Research Article

Pluripotency of Dental Pulp Cells and Periodontal Ligament Cells Was Enhanced through Cell-Cell Communication via STAT3/Oct-4/Sox2 Signaling

Table 6

Apoptosis and cell cycle of PDCs and PDLCs in overexpression and silence models (; ).

GroupApoptosis (%)PI (%)

DPCs-control
DPCs-pcDNA 3.0
DPCs-pcDNA 3.0-STAT3
DPCs-shCTRL
DPCs-shSTAT3
PDLCs-control
PDLCs-pcDNA 3.0
PDLCs-pcDNA 3.0-STAT3
PDLCs-shCTRL
PDLCs-shSTAT3

The apoptosis rates of DPCs and PDLCs were significantly reduced compared with the control group. The cell cycles of both DPCs and PDLCs were arrested at the G0/G1 phase ( and ). PI: propidium iodinate (percentage of cells in phases).