...Song Wenjing; Liu Mengmeng; Shang Lingling; Ding Tian; Kang Wenyan; Ge Shaohua Objectives: Clinical studies have confirmed that galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels are significantly elevated in periodontitis patients. The present study aimed to explore the effects of Gal-3 inhibition on periodontal...

...Wenxue Huang; Yalin Zhan; Yunfei Zheng; Ye Han; Wenjie Hu; Jianxia Hou Objective: Ferritin, an iron-binding protein, is ubiquitous and highly conserved; it plays a crucial role in inflammation, which is the main symptom of periodontitis. Full-length cDNA library analyses have demonstrated abundant...

... that the innate immune system modulates the effects of many factors, including genes, fetal programming, nutrition and aging, upon the later development of metabolic problems associated with insulin resistance. In this present article, we expand this hypothesis by looking at the involvement of periodontitis in DM...

...Dean V. SCULLEY; Simon C. LANGLEY-EVANS The aim of this cohort study was to determine whether periodontitis and gingivitis are associated with impaired salivary antioxidant status and increased oxidative injury. One hundred and twenty-nine patients attending a routine dental check-up were recruited...