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ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2019

Systemic inflammatory burden and local inflammation in periodontitis: What is the link between inflammatory biomarkers in serum and gingival crevicular fluid?

Alkisti Zekeridou, Andrea Mombelli, Jose Cancela, Delphine Courvoisier, Catherine Giannopoulou

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Article in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Alkisti ZekeridouDivision of Periodontology University Clinic of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9468-8958
Andrea MombelliDivision of Periodontology University Clinic of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland.
Jose CancelaDivision of Periodontology University Clinic of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland.
Delphine CourvoisierDivision of Periodontology University Clinic of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland.
Catherine GiannopoulouDivision of Periodontology University Clinic of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland.
University of Geneva · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In periodontitis patients, high levels of several inflammatory markers may be expressed in serum, reflecting the effect of local disease on the general health. The objective of the present analysis was to compare cytokine levels assessed in peripheral blood with those in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and evaluate the impact of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on the incidence of high levels of 12 biomarkers in serum. Twenty-four patients with chronic periodontitis (Group P) contributed with serum and GCF samples at baseline (BL) and 1 and 3 months after periodontal treatment (M1 and M3). Samples were assessed for 12 cytokines using the Bio-Plex bead array multianalyte detection system. For each analyte, peak values were calculated as greater than the mean + 2

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AdultCase-Control StudiesChemokine CCL4CytokinesFemaleGingival Crevicular FluidHumansInflammationInterferon-gammaInterleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinInterleukin-6Interleukin-8MaleMiddle AgedPeriodontitisVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ACCL4 protein, humanChemokine CCL4CXCL8 protein, humanCytokinesIFNG protein, humanIL1RN protein, humanIL6 protein, humanInterferon-gammaInterleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinInterleukin-6Interleukin-8Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, humancytokinesperiodontal diseaseperiodontal treatmentserum

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PMCPMC6483040
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