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Influence of chronic alcoholism and estrogen deficiency on the immunohistochemical expression of regulatory proteins of the bone resorption process in the periodontium of Wistar rats
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Influence of chronic alcoholism and estrogen deficiency on the immunohistochemical expression of regulatory proteins of the bone resorption process in the periodontium of Wistar rats

Adriana Mathias Pereira da Silva Marchini, Gabriela de Fátima Santana-Melo, Miriane Carneiro Machado Salgado, Elis Andrade de Lima Zutin, Leonardo Marchini, Rosilene Fernandes da Rocha and Luana Marotta Reis de Vasconcellos
Archives of Oral Biology, Vol.95, pp.7-14
11/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.07.006
PMID: 30031211
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate possible changes in immunohistochemical expression of proteins regulating the bone resorption process in the periodontium of rats subjected to alcoholism and/or estrogen deficiency. The investigated proteins were receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa β ligand (RANKL), a protein that stimulates bone resorption, and osteoprotegerin (OPG), a protein that inhibits bone resorption. At the molecular level, decreased OPG expression and/or increased RANKL expression are consistent with a greater predisposition to bone resorption.
Alcohol or Alcoholism Osteoporosis Periodontium ovariectomy

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