Traumatic occlusion aggravates bone loss during periodontitis and activates Hippo-YAP pathway.
Weiyi PanLi YangJinle LiLili XueWei WeiHandong DingShibing DengYe TianYuan YueMin WangLiang HaoQianming ChenPublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2019)
Our study demonstrated that periodontitis with TO caused severe inflammation-induced bone resorption. Activation of YAP and upregulation of JNK/AP-1 induced by TO potentially aggravated the symptoms of PD.