“…In tooth development, PTHrP is known to express in enamel epithelia (Beck et al, 1995;Lee et al, 1995;Liu et al, 1998), while its receptor (PTH/PTHrP receptor 1 or PTHR1) is expressed in cementoblasts (Tenorio and Hughes, 1996), dental papilla (Lee et al, 1995;Liu et al, 1998), and odontoblasts (Lundgren et al, 1998;Calvi et al, 2004). In addition, functional studies have revealed that PTHrP is required for tooth eruption (Schipani et al, 1997;Phibrick et al, 1998;Kitahara et al, 2002), and recently Calvi and colleagues revealed, using continuously PTHR1 expressing transgenic mice, the critical role of the receptor in early dentinogenesis in fetal and neonatal mice (Calvi et al, 2004).…”