Summary Interleukin‐17 (IL‐17) has emerged as a central player in the mammalian immune
system. Although this cytokine exerts a host‐defensive role in many infectious diseases, it …

Periodontal diseases (PD) are chronic infectious inflammatory diseases characterized by the
destruction of tooth-supporting structures, being the presence of periodontopathogens …

The article discusses the protective and destructive roles of cytokine responses against
periodontal infections. It stresses the activities and functions of the protein molecule …

Introduction Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) have been identified
as a population of postnatal stem cells capable of differentiating into osteogenic and …

Introduction The interaction between the immune and skeletal systems is evidenced by the
bone loss observed in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. In this paper we …

Osteoclast (OC)–mediated lytic bone disease remains a cause of major morbidity in multiple
myeloma. Here we demonstrate the critical role of interleukin-17–producing marrow …

We previously demonstrated the suppressive effects of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) on
osteoclast differentiation in vitro. In this article, we show that blood markers of bone …

Osteoclasts are bone-eroding cells that develop from monocytic precursor cells in the
presence of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) and macrophage colony-stimulating …

Garlet GP, Cardoso CR, Mariano FS, Claudino M, de Assis GF, Campanelli AP, Ávila‐
Campos MJ, Silva JS. Regulatory T cells attenuate experimental periodontitis progression in …

Interleukin 17 (IL-17) plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune
diseases, including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). How the signals …