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Histological and immunological characteristics of the junctional epithelium

The continuity of epithelial tissue is collapsed by tooth eruption. The junctional epithelium (JE) is attached to the tooth surface by hemidesmosomes, which constitutes the front-line defense against periodontal bacterial infection. JE constitutively expresses intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM...

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Autor principal: Nakamura, Masanori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29755616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdsr.2017.11.004