Co-increase of Nerve Fibers and HLA-DRand/or Factor-XIIIa-expressing Dendritic Cells in Dentinal Caries-affected Regions of the Human Dental Pulp: An Immunohistochemical Study
Co-increase of Nerve Fibers and HLA-DRand/or Factor-XIIIa-expressing Dendritic Cells in Dentinal Caries-affected Regions of the Human Dental Pulp: An Immunohistochemical Study
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人牙髓受龋齿影响区域神经纤维和表达 HLA-DR 和/或因子 XIIIa 的树突状细胞共同增加:一项免疫组织化学研究
DOI:
10.1177/00220345990780100401
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
H. Suda
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Sakurai;T. Okiji;H. Suda
Neuro-immune interaction has been suggested to play some modulatory role in the immunodefense of the dentin/pulp complex. In this study, we performed a simultaneous immunohistochemical observation of neural elements and pulpal dendritic cells (PDCs) on human carious teeth, to obtain morphological evidence for neuro-immune interaction in response to dentinal tubule-derived carious stimuli. Human third molars bearing a pulp-exposure-free caries lesion were studied. Immunoperoxidase staining was performed with anti-HLA-DR, anti-coagulation factor XIIIa, and anti-CD14 as PDC markers, and anti-low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), anti-protein gene products 9.5, and anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide as nerve markers. The carious teeth usually exhibited localized accumulation of both PDCs and nerve fibers immunoreactive to each marker, in the para-odontoblastic region corresponding to the pulpal end of carious dentinal tubules. Semi-quantitative digital densitometry revealed that pixel numbers corresponding to factor-XIIIa- and NGFRimmunoreactivity were significantly higher in the carious regions than those in the non-carious regions of the same teeth as well as those in the corresponding regions of intact teeth. Classification of specimens with respect to caries depth showed that the co-increase was most apparent in teeth with superficial caries. The increase of PDCs was less pronounced in carious teeth with reparative dentin. These findings suggest that both pulpal nerves and PDCs respond promptly and actively to dentinal tubule-derived carious stimuli. The synchronized accumulation of the two structures suggests an increased opportunity for neuro-immune interaction that may be of significance in the modulation of pathological processes in the dental pulp.
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影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Y. Nong;R. Titus;J. Ribeiro;H. Remold
通讯作者:
Y. Nong;R. Titus;J. Ribeiro;H. Remold
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
D. Payan;D. Brewster;E. Goetzl
通讯作者:
D. Payan;D. Brewster;E. Goetzl
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.12-05-01896.1992
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
影响因子:
--
作者:
Lewin,GR;Ritter,AM;Mendell,LM
通讯作者:
Mendell,LM
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
M. Lotz;J. Vaughan;D. Carson
通讯作者:
M. Lotz;J. Vaughan;D. Carson
影响因子:
3
作者:
BYERS, MR
通讯作者:
BYERS, MR