title: Periodontal epithelium: a newly recognized role in health and disease.
authors.forename: Beverly A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Dale
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004846:Epithelial Attachment / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004848:Epithelium / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010519:Periodontium / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D023083:beta-Defensins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D023083:beta-Defensins