LTA	Lipoteichoic acid
hDPSCs	Human dental-pulp stem cells
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
IL-6	Interleukin-6
IL-8	Interleukin-8
IL-10	Interleukin-10
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
NF-ĸB	Nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells
MTA®	Mineral trioxide aggregate®
α-MEM	Alpha-modified minimum essential medium
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
Staphylococcus aureus	S. aureus
RT-qPCR	Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction
GAPDH	Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase