Immunohistochemical investigation of TGF-beta expression in posterior gingival tissue of phenytoin treated mice
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Patients undergoing phenytoin treatment may develop gingival overgrowth as
a side effect. During drug-induced gingival overgrowth (DIGO), epithelial
tissues will go through epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) to become
more like cormective tissue. EMT is associated with fibrosis as well as cancer.
Objectives: The objective of this experiment is to investigate TGF-beta
expression in posterior gingival epithelial and comective tissues of phenytoin
treated mice in order to assess for a correlation between TGF-beta expression
and gingival overgrowth in mice. The overall hypothesis is that since the
gingival overgrowth does not happen extensively in the posterior gingival
tissues, TGF-beta expression may not be highly expressed in the posterior
gingival tissues. This study is a part of a larger prqiect to replicate human
Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth in a mouse model in order to study and ... [TRUNCATED]
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