Comparison of fetal bovine serum and human platelet lysate in cultivation and differentiation of dental pulp stem cells into hepatic lineage cells

• Main Authors: Vasanthan, P., Gnanasegaran, N., Govindasamy, V., Abdullah, A.N., Jayaraman, P., Ronald, V.S., Musa, S., Abu Kasim, N.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11368/1/Comparison_of_fetal_bovine_serum_and_human_platelet_lysate_in_cultivation.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/11368/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369703X14000989

The scarcity of organs for liver transplant is a major pressure point of liver transplantation. Hence, generating hepatocytes may provide an alternative choice for therapeutic applications. At present, dental pulp stem cell (SCDs) is an emerging source in regenerative medicine. However, existing pro...