Association of Interleukin-17 polymorphism (-197G/A) in chronic and localized aggressive periodontitis

• Main Authors: Harshal Liladhar CHAUDHARI (Author), Shivaraj WARAD (Author), Nipun ASHOK (Author), Kusai BAROUDI (Author), Bassel TARAKJI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Interleukin 17(IL-17) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine produced mainly by Th17 cells. The present study was undertaken to investigate a possible association between IL-17 A genetic polymorphism at (-197A/G) and susceptibility to chronic and localized aggressive periodontitis (LAgP) in an Indi...