Article
Genetic control of the immune response in pathogenesis.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Nov 2005
Baker Pamela J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have suggested that there is a genetic component to susceptibility to chronic periodontitis. Studies in humans and in animal models have suggested that some of the important components may be polymorphisms in key immunological genes. METHODS: This paper summarizes previously published data from a mouse model in which alveolar bone loss is induced by oral infection with...
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