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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Ryan Demmer
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16134 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Papapanou Panos N PN Behle Jan H JH Kebschull Moritz M Celenti Romanita R Wolf Dana L DL Handfield Martin M Pavlidis Paul P Demmer Ryan T RT
BMC microbiology 20091018
<h4>Background</h4>Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the microbiota of the periodontal pocket. We investigated the association between subgingival bacterial profiles and gene expression patterns in gingival tissues of patients with periodontitis. A total of 120 patients undergoing periodontal surgery contributed with a minimum of two interproximal gingival papillae (range 2-4) from a maxillary posterior region. Prior to tissue harvesting, subgingival plaque samples were c ...[more]