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    • Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Díaz Zúñiga, Jaime; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Pujol, Myriam; Díaz Guerra, Eva; Silva, Augusto; Sanz, Mariano; García Sanz, José (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2014)
      Aim: Destructive periodontitis is associated with a Th1–Th17 immune response and activation of RANKL-induced osteoclasts. In addition, Porphyromonas gingivalis K1 and K2 serotypes induce a strong Th1–Th17 response. This ...
    • Monasterio, Gustavo; Castillo, Francisca; Ibarra, Juan; Guevara, José; Rojas, Leticia; Alvarez, Carla; Fernández, Baltasar; Agüero, Amaru; Betancur, Daniel; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)
      BACKGROUND: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans expresses several virulence factors that may contribute to the pathogenesis of periodontitis. Based on the antigenicity of the O-polysaccharide component of the ...
    • 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 ...