Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Vitamin D and prevention of periodontal ligament

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

According to the study of "1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits osteoblastic differentiation of mouse periodontal fibroblasts" by Chen YC, Ninomiya T, Hosoya A, Hiraga T, Miyazawa H, Nakamura H, posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers found that VD(3) negatively regulates the osteoblastic differentiation of mouse periodontal fibroblasts and prevents the periodontal ligament from mineralization via increase of PLAP-1.

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