Association between Polymorphisms in Interleukin-17A and -17F Genes and Chronic Periodontal Disease

• Main Authors: Jôice Dias Corrêa (Author), Mila Fernandes Moreira Madeira (Author), Renata Gonçalves Resende (Author), Jeane de Fátima Correia-Silva (Author), Ricardo Santiago Gomez (Author), Danielle da Glória de Souza (Author), Mauro Martins Teixeira (Author), Celso Martins Queiroz-Junior (Author), Tarcília Aparecida da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a cytokine that induces neutrophil recruitment and the release of inflammatory mediators in several inflammatory conditions; nevertheless, the involvement of IL-17 gene polymorphisms in chronic periodontitis (CP) has not been addressed yet. Our aim was to evaluat...