The pleotropic role of statins: Could it be the imminent host modulation agent in periodontics?

The pleotropic role of statins: Could it be the imminent host modulation agent in periodontics?

Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease which represents a primarily anaerobic Gram-negative oral infection that results in gingival inflammation, loss of attachment, bone destruction. Bacterial endotoxins in the form of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) that are instrumental in generating a h...

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Main Authors: Harpreet Singh Grover, Shailly Luthra, Shruti Maroo, Niteeka Maroo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Dental Research Journal
Subjects:
Anti-inflammatory
host modulation
immunomodulation
osseo-modulatory
periodontics
statins
Online Access:http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2013;volume=10;issue=2;spage=143;epage=148;aulast=Grover

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