title: Female sex hormones and lysosomal stability in gingival polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
abstract: In a group of 5 women taking oral contraceptives, the concentration of polymorphonuclear leucocytes along the gingival margin and the activities of cathepsin D, beta-glucuronidase and elastase were found to increase significantly during the intermenstrual phases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000502:physiology*; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008598:Menstruation; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005966:Glucuronidase; D002403:Cathepsins; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase