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Abstract
The Th1/Th2 cytokines involved in human periodontitis remain unclear; therefore, we established a humanized mouse model to investigate this issue in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-mediated periodontal infection. Quantitative-PCR analysis clearly demonstrates a predominantly mixed Th1 and Th2 expression profile associated with pathogen-specific cell-mediated immunity via osteoprotegerin ligand (or RANK-L)-mediated alveolar bone destruction in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12183580 PMCID: PMC128282 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5269-5273.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441