scholarly journals Total Protein Concentration of Gingival Crevicular Fluid as an Indicator of the Severity of Periodontal Disease.

Author(s):  
Kazushi KUNIMATSU ◽  
Hidetaka TANAKA ◽  
Naoko MINE ◽  
Kousuke MURAKAMI ◽  
Ihachi KATO
2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1201-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulia Ioana Stanescu ◽  
Alexandra Totan ◽  
Florentina Rus ◽  
Daniela Miricescu ◽  
Brandusa Mocanu ◽  
...  

The past decades demonstrated that saliva and its components represent a remarkable diagnosis fluid with valuable clinical uses for both oral and systemic diseases. At the same time it is well established that oxidative stress is involved in a wide number of pathologies, including periodontitis. The specific aim of the present study which included 50 subjects is to determine if saliva can be used in clinical settings to correlate oxidative stress and tissue destruction markers with the severity of periodontal disease. An important oxidative stress marker - 8-hydroxydesoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and a collagen degradation marker - beta-crosslaps (b-CTX) were quantified in both saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) using ELISA kits and were found to be significantly increased in the chronic periodontitis group when compared to respective controls (p[0.05). At the same time positive correlations were observed between whole saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (p[0.05). Significant correlations were also determined between GCF and salivary markers and clinical parameters of periodontal disease. Present results demonstrate that saliva and its components can successfully be used in clinical settings and represents a reliable tool for assessing periodontal disease severity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Marcel Seumo Tchekwagep ◽  
Charles Péguy Nanseu-Njiki ◽  
Emmanuel Ngameni ◽  
Ravi Danielsson ◽  
Thomas Arnebrant ◽  
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1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (5) ◽  
pp. H1723-H1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. Peterson ◽  
R. W. Tate

The standard curve of a typical colorimetric assay for total protein is often nonlinear and dependent on the albumin fraction of the protein standard. We developed a simple mathematical transformation to make the standard curve linear and a computational method to correct for differences in albumin concentrations among the samples. This method uses data from total protein assays on two sets of standards (albumin and gamma globulin) and provides accurate measures of total protein over the full range of albumin fractions. Comparison of this two-standard method with the a method that uses only albumin as a standard shows that this method prevents physiologically significant overestimations in total protein concentration and calculated protein osmotic pressure differences in the lungs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Petra Surlin ◽  
Luminita Lazar ◽  
Cerasella Sincar ◽  
Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe ◽  
Dora Maria Popescu ◽  
...  

The study is aimed at assessing the impact that periodontal disease and chronic hepatitis C could have on gingival crevicular fluid levels of the NLRP3 inflammasome, caspase-1 (CASP-1), and interleukin-18 (IL-18) and at evaluating whether the increased local inflammatory reaction with clinical periodontal consequences is correlated to their upregulation. Patients were divided into four groups, according to their periodontal status and previously diagnosed hepatitis C, as follows: (i) CHC group, chronic hepatitis C patients; (ii) P group, periodontal disease patients, systemically healthy; (iii) CHC + P group, patients suffering from both conditions; and (iv) H group, systemically and periodontally healthy controls. Gingival crevicular samples were collected for quantitative analysis of the NLRP3 inflammasome, CASP-1, and IL-18. CHC + P patients expressed the worse periodontal status and the highest NLRP3, CASP-1, and IL-18 levels, the difference being statistically significant ( p < 0.05 ). The P group patients also expressed significantly more elevated NLRP3, CASP-1, and IL-18 levels, as compared to nonperiodontal patients (CHC and H groups). Chronic hepatitis C and periodontal disease could have a significant influence on the upregulation of NLRP3 inflammasome and its components, possibly contributing to an increased local inflammatory reaction and clinical periodontal consequences.


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