Short-chain carboxylic-acid-stimulated, PMN-mediated gingival inflammation

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-290

  Niederman, Richard ^a,b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Kashket, Shelby ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyric acid; Gene expression; Gingival inflammation; Lactic acid; Neutrophils; Propionic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GINGIVITIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030834273     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411970080030301     Document Type: Review

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