Role of Areca Nut Mediated Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interaction and Involvement of JNK/ATF2/Jun/TGF-beta axis in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Etiopathology

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a debilitating irreversible fibrotic condition of the oral cavity. It is characterized by inflammation and ultimately results in trismus. Patients face difficulty in speaking, swallowing and chewing due to restricted mouth opening (trismus). This disease is also cate...

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Main Author: Pant, Ila
Other Authors: Kondaiah, P
Language:en_US
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2964
http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3826/G27887-Abs.pdf