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. 2018 Jul 16;8:10690. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29112-3

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Effects of 1 µg/ml of dentin matrix components (DMCs) treated with matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 (A), MMP-2 (B), MMP-3 (C), MMP-8 (D), MMP-9 (E), MMP-13 (F) and MMP-20 (G) on cell proliferation of rat primary pulp cells. Pulp cell proliferation was promoted by 1 µg/ml of DMCs treated with MMP-1 (A), -8 (D), -9 (E), or -13 (F), compared with incubated DMCs without the addition of MMPs (p < 0.05). Significant differences were not observed with 1 µg/ml DMCs treated with other MMPs, MMPs incubated alone or at lower concentrations (0.01–0.1 µg/ml) of the above mentioned MMPs (Supplementary Figure 6). Groups with similar lower-case letters (i.e., a and b) are not significantly different. Data represent five independent experiments.