Article
Interleukin-1 as a genetic marker for periodontitis: review of the literature.
Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) - 1 Jun 2010
Grigoriadou Marianna E, Koutayas Spiridon-Oumvertos, Madianos Phoebus N, Strub Jorg-Rudolf
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is considered to be a multifactorial disease. Studies have indicated that part of the clinical variability in periodontitis may be explained by genetic factors. Genes can affect the immunoinflammatory host response to bacterial challenge in the periodontal tissues by means of an overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1 (IL-1). IL-1 plays an important role in the...
Topics
- Aggressive Periodontitis
- Chronic Periodontitis
- Disease Progression
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-1
- Periodontitis
- Polymorphism, Genetic
