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Immunocytochemical detection of protein p38 in human dental pulp
A Casasco1, A Calligaro, M Casasco
1Istituto di Istologia ed Embriologia, Università di Pavia, Italy.
Archives of Oral Biology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The occurrence and distribution of protein p38 (synaptophysin) were investigated by immunofluorescence. Immunoreactivity for protein p38-like antigen was detected within axons of radicular nerve trunks entering the tooth and within nerve terminals close to blood vessels. Immunoreactive structures were also observed in the para-odontoblastic region. It is proposed that protein p38, translocated within small synaptic vesicles from neuronal perikarya along the axons, may be a reliable marker for detection of nerve endings in human tooth.