Association of bone morphogenetic protein-4 gene polymorphism with periodontitis in a Taiwanese population

• Main Authors: Shin-Chie Wu (Author), Earl Fu (Author), Hsien-Chung Chiu (Author), Fu-Gong Lin (Author), E-Chin Shen (Author), Cheng-Yang Chiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: Bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) plays an important role during embryonic development of tooth and bone. Studies have found that the BMP-4 polymorphism rs17563 (T>C) influenced bone loss around implants; however, its impact on periodontitis has never been determined. Assoc...