Department of Oral Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Department of Marine Biopharmacology, College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
Cells. 2024 Jul 6;13(13):1153. doi: 10.3390/cells13131153.
Dentin pulp has a complex function as a major unit in maintaining the vitality of teeth. In this sense, the Wnt/β-Catenin pathway has a vital part in tooth development, maintenance, repair, and regeneration by controlling physiological activities such as growth, differentiation, and migration. This pathway consists of a network of proteins, such as Wnt signaling molecules, which interact with receptors of targeted cells and play a role in development and adult tissue homeostasis. The Wnt signals are specific spatiotemporally, suggesting its intricate mechanism in development, regulation, repair, and regeneration by the formation of tertiary dentin. This review provides an overview of the recent advances in the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway in dentin and pulp regeneration, how different proteins, molecules, and ligands influence this pathway, either upregulating or silencing it, and how it may be used in the future for clinical dentistry, in vital pulp therapy as an effective treatment for dental caries, as an alternative approach for root canal therapy, and to provide a path for therapeutic and regenerative dentistry.
牙髓具有维持牙齿活力的重要功能。从这个意义上说,Wnt/β-连环蛋白通路通过控制生长、分化和迁移等生理活动,在牙齿发育、维持、修复和再生中起着至关重要的作用。该通路由一系列蛋白质组成,如 Wnt 信号分子,它们与靶细胞的受体相互作用,在发育和成人组织稳态中发挥作用。Wnt 信号具有特定的时空特异性,这表明它在形成第三期牙本质的发育、调节、修复和再生过程中具有复杂的机制。本综述概述了 Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路在牙髓和牙本质再生中的最新进展,不同的蛋白质、分子和配体如何影响该通路,无论是上调还是沉默该通路,以及未来如何将其应用于临床牙科,作为治疗龋齿的有效方法的活髓治疗,作为根管治疗的替代方法,以及为治疗性和再生性牙科提供途径。
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