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    • Cafferatta Chea, Emilio; Castro Saavedra, Sebastián; Fuentes Barros, Gonzalo; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Rivera Rodríguez, Felipe; Carvajal Pavez, Paola; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Cortés, Bastián; Cortez, Cristian; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (Wiley, 2020)
      Background During periodontitis, tooth-supporting alveolar bone is resorbed when there is an increased expression of the pro-osteolytic factor termed receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), which is ...
    • Cafferata, Emilio; Terraza Aguirre, Claudia; Barrera, Romina; Faúndez, Nicolás; González, Nicolás; Rojas, Carolina; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Hernández, Marcela; Carvajal, Paola; Cortez, Cristian; González, Fermín; Covarrubias, Cristian; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (Wiley, 2020)
      Aim T lymphocytes play a central role during the pathogenesis of periodontitis, and the imbalance between the pathogenic T-helper type 17 (Th17) and protective T-regulatory (Treg) lymphocytes determines the tooth-supporting ...
    • Balanta Melo, Julián; Toro Ibacache, Viviana; Kupczik, Kornelius; Buvinic, Sonja (MDPI AG, 2019)
      The injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) in the masticatory muscles, to cause its temporary paralysis, is a widely used intervention for clinical disorders such as oromandibular dystonia, sleep bruxism, and aesthetics ...
    • González Oosuna, Luis Gustavo; Sierra Cristancho, Alfredo José; Cafferata Chea, Emilio Alfredo; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta Azucena; Rojas Pérez, Carolina Isabel; Carvajal Pavez, Paola Lorena; Cortez, Cristian; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando Marcelo (MDPI, 2022)
      Senescent cells express a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) with a pro-inflammatory bias, which contributes to the chronicity of inflammation. During chronic inflammatory diseases, infiltrating CD4(+) T ...