Article
Association between Polymorphisms in Interleukins 4 and 13 Genes and Chronic Periodontitis in a Han Chinese Population.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2016
Chen Dong, Zhang Tian-Liang, Wang Xia
Abstract excerpt
Chronic periodontitis (CP) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases and cytokines play a pivotal role in the regulation of immune response. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) are anti-inflammatory cytokines and several polymorphisms of them have been proved involved in periodontal disease. This study aimed to evaluate whether three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2070874 and...
Topics
- Adult
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- Chronic Periodontitis
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Haplotypes
- Humans
