Thursday, March 22, 2012: 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Session Type: Poster Session
1.25 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
To present and discuss the application of stem cells to dental tissue engineering
To present and discuss recent advances on the biology of dental pulp stem cells
Investigation of Focal Adhesions During Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation
T.D. TAYLOR1, H. NAIMIPOUR1, S. SUN1, M. CHO1, and S.B. ALAPATI2, 1Bioengineering, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Endodontics, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL
Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting for Human Dental Pulp Stem-Cell Identification
L.M. RODRIGUEZ-SERRANO1, M.A. DE LA GARZA-RAMOS2, S.L. ALVA-SANDOVAL3, C. DEL ANGEL-MOSQUEDA4, M.E. MERCADO-MORALES4, A. GÓMEZ-TREVIÑO5, and A. MENDIOLA-JIMÉNEZ6, 1Odontologia Integral y especialidades/CIDCS UANL, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 2Biologia Molecular / Specialties and Integral Dentisstry Research Unit, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, 3Biologia Molecular/Facultad de Odontologia UANL, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, 4Biologia Molecular/Facultad de Odontologia UANL, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 5Biologia Molecular/FCQ, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 6Cidcs, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Dental Apical Papilla stem/Progenitor Cells enriched by Flow Cytometry
A. BAKOPOULOU1, G. LEYHAUSEN2, J. VOLK3, A. BECKEDORF2, P. KOIDIS4, and W. GEURTSEN5, 1Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2Zentrum fur Zahn, Mund, und Kieferheilkunde, Hannover, Germany, 3Zentrum fur Zahn Mund und Kieferheilkunde, Hannover, Germany, 4School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 5Conservative Dentistry, Perio. & Preventive Dentistry, Medical University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Control of BMP2-Engineered Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Differentiation by Polymeric Substrates
A.K. BHERWANI1, C. CHANG2, S.M. CHAVALI2, G. PELLED3, Z. GAZIT3, D. GAZIT3, E. DIMASI4, M. RAFAILOVICH2, and M. SIMON1, 1Oral Biology and Pathology, State University of New York - Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 2Materials Science, State University of New York - Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 3Skeletal Biotech Laboratory, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, 4National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Biomechanical Remodeling of Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation
H. NAIMIPOUR1, T.D. TAYLOR1, S. SUN1, M. CHO1, and S.B. ALAPATI2, 1Bioengineering, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Endodontics, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL
Overexpression of DMP1 in Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells using Lentivirus
C. POLITIS1, Y. ZHANG1, C. GUPTA2, S. RAVINDRAN1, and A. GEORGE1, 1Oral Biology, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL