The PF4/PPBP/CXCL5 Gene Cluster Is Associated with Periodontitis

Shusterman, A; Munz, M; Richter, G; Jepsen, S; Lieb, W; Krone, B; Hoffman, P; Laudes, M; Wellmann, J; Berger, K; Kocher, T; Offenbacher, S; Divaris, K; Franke, A; Schreiber, S; Dommisch, H; Weiss, E; Schaefer, AS; Houri-Haddad, Y; Iraqi, FA

Iraqi, FA (reprint author), Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Clin Microbiol & Immunol, Sackler Fac Med, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel.; Houri-Haddad, Y (reprint author), Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Fac Med Dent, Dept Prosthodont, IL-9112102 Jerusalem, Israel.; Schaefer, AS (re

JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH, 2017; 96 (8): 945

Abstract

Periodontitis is a common dysbiotic inflammatory disease with an estimated heritability of 50%. Due to the limited sample size of available periodonti......

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