Open AccessDetection Of Rankl Positive Cells in Gingival Tissue in Healthy & Chronic Periodontal Disease Patients -A Comparative Study
Author(s) -
J. Bhuvaneswarri,
Bagavad Gita,
SC Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9876.5125
Subject(s) - rankl , chronic periodontitis , immunohistochemistry , medicine , osteoprotegerin , periodontitis , connective tissue , pathology , receptor , activator (genetics)
Aim & Objective: The receptor activator of NF-kappa B ligand (RANKL) and its decoy receptor, osteoprotegerin (OPG), are the important proteins implicated in osteoclastogenesis. This study aimed to identify & quantify RANKL positive cells in gingival tissues in healthy & diseased patients & the study looks for immunohistochemical evidence of the expression of the protein in gingival tissue samples.