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Hyper-reactive mononuclear cells and neutrophils in chronic periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Feb 2006
Gustafsson A, Ito H, Asman B, Bergström K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Stimulated mono- and polymorphonuclear cells from patients with periodontitis have shown increased release of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and oxygen radicals, respectively. The aim was to study whether this hyper-reactivity could be found both in mono- and polymorphonuclear cells from the same patient, and whether there was a relation to the gene coding for IL-1beta (IL-1beta(+3953)). MATERIAL AND...
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