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<mods:note>&lt;div id=&quot;abs0005&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0010&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Background/aim&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0070&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Human dental pulp-derived&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/mesenchymal-stem-cell&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;mesenchymal stem cells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;(hDP-MSCs) are a promising source of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/progenitor-cell&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;progenitor cells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bone-tissue&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;bone tissue&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;engineering. Nanocomposites made of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/calcium-phosphate&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;calcium phosphate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;especially&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/hydroxyapatite&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;hydroxyapatite&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(HA) offer an impressive solution for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/orthopedics&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;orthopedic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/oral-implants&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;dental implants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;. The combination of hDP-MSCs and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/ceramic-nanocomposites&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;ceramic nanocomposites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;has a promising therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine. Despite the calcium phosphate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hydroxylapatite&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;hydroxyapatite&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(HA)-based nanocomposites offer a good solution for orthopedic and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/dental-prosthesis&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;dental implants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;, the heavy load-bearing clinical applications require higher&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/mechanical-strength&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;mechanical strength&lt;/a&gt;, which is not of the HA’ properties that have low mechanical strength. Herein, the outcomes of using fabricated ceramic nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite/titania/calcium silicate mixed at different ratios (C1, C2, and C3) and impregnated with hDP-MSCs both in in vitro cultures and rabbit model of induced tibial&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bone-defect&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;bone defect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;were investigated. Our aim is to find out a new approach that would largely enhance the osteogenic differentiation of hDP-MSCs and has a therapeutic potential in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bone-regeneration&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;bone regeneration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;abs0010&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0015&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Subjects and methods&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0075&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Human DP-MSCs were isolated from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/dental-pulp&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;dental pulp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/third-molar&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;third molar&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and cultured in vitro.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/alizarin&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Alizarin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Red staining was performed at different time points to assess the osteogenic differentiation. Flow cytometer was used to quantify the expression of hDP-MSCs unique surface markers. Rabbits were used as animal models to evaluate the therapeutic potential of osteogenically differentiated hDP-MSCs impregnated with ceramic nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite/tatiana/calcium silicate (C1, C2, and C3). Histopathological examination and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were performed to evaluate bone healing potential in the rabbit induced tibial defects three weeks post-transplantation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;abs0015&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0020&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Results&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0080&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The hDP-MSCs showed high proliferative and osteogenic potential in vitro culture. Their osteogenic differentiation was accelerated by the ceramic nanocomposites’ scaffold and revealed bone defect’s healing in transplanted rabbit groups compared to control groups. Histopathological and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/electron-microscopy&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;SEM analysis&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the transplanted hDP-MSCs/ceramic nanocomposites showed the formation of new bone filling in the defect area 3 weeks post-implantation. Accelerate&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/osseointegration&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;osseointegration&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and enhancement of the bone-bonding ability of the prepared nanocomposites were also confirmed by SEM.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;abs0020&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0025&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0085&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;The results strongly suggested that ceramic nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite/ titania /calcium silicate (C1, C2, and C3) associated with hDP-MSCs have a therapeutic potential in bone healing in a rabbit model. Hence, the combined osteogenic system presented here is recommended for application in bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</mods:note>
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