Article
Interleukin-4 (C-590T) and interferon-gamma (G5644A) gene polymorphisms in patients with periodontitis.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Feb 2008
Hooshmand B, Hajilooi M, Rafiei A, Mani-Kashani K H, Ghasemi R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease and immunologic and genetic factors have an important role in its pathogenesis. Mutation in the promoter regions of the interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma genes has been reported to modify the protein expression. The objective of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Chronic Disease
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-4
- Iran
- Male
- Middle Aged
