Animals were treated with TELM; 10 mg/kg (Micardis®; Boehringer Ingelheim, São Paulo, Brazil) dissolved in phosphate-buffered saline (vehicle), administered by oral gavage once daily for 15 days, beginning 1 day before PD induction. As the study main goal was to evaluate the local RAS role in the inflammation-induced bone alteration, drug treatment protocol was based on literature evidences of the anti-hypertensive effectiveness and anti-inflammatory properties in the periodontium of 10 mg/kg TELM in the rodent model (Wienen et al., 2001 (link); Araújo et al., 2013 (link)).
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