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Cyclosporin A specifically affects nuclear PLCbeta1 in immunodepressed heart transplant patients with gingival overgrowth.
Journal of dental research - 1 Aug 2005
Ruggeri A, Montebugnoli L, Matteucci A, Zini N, Solimando L, Servidio D, Suppa P, Cadenaro M, Cocco L, Breschi L
Abstract excerpt
One of the most commonly observed adverse effects of cyclosporin A (CsA) is the development of gingival overgrowth (GO). Fibroblasts are involved in GO, but the question why only a percentage of patients undergoing CsA treatment shows this side-effect remains unanswered. In a previous study, CsA has been demonstrated to induce over-expression of phospholipase C (PLC) beta(1) in fibroblasts of patients with...
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