title: [Evaluation of the activity of leukocytes during experimental periodontitis in the monkey].
abstract: Polymorphonuclear leucocytes play an important role in the defense mechanisms and destruction of periodontal tissues. The leucocytes number and activity were compared during an induced periodontitis in 3 Cercopithecus cephus. On day 0, the 3 animals presented a localized marginal gingivitis. On 2 animals a severe marginal periodontitis was induced unilaterally: 42 days later leucocytes were sampled in the peripheral blood, in the gingival blood and in the gingival sulcus on the experimental and control sites as well as on the 2 hemijaws of the control animal. For each sample, a leucocyte count and a chemiluminescence test were done. Different results related to the disease severity were obtained with these tests for gingival blood and sulcular fluid.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Rennes.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gagnot
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Legall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merdrignac
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Genetet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002521:Cercopithecus; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D005883:Gingival Crevicular Fluid; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Evaluation de l'activité des leucocytes au cours d'une parodontite expérimentale chez le singe.