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A Putative Association of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in GPR126 with Aggressive Periodontitis in a Japanese Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Kitagaki Jirouta, Miyauchi Shizuka, Asano Yoshihiro, Imai Atsuko, Kawai Shinji, Michikami Ikumi, Yamashita Motozo, Yamada Satoru, Kitamura Masahiro, Murakami Shinya
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease causing loss of tooth-supporting periodontal tissue. Disease susceptibility to the rapidly progressive form of periodontitis, aggressive periodontitis (AgP), appears to be influenced by genetic risk factors. To identify these in a Japanese population, we performed whole exome sequencing of 41 unrelated generalized or localized AgP patients. We found that AgP is putatively...
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