This review provides a detailed description of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), focusing
on those that are known to have critical roles in bone and periodontal disease. Periodontal …

Buduneli N, Kinane DF: Host‐derived diagnostic markers related to soft tissue destruction
and bone degradation in periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol 2011; 38 (Suppl. 11): 85–105. doi …

Recent studies have investigated the association between periodontal disease, tooth loss,
and several systemic diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and preterm birth …

Oral cancer (OC) is known to have a multi-factorial etiology; tobacco, alcohol and betel quid
being the major risk factors. Tooth loss and periodontal disease (PD) have been implicated …

During the last two to three decades our understanding of the immunobiology of periodontal
disease has increased exponentially, both with respect to the microbial agents triggering the …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) produced by resident and inflammatory cells in response
to periodontopathogens play a major role in periodontal tissue destruction. Our aim was to …

Cardiovascular diseases are chronic inflammatory diseases that affect a large segment of
society. Coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common cardiovascular disease …

Background: The balance between the degradation and synthesis of extracellular matrix
determines periodontal attachment levels and alveolar bone matrix concentration in …

Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) is a physiological fluid and an inflammatory serum exudate
derived from the gingival plexus of blood vessels and mixed with host tissues and …

Aim Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease, characterized by irreversible destruction
of tooth‐supporting tissue including alveolar bone. We recently reported mucin 4 (MUC 4) …