The antimicrobial peptide, human β-defensin-1, potentiates in vitro osteoclastogenesis via activation of the p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinases

• Main Authors: Anupong Makeudom, Chayarop Supanchart, Pattanin Montreekachon, Sakornrat Khongkhunthian, Thanapat Sastraruji, Julaporn Krisanaprakornkit, Suttichai Krisanaprakornkit
• 格式: 雜誌
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience
• 在線閱讀: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85024853295&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56719
• 機構: Chiang Mai University

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Previous studies have demonstrated increased expression and raised levels of human β-defensin (hBD)-1 in gingival tissue and crevicular fluid of patients with chronic periodontitis and peri-implantitis, oral bone-resorbing diseases caused by enhanced osteoclastogenesis. Therefor...