Authors : Angelo Leone , Maria Laura Uzzo , Giovanni Francesco Spatola , Tomasz Konopka , Giuseppe Pizzo , Biagio Valentino , Francesco Carini , Aldo Gerbino and Maria Buscemi
Abstract: We have used 12 Epulis taken during surgical operation and as control, some normal gingival specimen. The aim was to clarify the relationship between the degree of inflammation and NO production in several cases of Epulis, exhibiting different degree of inflammatory process and verifying the presence of cells involved in NO production. From the immuhistochemical data in our possession we can conclude that NO is one of the factor which module the pathogenecity degree of Epulis.
Angelo Leone , Maria Laura Uzzo , Giovanni Francesco Spatola , Tomasz Konopka , Giuseppe Pizzo , Biagio Valentino , Francesco Carini , Aldo Gerbino and Maria Buscemi , 2007. Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Inflamed Gingival Tissue: Immunohistochemical and Image Analysis. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 248-251.