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DEFB1 polymorphisms and salivary hBD-1 concentration in Oral Lichen Planus patients and healthy subjects.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Jan 2017
Polesello Vania, Zupin Luisa, Di Lenarda Roberto, Biasotto Matteo, Pozzato Gabriele, Ottaviani Giulia, Gobbo Margherita, Crovella Sergio, Segat Ludovica
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OBJECTIVES: The aetiology of Oral Lichen Planus (OLP), a chronic inflammatory disease of oral mucosa, is not yet well understood. Since innate immunity may be hypothesized as involved in the susceptibility to OLP, we studied human beta defensin 1 (hBD-1) an antimicrobial peptide constitutively expressed in the saliva, looking at functional genetic variants possibly able to diminish hBD-1 production an...
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