Research Article

Aggravating Effects of Psychological Stress on Ligature-Induced Periodontitis via the Involvement of Local Oxidative Damage and NF-κB Activation

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Protein expression of NF-κB signalling-related proteins: (a) protein bands of p-IκBα, IκBα, and p-NF-κB p65; (b) relative expression of p-IκBα; (c) relative expression of IκBα; (d) relative expression of p-NF-κB p65. C: control rats; EP: rats with experimental periodontitis; PS: rats exposed to psychological stress; EP+PS: rats with experimental periodontitis exposed to psychological stress; EP+PS+DR: rats with experimental periodontitis exposed to psychological stress and treated with fluoxetine. The data are expressed as , vs. the C group and PS group; #, vs. the EP+PS group.
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