Article
Polymorphisms in the CD14 and IL-6 genes associated with periodontal disease.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 May 2007
Tervonen Tellervo, Raunio Taina, Knuuttila Matti, Karttunen Riitta
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To compare the frequencies of cytokine and receptor molecule genotypes in patients with chronic periodontitis with the corresponding frequencies in a reference population and to study the relationship between periodontal disease severity and polymorphisms in the studied genes. SUBJECTS AND M...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Alveolar Bone Loss
- Analysis of Variance
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Interleukin-6
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Periodontitis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Severity of Illness Index
- Statistics, Nonparametric