Expressions of TLR-2 and TRL-4 in gingival tissues of patients with periodontitis / 上海第二医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To detect the distributions and expressions of Toll-like receptor-2(TLR-2)and TLR-4 in different kinds of periodontitis and different extent of the inflammation of gingival tissues and to discuss the roles of TLR-2 and TLR-4 in the progress of periodontal inflammation.Methods Gingival biopsies were divided into 5 groupscontrol group(n=10),chronic periodontitis group(n=10),chronic periodontitis clinically healthy group(n=10),aggressive periodontitis group(n=10),and aggressive periodontitis clinically healthy group(n=10).The distributions and expressions of TLR-2 and TLR-4 were detected by immunohistochemistry.Results TLR-2 and TLR-4 expressed in all layers of gingival connective tissues.TLR-4 was also observed in gingival epithelium.Compared to control group,expressions of TLR-2 and TLR-4 were significantly higher than those in the other 4 groups(P