Association of Interleukin-17 polymorphism (-197G/A) in chronic and localized aggressive periodontitis

Abstract Interleukin 17(IL-17) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine produced mainly by Th17 cells. The present study was undertaken to investigate a possible association between IL-17 A genetic polymorphism at (-197A/G) and susceptibility to chronic and localized aggressive periodontitis (LAgP) in an Indi...

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Main Authors: Harshal Liladhar CHAUDHARI, Shivaraj WARAD, Nipun ASHOK, Kusai BAROUDI, Bassel TARAKJI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242016000100219&lng=en&tlng=en