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NETs Are Double-Edged Swords with the Potential to Aggravate or Resolve Periodontal Inflammation.
Cells - 5 Dec 2020
Vitkov Ljubomir, Minnich Bernd, Knopf Jasmin, Schauer Christine, Hannig Matthias, Herrmann Martin
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Periodontitis is a general term for diseases characterised by inflammatory destruction of tooth-supporting tissues, gradual destruction of the marginal periodontal ligament and resorption of alveolar bone. Early-onset periodontitis is due to disturbed neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation and clearance. Indeed, mutations that inactivate the cysteine proteases cathepsin C result in the massive periodontal...
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