TGF-Beta Negatively Regulates the BMP2-Dependent Early Commitment of Periodontal Ligament Cells into Hard Tissue Forming Cells

• Takanobu Kawahara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takanobu Kawahara, Motozo Yamashita

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Motozo Yamashita ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takanobu Kawahara, Motozo Yamashita

  * E-mail: yamashim@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Kuniko Ikegami,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Tomomi Nakamura,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Manabu Yanagita,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Satoru Yamada,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Masahiro Kitamura,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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• Shinya Murakami

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1–8 Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka 565–0871, Japan

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