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SUBMITTER: Chen D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852399 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Dong D Zhang Tian-Liang TL Wang Xia X
BioMed research international 20160418
Chronic periodontitis (CP) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases and cytokines play a pivotal role in the regulation of immune response. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) are anti-inflammatory cytokines and several polymorphisms of them have been proved involved in periodontal disease. This study aimed to evaluate whether three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2070874 and rs2243248 from IL4 and rs1800925 from IL13, are associated with CP in a Han Chinese ...[more]