Prostaglandin E2 inhibits the proliferat
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Evgeny Weinberg; Ella Zeldich; Max M. Weinreb; Ofer Moses; Carlos Nemcovsky; Mir
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Elevated levels of prostaglandins such as PGE~2~ in inflamed gingiva play a significant role in the tissue destruction caused by periodontitis, partly by targeting local fibroblasts. Only very few studies have shown that PGE~2~ inhibits the proliferation of a gingival fibroblast (GF) ce