›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 487-489.

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Research progress of correlations between IL-17 and periodontitis

  

  • Received:2014-12-18 Revised:2015-01-27 Online:2015-06-28 Published:2015-07-01

Abstract: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory and destruction disease caused by periodontal pathogens in the surrounding periodontal tissues.The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-17, mainly produced by T cells ,which involved in the occurrence and development of periodontitis and this may be associated with disease severity.In this artical, we will review the inflammatory immune response and the mechanisms of alveolar bone absorption induced by IL-17 to illustrate the current research status of IL - 17 in periodontal disease.

Key words: IL-17, Periodontitis, Alveolar bone absorption

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