supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (NRF-2022R1A2B5B03001627);facilities operated by Northwestern University:EPIC and SPID facilities of Northwestern University’s NUANCE Center,which have received support from the SHyNE Resource (NSF ECCS-2025633);the IIN,and Northwestern’s MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1720139);MatCI,supported by the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1720139) at the Materials Research Center;the Northwestern University George M.O’Brien Kidney Research Core Center (NU GoKidney),an NIH/NIDDK funded program (P30DK114857);supported in part by NIH UH3 DE028872;supported in part by the National Science Foundation through a Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE-1842165)
Ameloblasts are specialized cells derived from the dental epithelium that produce enamel,a hierarchically structured tissue comprised of highly elongated hydroxylapatite(OHAp)crystallites.The unique function of the ep...