Cervical loop

<h2 id="cervical-loop-as-epithelial-stem-cell-niche">Cervical loop as epithelial stem cell niche</h2>
<p>It is thought that the central epithelial tissue of the cervical loop, the <a href="/facts/Stellate_reticulum/EsKvS6Ff">stellate reticulum</a>, acts as a <a href="/facts/Stem_cell/qgB9dFrI">stem cell</a> reservoir. In continuously growing teeth such as the rodent incisor the original structure of the cervical loop is maintained and no HERS forms. The stem cells provide the epithelial progeny to sustain the continuous growth.
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<h3>General references</h3>
<ul><li>Cate, A.R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-8151-2952-1.</li>
<li>Ross, Michael H., Gordon I. Kaye, and Wojciech Pawlina. Histology: a text and atlas. 4th edition. 2003. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-683-30242-6.</li>
<li>Harada, H., Kettunen, P., Jung, H. S., Mustonen, T., Wang, Y. A., and Thesleff, I. (1999) Localization of putative stem cells in dental epithelium and their association with Notch and FGF signaling. J. Cell Biol. 147: 105–120</li></ul>

Cervical loop open-in-new

Cervical loop