Hypothesis: A Challenge of Overexpression Zfp521 in Neural Tendency of Derived Dental Pulp Stem Cells

(2019) Hypothesis: A Challenge of Overexpression Zfp521 in Neural Tendency of Derived Dental Pulp Stem Cells. Cell Journal. pp. 99-102. ISSN 2228-5806

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Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases have now become a major challenge, especially in aged societies. Most of the traditional strategies used for treatment of these diseases are untargeted and have little efficiency. Developments in stem cell investigations have given much attention to cell therapy as an alternative concept in the regeneration of neural tissues. Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) can be readily obtained by noninvasive procedures and have been shown to possess properties similar to well-known mesenchymal stem cells. Furthermore, based on their neural crest origin, DPSCs are considered to have a good potential to differentiate into neural cells. Zfp521 is a transcription factor that regulates expression of many genes, including ones involved in the neural differentiation process. Therefor based on neural crest origin of the cell and high expression of neural progenitor markers, we speculate that sole overexpression of Zfp521 protein can facilitate differentiation of dental stem cells to neural cells and researchers may find these cells suitable for therapeutic treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: mesenchymal stem cell neurodegenerative diseases neuronal differentiation zinc finger protein 521 transcriptional repression in-vitro differentiation complex proliferation growth runx2 gene
Subjects: WU Dentistry. Oral Surgery
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Department of Basic Science > Department of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Page Range: pp. 99-102
Journal or Publication Title: Cell Journal
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 21
Number: 1
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.22074/cellj.2019.5600
ISSN: 2228-5806
Depositing User: Zahra Otroj
URI: http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/10132

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