Expression of Salivary Resistin may Indicate Progression in Oral Pre-Malignant Lesions

• Main Authors: Shafaq Saeed Roghay PJMD (Author), Hira Batool (Author), Mervyn Hosein (Author), Afifa Razi (Author), Adnan Zubeiri (Author), Saima Butt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: ziauddin University, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Resistin is a pro-inflammatory cytokine, expressed by cells of the immune-inflammatory cells. Levels of this cytokine were significantly increased in premalignant oral lesion tissues. "The association between inflammation and tumorigenesis is well established and epithelial-to-mesenchymal trans...