| HD | Human deciduous teeth |
| DPCs | Dental pulp cells |
| HDDPCs | Human deciduous teeth-derived dental pulp cells |
| SV40 | Simian virus 40 |
| HPV16 | Human papilloma virus 16 |
| SV40 TAg | SV40 large T antigen |
| HPV16-E7 | E7 oncoprotein of HPV16 |
| hTR | Human telomerase RNA |
| hTERT | Human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| hTEP1 | Human telomerase-associated protein 1 |
| DPSCs | Dental pulp stem cells |
| PB | piggyBac |
| CAG | Chicken β-actin gene-based promoter |
| pac | Puromycin acetyltransferase gene |
| PGK | Phoshoglycerate kinase |
| tdTomato | Tandem dimer Tomato |
| EGFP | Enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| GEU | Gene expression unit |
| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| PBS | Dulbecco’s modified Ca2+, Mg2+-free phosphate-buffered saline |
| iPS | Induced pluripotent stem |
| OCT-3/4 | Octamer-binding transcription factor-3/4 |
| SOX2 | Sex determining region Y-box 2 |
| DSPP | Dentin sialophosphoprotein |
| IP | Intraperitoneal |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| RT | Room temperature |
| PBS | Dulbecco’s modified Ca2+, Mg2+-free phosphate-buffered saline |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| NGS | Normal goat serum |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |