MMP-9 deficiency accelerates the progress of periodontitis

• Chun-Yan Wan,
• Yixin Yin,
• Xiaoyan Li,
• Meng Meng Liu,
• Graham Goldman,
• Li-An Wu,
• Feng Wang,
• Dao-Shu Luo,
• Zhuo Chen,
• Wen-An Xu,
• Stephen Chen,
• Mary MacDougall,
• Merry L. Lindsey,
• Zhi Chen,
• Shuo Chen

Affiliations

Chun-Yan Wan

Department of Endodontics, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, School of Stomatology, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China; Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Yixin Yin

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Oral Implantology Center, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250001, China

Xiaoyan Li

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Department of Endodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration, Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China

Meng Meng Liu

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Graham Goldman

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Li-An Wu

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China

Feng Wang

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Laboratory of Clinical Applied Anatomy, Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China

Dao-Shu Luo

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Laboratory of Clinical Applied Anatomy, Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China

Zhuo Chen

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China

Wen-An Xu

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China

Stephen Chen

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Mary MacDougall

UBC Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

Merry L. Lindsey

School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College and Research Biologist, Research Service Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

Zhi Chen

State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST), Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedicine of Ministry of Education (KLOBM), School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China

Shuo Chen

Department of Developmental Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 210 567 3511.