title: Immunolocalization and expression of Runx2 in tertiary dentinogenesis.
abstract: Runx2 is a new transcription factor that takes part in odontoblast differentiation. This study is aimed at investigating the immunolocalization and expression of Runx2 in the process of dental pulp injury and repair using immunohistochemical technique. In normal dental pulp, positive staining can hardly be detected. In experimental groups, strong positive staining was detected at the site of the impaired pulp after 1 day, while only weak Runx2 staining was detected 3 days after operation. Five days later, a large number of stellate cells in the root apex expressed Runx2, and after 7 days, followed by the reparative dentinogenesis, Runx2 expression vanished slowly, then totally disappeared. Taken together, the expression of Runx2 has temporal and spatial specificity during different phases in rat tertiary dentinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, College of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Longxing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Qingyue
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000378:metabolism*; D003810:Dentinogenesis / Q000276:immunology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D023421:Models, Animal; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000378:metabolism*; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit; C493717:Runx2 protein, rat