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Regulation of periodontal ligament cell functions by interleukin-1beta.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 1998
Agarwal S, Chandra C S, Piesco N P, Langkamp H H, Bowen L, Baran C
Abstract excerpt
Periodontal ligament (PDL) cells maintain the attachment of the tooth to alveolar bone. These cells reside at a site in which they are challenged frequently by bacterial products and proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), during infections. In our initial studies we observed that IL-1beta down-regulates the osteoblast-like characteristics of PDL cells in vitro. Therefore, we examined the...
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