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Central European Journal of Immunology
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Clinical immunology

Interleukin-17 and interleukin-23 levels in gingival crevicular fluid of patients with chronic and aggressive periodontitis

Rokhsareh Sadeghi
,
Mandana Sattari
,
Fatemeh Dehghan
,
Solmaz Akbari

(Centr Eur J Immunol 2018; 43 (1): 76-80)
Online publish date: 2018/03/30
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Introduction
Interleukin-17 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine with a wide range of protective and destructive effects in periodontitis. The role of IL-23 is stabilisation and expansion of Th-17. The aim of this study was to assess whether patients with aggressive and chronic periodontitis exhibit different gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) concentrations of IL-17 and IL-23 compared with clinically healthy subjects.

Material and methods
GCF samples were obtained from 32 patients: 10 with chronic periodontitis (CP), 12 with aggressive periodontitis (AgP), and 10 healthy controls (HC). IL-23 and IL-17 concentrations were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Comparison of study groups was performed with ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to assess correlations between the variables.

Results
IL-17 concentration was significantly higher in the healthy group compared to the AgP and CP groups (p < 0.001), but there were no significant differences between the CP and AgP groups. IL-23 levels in the healthy group were significantly higher than that in the AgP group (p < 0.001). Cytokine concentrations did not correlate significantly with probing depths and clinical attachment levels.

Conclusions
Gingival crevicular fluid concentrations of IL-17 and IL-23 were significantly higher in the healthy group compared to periodontitis groups.

keywords:

interleukin-23, interleukin-17, chronic periodontitis, gingival crevicular fluid, aggressive periodontitis

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