Curcumin ameliorates alveolar bone destruction of experimental periodontitis by modulating osteoclast differentiation, activation and function

This study evaluated as to whether curcumin (CCM) could ameliorate alveolar bone destruction in vivo and dissect its mechanism in vitro. The tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity, TRAP staining, quantitative RT-PCR, gelatin zymography, actin-ring formation, and pits formation assay wer...

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Main Authors: Lian-Ping Mau, Wan-Chien Cheng, Jen-Kun Chen, Yi-Shing Shieh, David L. Cochran, Ren-Yeong Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464616000281