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    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Chaparro, Alejandra; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Chandía Espinosa, Sabrita; Puente Piccardo, Javier; Silva, Augusto; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Escuela de Odontología. Facultad de Salud. Universidad del Valle, 2004)
      Propósito: La periodontitis es una enfermedad infecciosa que involucra una sobre-respuesta inmune del hospedero y se caracteriza por la destrucción de los tejidos de soporte del diente.Durante su desarrollo se establece ...
    • Navarrete, Mariely; García, Jocelyn; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Henríquez, Leslie; Puente Piccardo, Javier; Carvajal, Paola; Hernández Ríos, Marcela; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Elsevier, 2014)
      Background: Macrophages account for 5% to 30% of the inflammatory infiltrate in periodontitis and are activated by the classic and alternative pathways. These pathways are identified by indirect markers, among which ...
    • Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Dezerega Piwonka, Andrea; Rivera Escobar, Oriana; Silva Steffens, Nora; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Puente Piccardo, Javier; Pozo, Patricia; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (2009-02)
      Background: Periodontitis is an infection with an episodic pattern of tissue-support destruction. During the generation of a primary CD4+ T helper 1 (Th1) response, interferon-gamma (IFN-g) acts as a positive regulator ...
    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Chaparro, Alejandra; Puente Piccardo, Javier; Valenzuela, María Antonieta; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD, 2005-04)
      Background and Aims: Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a T-cell-derived cytokine that may play an important role in the initiation or maintenance of the pro-inflammatory response and has recently been found to stimulate osteoclastic ...