The Influence of TLR4, CD14, OPG, and RANKL Polymorphisms in Periodontitis: A Case-Control Study

• Main Authors: Joana Maira Valentini Zacarias (Author), Josiane Bazzo de Alencar (Author), Patrícia Yumeko Tsuneto (Author), Victor Hugo de Souza (Author), Cléverson O. Silva (Author), Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer (Author), Ana Maria Sell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The pathogenesis of periodontitis involves a complex interaction between the microbial challenge and the host immune response. The individual immunoinflammatory response has a great contribution in the pathogenesis of the disease and becomes a trigger in the process of bone remodeling which is a cha...