Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor but not acetylcholinesterase plays an important role in nicotine-related periodontitis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 954-955

  Wang, Qing Yu ^a   Cai, Chuan ^a   Duan, Yin Zhong ^a   Wang, Xiao Jing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; NEUTROPHIL; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PERIODONTITIS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 77950921686     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.12.013     Document Type: Letter

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