Growth and Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Maintained in Fetal Bovine Serum, Human Serum and Serum-free/Xeno-free Culture Media

Rashi Khanna-Jain^1,2,3*, George K.B. Sandor^1,2,3, Riitta Suuronen^1,2,3,4, Bettina Mannerstrom^1,2,3,7, Susanna Miettinen^1,2,3,4,5,6, Sari Vanhatupa^1,2,3 and Annukka Vuorinen^1,2,3

¹Adult Stem Cells, Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Finland

²BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland

³Science centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

⁴Finnish Student Health Service, Tampere, Finland

⁵Department of Eye, Ear and Oral Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

⁶Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

⁷Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland