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Iracema Matos Melo
Researcher at Federal University of Ceará
Publications - 15
Citations - 348
Iracema Matos Melo is an academic researcher from Federal University of Ceará. The author has contributed to research in topics: RANKL & Periodontitis. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 287 citations.
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Relationship between Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Review of the Literature.
TL;DR: The majority of the articles have confirmed that there is a correlation between PD and RA, since both disorders have characteristics in common and result from an imbalance in the immunoinflammatory response.
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Effect of Atorvastatin in radiographic density on alveolar bone loss in wistar rats
TL;DR: Atorvastatin was able to prevent alveolar bone loss seen on a ligature-induced periodontitis model, and was corroborated by macroscopic findings, where ATV reduced alveolars bone loss by over 47% (p<0.05), when compared to the group of untreated animals (saline).
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Versatility of Chitosan-Based Biomaterials and Their Use as Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration.
José Carlos Viana Ribeiro,Rodrigo Silveira Vieira,Iracema Matos Melo,Vilana Maria Adriano Araújo,Vilma Lima +4 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrated the effectiveness of chitosan-based biomaterials in 93.4% of the studies reviewed, whether or not combined with cells and growth factors, in the regeneration of various types of tissues in animals.
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Effect of alendronate on bone-specific alkaline phosphatase on periodontal bone loss in rats.
TL;DR: ALD prevented BALP reduction and ABL and reduced inflammatory infiltrate, without causing systemic alterations, in Wistar rats.
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Low-dose combination of alendronate and atorvastatin reduces ligature-induced alveolar bone loss in rats.
Paula Goes,Iracema Matos Melo,Luana Maria Castelo Melo Silva,Norma Maria Barros Benevides,N. M. N. Alencar,Ronaldo A. Ribeiro,Vilma Lima +6 more
TL;DR: Lower-dose combination of ALD+ATV demonstrated a protective effect on alveolar bone loss, and decreases in bone and cementum resorption, in leukocyte infiltration and in immunostaining for TRAP and MPO activity corroborated the morphometric findings.