Profiling cytokine levels in chlorhexidine and EGCG-treated odontoblast-like cells

Cytokines are produced by different cells of the body and although their grouping into cytokine families is not consensual in the literature, it is accepted that they can be arranged into structural families that include: interleukins, chemokines, interferons, transforming growth and tumor necrosis factor families. Families of cytokines share sequence similarity and exhibit homology and some promiscuity in their reciprocal receptor systems. Despite being structurally related, members belonging to the same cytokine family may exhibit rather diverse functions.

Source: Dental Materials - February 7, 2018 Category: Materials Science Authors: Alexander Terry Stavroullakis, Marcela Rocha Carrilho, Celine Marie Levesque, Anuradha Prakki Source Type: research