Open AccessSalivary Interleukin-6 - A pioneering marker for correlating diabetes and chronic periodontitis: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Anitha Balaji,
SC Chandrasekaran,
D Subramanium,
A B Fernz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_167_14
Subject(s) - periodontitis , saliva , chronic periodontitis , diabetes mellitus , medicine , biomarker , gastroenterology , interleukin , immunology , endocrinology , cytokine , biology , biochemistry
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease which is multifactorial. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major systemic factors to influence the severity of chronic periodontitis. Numerous inflammatory markers are produced in the course of the disease which is secreted in saliva too. This study evaluates the salivary concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in periodontitis patients with type 2 diabetes.