Extracellular Vesicles Suppress Basal and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced NFκB Activity in Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells.

Periodontitis is an infectious disease characterized by chronic inflammation and progressive destruction of periodontal tissues. Chronic inflammatory environment may affect immunomodulatory function of periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) and promote shift toward proinflammatory phenotype contributing to propagation of periodontitis. Therefore, suppression of inflammatory response in PDLSCs represents a novel therapeutic approach.

Live cell imaging reveals different modes of cytotoxic action of extracts derived from commonly used luting cements.

Objective: To compare cytotoxicity of extracts derived from commonly used luting cements: Hoffmann's Zinc Phosphate (ZPC), GC Fuji Plus Resin Modified Glass Ionomer (RMGIC) and 3M ESPE RelyX Unicem Resin Cement (RC) on primary human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs).

Design: HGFs were exposed to different concentrations of the ZPC, RMGIC and RC extracts. The cytotoxicity was assessed with the PrestoBlue Cell Viability Reagent and viable cells were counted by a haemocytometer using the trypan blue exclusion test.

Microcarrier culture enhances osteogenic potential of human periodontal ligament stromal cells.

Regeneration of periodontal tissue represents a major challenge to modern tissue engineering, since cell-based therapies require large amounts of periodontal ligament stromal cells (PLSC), which can be obtained only by in vitro expansion. Ideally, the period of the in vitro expansion should be optimized for the generation of large enough numbers of pre-specified progenitor cells ready to contribute to the restoration of periodontal tissues. In the present study, we used a commercially available, three-dimensional culturing platform and alginate microcarrier cell culture system for the propagation of human PLSCs, which were derived using the explant outgrowth method.