Salivary levels of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory biomarkers in periodontitis patients with and without acute myocardial infarction: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment

• Main Authors: Sudhir Varma (Author), Biju Thomas (Author), K. Subrahmanyam (Author), Kimberly Duarte (Author), Mohammed A. Alsaegh (Author), Divya Gopinath (Author), Sam T. Kuriadom (Author), Jayaraj Narayanan (Author), Vijay B. Desai (Author), Al Moutassem B. Khair (Author), Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundPeriodontitis is initiated by a dysbiotic activity and furthermore leads to a chronic inflammatory response. The presence of pro-inflammatory markers plays an important role in the inflammatory load. Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1α) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are pro- inf...