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Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1313-1318 , November 2007

TGF-β1 Enhances the Expression of α–Smooth Muscle Actin in Cultured Human Pulpal Fibroblasts: Immunochemical and Ultrastructural Analyses

Elizabeth F. Martinez, DDS, MSc
- Laboratory of Mineralized Tissue Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
Vera C. Araújo, DDS, PhD
- Department of Oral Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Dental Research Center, Campinas, SP
Suzana O.M. Sousa, DDS, PhD
- Section of Oral Pathology, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Victor E. Arana-Chavez, DDS, PhD
- Laboratory of Mineralized Tissue Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
- Address requests for reprints to Dr Victor E. Arana-Chavez, Laboratory of Mineralized Tissue Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.