Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
- Volume 24 Issue 1
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- Pages.212-221
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- 1999
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- 2234-7658(pISSN)
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- 2234-7666(eISSN)
EXPRESSION OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHETASE IN PERIAPICAL LESIONS
치근단질환에서 Nitric Oxide Synthetase 발현에 관한 연구
- Oh, Su-Jin (Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
- Lee, Su-Jong (Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
- Kim, Eun-Chul (Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
- Im, Mi-Kyung (Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University)
- Published : 1999.04.06
Abstract
The periapical response to injury is a complex interaction of inflammatory, immune, neural, vascular and synthetic activity. Nitric oxide(NO), synthesized by nitric oxide synthetase(NOS) from L-arginine, is becoming recognized as an important bio-regulatory molecule in a variety of tissue, but little is known about its possible role in periapical tissue. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of nitric oxide synthetase(NOS) in tooth follicle, periapical abscess, granuloma and cyst. The expression of NOS in periapical lesions was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining for