Salivary levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1: a pilot study about the relationship with periodontal status and MMP-9(-1562C/T) gene promoter polymorphism.
Salivary levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1: a pilot study about the relationship with periodontal status and MMP-9(-1562C/T) gene promoter polymorphism.
D. Isaza-Guzmán,Carolina Arias-Osorio,M. Martínez-Pabón,S. Tobón-Arroyave
2011 · DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.10.021
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TLDR
The findings when considered within the limitations of this study may indicate that although a dominant expression of MMP-9 over TIMP-1 in saliva might reflect the periodontal clinical status, the functional polymorphisms in the promoter of the Mmp-9(-1562C/T) gene from the Colombian population are not linked neither with significant salivary M MP-9 variations in these individuals nor periodontAL clinical status.