Fibroblast growth factor-2 may be partly involved in osteoclastogenesis during orthodontic tooth movement.

These observations suggest that tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6 and adiponectin are an integral part of the link between diabetes mellitus and Porphyromonas gingivalis infection.

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Our results indicate that relaxin modulates collagen metabolism in stretched hPDL cells via the release and expression of Col-I and MMP-1. This hormone may be useful to prevent orthodontic relapse following orthodontic treatment.

The results obtained in the present study show that P. gingivalis extract induces TNF-α and IL-6 in an in vitro liver model and that macrophage-derived TNF-α mediates the induction of TNF-α in hepatocytes.