Article
[Genetic background of periodontitis. Part II. Genetic polymorphism in periodontal disease. A review of literature].
Fogorvosi szemle - 1 Aug 2009
Gera István, Vári Melinda
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is an infectious disease and the majority of tissue destruction is due to the innate and adaptive immune reactions against periodontopathogenic microorganisms. Hence, genetic variations that modify immune reactions could determine individual differences. Such genetic variations may identify patients at high risk for the development of abnormal and devastating inflammatory responses. The single base...
Topics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukins
- Periodontal Diseases
- Periodontitis
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide