Article
Monocytic TNF alpha secretion patterns in IDDM patients with periodontal diseases.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Jan 1997
Salvi G E, Collins J G, Yalda B, Arnold R R, Lang N P, Offenbacher S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to identify whether monocytic TNF alpha secretion patterns could serve as a potential phenotypic discriminator for periodontal disease susceptibility within insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients. In 32 IDDM individuals the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) st...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Case-Control Studies
- Cells, Cultured
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Humans
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monocytes
- Periodontal Diseases
- Phenotype
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
- Up-Regulation
