Autophagy drives osteogenic differentiation of human gingival mesenchymal stem cells

Abstract Background/aim Autophagy is a macromolecular degradation process playing a pivotal role in the maintenance of stem-like features and in the morpho-functional remodeling of the tissues undergoing differentiation. In this work we investigated the involvement of autophagy in the osteogenic dif...

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Main Authors: Chiara Vidoni, Alessandra Ferraresi, Eleonora Secomandi, Letizia Vallino, Chiara Gardin, Barbara Zavan, Carmen Mortellaro, Ciro Isidoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Cell Communication and Signaling
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12964-019-0414-7