Host Modulatory Effects of β-glucan on Localized Aggressive Periodontitis

Summary

combining the non-surgical therapy with a well-tolerated substance that can stimulate protective immune responses like B-glucan, might effectively mount resolution pathways contributing to resolving of the chronic lesion observed in aggressive forms of periodontal disease.

Timeline

Start

2013-01

Primary completion

2014-06

Completion

2014-08

Publications

• Background • Prakasam A; Elavarasu SS; Natarajan RK. Antibiotics in the management of aggressive periodontitis. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2012; 4 (Suppl 2): S252-5. • Aurer A; Recent Advances in periodontology. Med Sci 2012; 38: 49-59. • Acar NN; Noyan Ü; Kuru L;Kadir T; Kuru B. Adjunctive systemic use of beta-glucan in the nonsurgical treatment of chronic periodontitis. Pathogenesis and treatment of periodontitis 2012; 11: 167-82. • Stashenko P; Wang CY; Riley E; Wu Y; Ostroff G; Niederman R. Reduction of infection-stimulated periapical bone resorption by the biological response modifier PGG Glucan. J Dent Res 1995; 74 (1):323-30. • Chaple CC; Srivastrava M; Hunter N; Failure of macrophage activation in destructive periodontal disease. J Pathol 1988; 186: pp.281-286.

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