Human gingival mesenchymal stem cells (hGMSCs) were isolated from the gingival tissues of three patients, in good general health conditions and without oral disease, who underwent a surgical procedure. The gingival tissues were placed in a culture dish, fragmented, washed several times in phosphate-buffered saline solution (PBS, Lonza, Basel, Switzerland) with 5% of gentamicin (Lonza) and transferred into the incubator at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air with mesenchymal stem cell growth medium-chemically defined (MSCGM-CD, Lonza). The medium was replaced every two days for approximately two weeks before the cells reached 80% confluence and were passaged in culture [26 (link)].
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