"Odontoblasts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The mesenchymal cells which line the DENTAL PULP CAVITY and produce DENTIN. They have a columnar morphology in the coronal pulp but are cuboidal in the root pulp, or when adjacent to tertiary dentin.
| Descriptor ID |
D009804
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.522
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Odontoblasts" by people in Profiles.
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Periostin is expressed within the developing teeth at the sites of epithelial-mesenchymal interaction. Dev Dyn. 2004 Apr; 229(4):857-68.