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Inducing Apical Periodontitis in Mice
Published on: August 6, 2019
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in inducible nitric oxide synthase gene are not associated with persistent apical
Sandra Regina Santos Meyfarth1, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes1,2,3,4, Jhenyfer da Silva Tavares2
1Postgraduate Program, School of Dentistry, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between inducible in single nucleotide polymorphisms in nitric oxide synthase (rs2297518 and rs2779249) and persistent apical periodontitis. A total of 291 Brazilian subjects were included: 125 with signs/symptoms of persistent apical periodontitis and 166 with root canal-treated teeth exhibiting healthy perirradicular tissues. Endodontically treated patients were followed up after 1 year. The two single nucleotide polymorphisms in nitric oxide synthase were analysed using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Chi-square test and odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals were performed to compare genotype distributions between 'healed' and 'persistent apical periodontitis' groups (p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate SNP-SNP interactions. The allele and genotype distributions for the polymorphisms between the persistent apical periodontitis and healed groups were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). In the logistic regression analysis, the polymorphisms were not associated with persistent apical periodontitis and SNP-SNP interactions.
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