The effect of chronic periodontitis on serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2),   tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), interleukin-12 (IL-12) and granulocytemacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

Peixi Liao; Wings TY Loo; Guangyue Li; Hao Liang; Min Wang; Mary NB Cheung; Ziyuan Luo

doi:10.5897/AJB10.2252

African Journal of
Biotechnology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1684-5315
DOI: 10.5897/AJB
Start Year: 2002
Published Articles: 12486

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The effect of chronic periodontitis on serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), interleukin-12 (IL-12) and granulocyteâ€“macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

Peixi Liao1, Wings TY Loo1, Guangyue Li1, Hao Liang1, Min Wang1*, Mary NB Cheung1 and Ziyuan Luo2

1State Key Laboratory for Oral Diseases and Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, PR China. 2Department of Stomatology, Medical College of Jinan University, Guang Zhou, China.
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Article Number - FCE501726888
Vol.10(16), pp. 3070-3076 , April 2011
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB10.2252

Accepted: 18 March 2011
Published: 11 April 2011

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