Toll-Like Receptor 9 Agonists Promote Cellular Invasion by Increasing Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity

Melinda A. Merrell, Joanna Ilvesaro, Niko Lehtonen, +7

Molecular Cancer Research

Tlr9 ProteinInnate Immune SystemImmunologyPathologyInnate Immunity +18

Acid Attack and Cathepsin K in Bone Resorption Around Total Hip Replacement Prosthesis

Yrjö T. Konttinen, Michiaki Takagi, Jami Mandelin, +12

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Tissue EngineeringEngineeringBone ResorptionBone SurfaceBone Repair +18

Bisphosphonates inhibit stromelysin-1 (MMP-3), matrix metalloelastase (MMP-12), collagenase-3 (MMP-13) and enamelysin (MMP-20), but not urokinase-type plasminogen activator, and diminish invasion and migration of human malignant and endothelial cell lines

Pia Heikkilä, Olli Teronen, Merja Moilanen, +8

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Human Neutrophil Collagenase (MMP-8), Identified in Bronchiectasis BAL Fluid, Correlates With Severity of Disease

Ruth Sepper, Yrjö T. Konttinen, Y. Ding, +2

CHEST Journal

InflammationBronchiectasis Bal FluidHuman Neutrophil CollagenaseFibrosisInflammatory Lung Disease +8

Surface Structure, Hydrophobicity, Phagocytosis, and Adherence to Matrix Proteins of <i>Bacillus cereus</i> Cells with and without the Crystalline Surface Protein Layer

Anja Kotiranta, Markus Haapasalo, Kirsti Kari, +5

Infection and Immunity

Surface StructureAntimicrobial SusceptibilityElectron MicroscopyBiointerfaceMedicine +13

Use of Host- and Bacteria-Derived Salivary Markers in Detection of Periodontitis: A Cumulative Approach

Ulvi Kahraman Gürsoy, Eija Könönen, Pirkko J. Pussinen, +6

Disease Markers

Advanced PeriodontitisDiagnosisOral MicrobiologyDental InfectionsInflammation +20

Matrix metalloproteinases -8, -9 and -12 in smokers and patients with stage 0 COPD.

Helen Ilumets, Paula Rytilä, Ingel Demedts, +5

PubMed

Tobacco ControlMmp-9 LevelsInflammatory Lung DiseaseAllergyLung Inflammation +11

A Chemically Modified Nonantimicrobial Tetracycline (CMT‐8) Inhibits Gingival Matrix Metalloproteinases, Periodontal Breakdown, and Extra‐Oral Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats

Lorne M. Golub, NUNGAVARUM S. RAMAMURTHY, Analeyda Llavaneras, +5

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Immunologic studies of nonunited fractures

Seppo Santavirta, Yrjö T. Konttinen, Dan Nordström, +4

Acta Orthopaedica

InflammationDiaphyseal BonesNonunited FracturesSkeletal TraumaNonunion Tissue +12

The Anticollagenolytic Potential of Lymecycline in the Long‐Term Treatment of Reactive Arthritis

Anneli Lauhio, Timo Sorsa, Otso Lindy, +4

Arthritis & Rheumatism