Open AccessEpithelial–mesenchymal transition in gingival tissues from chronic periodontitis patients: A case–control study
Author(s) -
Karim Wasfi Wadie,
Maha Hassan Bashir,
Marwa M. S. Abbass
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dental and medical problems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2300-9020
pISSN - 1644-387X
DOI - 10.17219/dmp/133514
Subject(s) - chronic periodontitis , medicine , epithelial–mesenchymal transition , mesenchymal stem cell , periodontitis , dentistry , pathology , cancer , metastasis
It has been proposed that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is responsible for the pathogenesis of several diseases. However, the relationship between the EMT process and the severity of periodontitis has not been previously investigated.