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ArticleClinical oral investigations2012

Increased systemic elastase and C-reactive protein in aggressive periodontitis (CLOI-D-00160R2).

Martin Wohlfeil, Susanne Scharf, Yasemin Siegelin, Beate Schacher, Gerhard M Oremek, Hildegund Sauer-Eppel, Ralf Schubert, Peter Eickholz

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Article in Clinical oral investigations, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. C - reactive protein levels in patients with periodontal disease and normal subjects.International journal of molecular and cellular medicine · 2013
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  17. [Physiology of the oral cavity. Dermatologic aspects].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin WohlfeilDepartment of Periodontology, Center for Dental, Oral, and Maxillofacial Medicine (Carolinum), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Susanne Scharf
Yasemin Siegelin
Beate Schacher
Gerhard M Oremek
Hildegund Sauer-Eppel
Ralf Schubert
Peter Eickholz
Goethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inflammatory mediators, serum elastase and C-reactive protein (CRP), are associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease. Thus, the aim of this study is to compare systemic inflammatory mediators in periodontally healthy controls (C), patients with untreated aggressive (AgP) and chronic (ChP) periodontitis. C [periodontal pocket probing depth (PPD)  <3.6 or <5 mm without bleeding (BOP), BOP < 10%], ChP (PDD ≥ 3.6 mm and probing attachment loss ≥5 mm at >30% of sites; age >35 years), and AgP (clinically healthy; PDD ≥ 3.6 mm at >30% of sites, bone loss ≥50% at ≥2 teeth; age ≤35 years) were examined clinically, and the body mass index was assessed. Blood was sampled for assessment of serum levels of elastase, CRP, lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP), interleukin (IL) 6, 8, and leukocyte counts. Thirty C, 31 ChP, and 29 AgP were analyzed. Elastase, CRP, LBP, and IL-6 levels were elevated in AgP compared to C (p < 0.013), whereas leukocyte counts and IL-8 were similar. Multiple regression analysis identified AgP (p < 0.001) and education level (p < 0.001) to explain 47% of the variation of elastase. AgP (p = 0.003), African origin (p = 0.006), female sex (p = 0.002), and BMI (p < 0.001) explained 39% of the variation of CRP. Serum elastase and CRP are significantly elevated in AgP compared to C. AgP patients exhibit a stronger systemic inflammatory burden than C patients.

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Acute-Phase ProteinsAdultAggressive PeriodontitisAlveolar Bone LossBlack PeopleBody Mass IndexCarrier ProteinsChronic PeriodontitisC-Reactive ProteinDental Plaque IndexEducational StatusFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-6Interleukin-8Acute-Phase ProteinsCarrier ProteinsC-Reactive ProteinInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-6Interleukin-8Leukocyte ElastaseLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinLipopolysaccharidesMembrane Glycoproteins

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PMID22009184
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