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SUBMITTER: Maney P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4439620 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maney Pooja P Owens Jessica Leigh JL
Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology 20150301 2
Aggressive periodontitis (AgP), occurs in a younger age group (≤35 years) and is associated with the rapid destruction of periodontal attachment and supporting bone. Genetic polymorphisms are allelic variants that occur in at least 1% of the population that could potentially alter the function of the proteins that they encode. Interleukins are a group of cytokines that have complex immunological functions including proliferation, migration, growth and differentiation of cells and play a key role ...[more]