and osteocytes when induced under specific culturing conditions. (a) Confirmation of successful adipocyte differentiation by positive Oil red O staining depicting development of intracellular lipid droplets. Differentiated adipocytes showed higher expression for CEBP-α, PPAR-γ, and FABP4 markers. (b) Positive Alizarin red and von Kossa staining by differentiated osteocytes. Differentiated cells showed higher expression for osteocyte specific ON, BMP2, and RUNX2 markers.

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