Browsing by Author "Arancibia, R."
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Silva, D.; Arancibia, R.; Tapia, C.; Acuña Rougier, C.; Díaz Dosque, Mario; Cáceres, M.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)Background and Objective: Chitosan is a naturally derived polymer that may be applied in periodontal therapy for tissue-reconstruction purposes. Previous studies have shown that chitosan may stimulate tissue healing. ...
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Romero, A.; Cáceres, M.; Arancibia, R.; Silva, D.; Couve, E.; Martínez, C.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)Background: Granulation tissue remodeling and myofibroblastic differentiation are critically important events during wound healing. Tobacco smoking has a detrimental effect in gingival tissue repair. However, studies ...
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Oyarzún, A.; Arancibia, R.; Hidalgo Acosta, Rodrigo; Peñafiel, C.; Cáceres, M.; González, M. J.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (John Wiley, 2010)OBJECTIVES: Periodontal disease is characterized by an increased collagen metabolism. Although membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) plays a critical role in collagen degradation, its involvement in human ...
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Arancibia, R.; Cáceres, M.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. (2009)Background and Objectives: Destruction of the supporting periodontal tissues is mediated by the action of several proteolytic enzymes. Urokinase is a serine protease that plays a key role in connective tissue destruction ...