Salivary and serum interleukin-17A and interleukin-18 levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without periodontitis.

Suteera TechatanawatRudee SuraritKongthawat ChairatvitWeerapan KhovidhunkitSittiruk RoytrakulSupanee ThanakunHiroaki KobayashiSiribang-On Piboonniyom KhovidhunkitYuichi Izumi

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Salivary IL-17A was strongly associated with periodontitis, whereas salivary IL-18 was associated with FPG and serum IL-18 was associated with HbA1C. These results suggest the role of these cytokines in periodontal inflammation and DM.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance