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Cytokine production by leukocytes of Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome patients in whole blood cultures.
Clinical oral investigations - 1 Apr 2012
Sadik Christian D, Noack Barbara, Schacher Beate, Pfeilschifter Josef, Mühl Heiko, Eickholz Peter
Abstract excerpt
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is characterised by aggressively progressive periodontitis combined with palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis. It is caused by "loss of function" mutations in the cathepsin C gene. The hypothesis behind this study is that PLS patients' polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) produce more proinflammatory cytokines to compensate for their reduced capacity to neutralize leukotoxin and to...
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