Biochemical Analysis of Pentraxin 3 and Fibrinogen Levels in Experimental Periodontitis Model

• Main Authors: Gonca Cayir Keles (Author), Umut Balli (Author), Burcu Ozkan Cetinkaya (Author), Bulent Ayas (Author), Arzu Findik (Author), Zeynep Pinar Keles (Author), Ferda Pamuk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3), newly discovered inflammation marker, is a member of acute-phase proteins. The hypothesis, synthesis of gingival tissue and serum PTX-3 increases in the experimental periodontitis model (with 10-day and 40-day periods), was tested by detecting gingival tissue and serum...