Transcriptomics and methylomics in chronic periodontitis with tobacco use: a pilot study
Abstract Background Accumulating evidence suggests that tobacco smoking affects the susceptibility to and severity of chronic periodontitis. Epigenetics may explain the role of smoking in the development and progress of periodontal disease. In this study, we performed transcriptomic and methylomic a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0381-z |