Article
Genetic polymorphism of MUC7 in individuals with aggressive or chronic periodontitis.
Journal of oral science - 1 Dec 2011
Gomes Giselle P, Assis Marina A L, Fonseca Juliana S S, de Souza Paulo E A, Zenóbio Elton G, Oliveira Dauro D, Soares Rodrigo V
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with periodontitis exhibit differential expression of mucin-glycoprotein-2 (MG2), a protein encoded by the MUC7 gene. It is well known that MG2 exerts bactericidal activity as well as exhibiting genetic polymorphism involving a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR). In the present study, we assessed the distribution of allelic variants of the MUC7 gene in 22 individuals with aggressive...
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