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Association of the CASP3 rs4647602 Gene Polymorphism with Periodontitis in South Indians of Tamil Ethnicity.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Jan 2000
Loka Arya Mitra, Ponnaiyan Deepa, Parthasarathy Harinath, Tadepalli Anupama, Victor Dhayanand John
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Objective: Caspase-3 activation is central to apoptosis and is involved in periodontal disease pathogenesis. Thus, CASP3 gene polymorphisms in a population may influence the severity of periodontal disease. In this study we examined the association of the CASP3 rs4647602 alleles and genotypes with periodontitis using cohorts of periodontally diseased and healthy South Indian subjects of Tamil ethnicity. Materials...
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