%0 Journal Article
%T Gingival Fibroblasts as a Promising Source of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
%A Hiroshi Egusa
%A Keisuke Okita
%A Hiroki Kayashima
%A Guannan Yu
%A Sho Fukuyasu
%A Makio Saeki
%A Takuya Matsumoto
%A Shinya Yamanaka
%A Hirofumi Yatani
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0012743
%X Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells efficiently generated from accessible tissues have the potential for clinical applications. Oral gingiva, which is often resected during general dental treatments and treated as biomedical waste, is an easily obtainable tissue, and cells can be isolated from patients with minimal discomfort.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012743