Nerve repair by using gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells

“In this study [from neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania], gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells (GMSCs) under 3D-culture in soft collagen hydrogel showed significantly increased expression of a panel of genes related to development/ differentiation of neural crest stem-like cells (NCSC) and/or Schwann cell precursor-like (SCP) cells and associated with NOTCH3 signaling pathway activation as compared to their 2D-cultured counterparts.”  MORE

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