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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 ...
    • Díaz Guerra, Eva; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Prete, M. Julieta del; Silva, Augusto; García Sanz, José A. (American Association of Immunologists, 2007)
      The precise mechanisms involved in the switch between the clonal expansion and contraction phases of a CD8 T cell response remain to be fully elucidated. One of the mechanisms implicated in the contraction phase is ...
    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Diaz Guerra, Eva; Silva, Augusto; Sanz, Mariano; García Sanz, José A. (John Wiley & Sons, 2014)
      Aim: Porphyromonas gingivalis can synthesize an extracellular capsule and different serotypes have been described based on capsular antigenicity. On dendritic cells (DCs), the type of capsule present plays a role on the ...
    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Velásquez, Edgar; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; García Sanz, José A.; Silva, Augusto; Sanz, Mariano (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2008-10)
      Objective: This study reports the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) of patients affected with temporomandibular osteoarthritis (OA). Design: In twelve OA of the TMJ (OA–TMJ) affected ...
    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Chandía Espinosa, Sabrita; Puente Piccardo, Javier; León Berríos, Rubén; García, Leyre; Valle, Ignacio del; Silva, Augusto; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (American Academy of Periodontology, 2006-10)
      Background: Chronic periodontitis is an infectious disease characterized by alveolar bone destruction and teeth loss. Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) is an osteoclastogenic cytokine, a central ...
    • Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Silva, Augusto; Sanz, Mariano; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (John Wiley, 2009)
      Aim: T regulatory (Treg) cells have been detected in periodontitis lesions, and forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) expression has been negatively correlated to receptor activator of nuclear factor-k B ligand (RANKL). The aim of ...
    • Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Silva, Augusto; Sanz, Mariano; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (John Wiley & Sons, 2009-05)
      Aim: T regulatory (Treg) cells have been detected in periodontitis lesions, and forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) expression has been negatively correlated to receptor activator of nuclear factor-κ B ligand (RANKL). The aim of this ...