Evaluation of salivary levels of visfatin in obese patients with chronic periodontitis

• Main Authors: Vivek Kumar (Author), Amrita (Author), Mahendra Pratap (Author), Sonika Sharma (Author), Kushal Singh (Author), Charanjit Singh Saimbi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Visfatin, also known as nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, is an adipokine implicated in obesity and plays an important role in regulating the defense and immune functions and is also suggested as a pro-inflammatory and immunomodulating marker for periodontitis. Hence, the aim of th...