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SUBMITTER: da Silva FRP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031920 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

da Silva Felipe Rodolfo Pereira FRP Galeno Juliana Gomes JG Leal Alessandro Luiz Araújo Bentes ALAB Koga Reyce Santos RS Batista Nayana Yared NY da Conceição Furtado Silvânia S Vasconcelos Daniel Fernando Pereira DFP Carvalho Marcelo Diniz MD Barcellos José Fernando Marques JFM
BMC oral health 20200219 1
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic periodontitis (CP) is an immune-inflammatory disease that promotes tissue damage around the teeth. Among the several inflammatory mediators that orchestrate the periodontitis, there is the interleukin (IL)-2. Genetic variations in IL2 gene may be associated with the risk and severity of the disease. Contrary results are available in the literature with inconclusive findings and none meta-analysis to gather these data.<h4>Methods</h4>A literature search was performed fo ...[more]