title: [Dendritic cells in chronic adult periodontal disease].
abstract: At the gingiva there are two cellular populations with mediation capacity in the immunoregulation, whose mechanisms seen to be implicated in the pathogenesis of the periodontal disease. One of these populations is formed by the macrophages and the other one by the Langerhans cells belonging to the epithelia. In this paper wr are demonstrating that both populations keep an inverse proportional relation in the two sides of gingival epithelium. In the oral side, the Langerhans cells are predomiating, while in the periodontal pocket they are in small number, in comparison with the macrophages, which are highly abundant and forming a subepithelial band.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viñuela
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamallo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zapata
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Utrilla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003713:Dendritic Cells; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells; D008264:Macrophages; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Las células dendriticas en la enfermedad periodontal crónica del adulto.