Non-antibacterial tetracycline formulations: clinical applications in dentistry and medicine

In 1983, it was first reported that tetracyclines (TCs) can modulate the host response, including (but not limited to) inhibition of pathologic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, and by mechanisms unrelated to the antibacterial properties of these drugs. Soon thereafter, strategies were develo...

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Main Authors: Ying Gu, Clay Walker, Maria E. Ryan, Jeffrey B. Payne, Lorne M. Golub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/view/19227/24427