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Contentandclinicalsignificanceofinterleukin-6andtumornecrosis#br# factor-αofsalivainpatientswithrecurrentaphthousulceration

  

  1. 1.Department of Stomatology, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang
    050011, China; 2.Department of Stomatology, the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University,
    Shijiazhuang 050031, China; 3.Department of Stomatology, the First Hospital of
    Hebei Medical Unniversity, Shijiazhuang 050031, China
  • Online:2016-11-25 Published:2016-12-14

Abstract: [
Abstract ] Objective Toevaluatesalivaryinterleukin ( IL ) -6andtumornecrosisfactor
( TNF )
-αofpatientswithrecurrentaphthousulceration ( RAU ) .Methods Atotalof30patients
withRAU wereselectedastheresearchsubjects , including18casesofulcerand12casesof
intermittentperiod.Thrityhealthyvolunteerswereusedasnormalcontrol.TNF-αandIL-6
levelsweredeterminedbyusingenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay.Results Thecontent
differenceofTNF-αinthe3groupswasstatisticallysignificant , theulcerphaseandtheinterval
groupwerehigherthanthoseinthecontrolgroup , whiletheintervalgroupwashigherthanthat
oftheulcergroup , thedifferencewasstatisticallysignificant (
P <0.05 ) .IntheIL-6content ,
therewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenthe3groups ( P >0.05 ) .Therewasnocorrelation
betweenthelevelsofTNF-αandIL-6insalivaofRAUpatients ( r =-0. 090 , P =0. 638 ) .Conclusion
TNF-αcontentincreasedinsalivamaybeoneofthemainriskfactorsofRAUetiology.

Key words: oralulcer , saliva , interleukin-6 , tumornecrosisfactor-alpha