The evaluation of salivary MMPs expression in periodontitis patients as a maker of cardiovascular disease

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21890020
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social dentistry
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	HOSOKAWA Ryoichi Tohoku University, 大学院・歯学研究科, 助教 (40547254)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,235,000 (Direct Cost: ¥950,000、Indirect Cost: ¥285,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,365,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,050,000、Indirect Cost: ¥315,000)
Keywords	歯学 / 口腔ケア / 歯周疾患 / 唾液 / メタロプロテアーゼ / 歯周病
Research Abstract	I evaluated salivary MMPs expression in periodontitis patients and cardiovascular disease patients to reveal the correlation between two diseases. MMP-8 expression level in periodontitis patient was higher than that of control. However, there was no significance difference between periodontitis patients and cardiovascular disease patients.

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