Zeng, Kai
Wu, Lijing
Xin, Weini
Cui, Chen
Mai, Sui
Hong, Hong
Wei, Xi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82100972, 82071162, 81800956, 82370943)
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2021A1515010562)
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 18 September 2025
First Online: 15 October 2025
Declarations
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: hDPSCs were obtained from caries-free, intact premolars extracted for orthodontic treatment purposes or third molars of patients aged 18 to 25 years with the approval of the Ethics Review Board (Date of approval: March 18, 2022; Approval No.: KQEC-2022021-01; Approved Project Name: LncRNA FTX mediated OCT4 regulation on pluripotency of dental pulp stem cells under injury microenvironment) of Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, and informed consent was obtained from all participants. All animal procedures were conducted in accordance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocol of Sun Yat-sen University (Date of approval: April 12, 2021; Approval No.: SYSU-IACUC-2021-000266; Approved Project Name: pulp dentin complex regeneration in nude mice in vivo).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.