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Association between the rs1143634 polymorphism in interleukin-1B and chronic periodontitis: Results from a meta-analysis composed by 54 case/control studies.
Gene - 20 Aug 2018
da Silva Felipe Rodolfo Pereira, Vasconcelos Any Carolina Cardoso Guimarães, de Carvalho França Luiz Felipe, Di Lenardo David, Nascimento Hélio Mateus Silva, Vasconcelos Daniel Fernando Pereira
Abstract excerpt
Several factors are involved in the periodontitis with host response through cytokines and as well as with influence of polymorphisms in cytokine genes, however the results remained contradictory. This study aimed at evaluating the rs1143634 polymorphism in interleukin-1B gene, a cytokine gene, and the risk of chronic periodontitis with conducting a meta-analysis focusing in ethnicity. A review in literature was...
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