Extracellular matrix remodelling in dental pulp tissue of carious human teeth through the prism of single-cell RNA sequencing

Balic, Anamaria; Perver, Dilara; Pagella, Pierfrancesco; Rehrauer, Hubert; Stadlinger, Bernd; Moor, Andreas E; Vogel, Viola; Mitsiadis, Thimios A

doi:10.5167/uzh-238462

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Balic, A., Perver, D., Pagella, P., Rehrauer, H., Stadlinger, B., Moor, A. E., Vogel, V., & Mitsiadis, T. A. (2023). Extracellular matrix remodelling in dental pulp tissue of carious human teeth through the prism of single-cell RNA sequencing. International Journal of Oral Science, 15, 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41368-023-00238-z

Abstract

Carious lesions are bacteria-caused destructions of the mineralised dental tissues, marked by the simultaneous activation of immune responses and regenerative events within the soft dental pulp tissue. While major molecular players in tooth decay have been uncovered during the past years, a detailed map of the molecular and cellular landscape of the diseased pulp is still missing. In this study we used single-cell RNA sequencing analysis, supplemented with immunostaining, to generate a comprehensive single-cell atlas of the pulp of ca