Versatile Pericytes as a Solid Candidate in Regenerative Medicine and Dental Implant: <i>A Review</i>

Regenerative medicine is a very active topic in medicine. Regenerative medicine is entails the utilization of cells available in our body called stem cells in reaching to the root causes of the diseases rather than treatment of the symptoms of the disease. The advantage of using one's own body cells is to prevent not to consider the stem cells as a heterograft, which are rejected by the immune system of the body. The pericytes possess all the features to be nominated as the main cells in our body to be utilized as stem cells. The pericytes have been considered pleuripotential stem cells due to their ability to differentiate into many types of cells which are of mesenchymal origin. Thus, pericytes have a therapeutic target to cure many pathological conditions, or at least, diminish the severity of diseases. They have been clinically practiced in conditions like dental caries, periodontitis, dental implantology, wound healing, diabetic retinopathy, coronary heart disease, and liver cirrhosis. In the next thirty to fourty years the world will see the eruption of the dawn of a new era in medicine, utilizing the fascinating multidisciplinary functions pericyte as potent cells in regenerative medicine.