title: Candidate genes as potential links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases.
abstract: Recent epidemiological associations between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease have led to a search for biological mechanisms that explain the associations. Genetic factors that influence biological processes involved in both diseases represent one of the potential mechanisms that may link periodontitis and cardiovascular disease. At present, several candidate genes have been investigated in one of the diseases but not the other. Although there are limited data to support a specific candidate gene as the explanation for observed associations between the 2 diseases, a few candidates look promising. One candidate that influences inflammation, interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms, has been associated with periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. This review will consider biological mechanisms and genes that may be reasonable candidates for an etiological mechanism that influences the clinical characteristics of both periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Interleukin Genetics, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. kkornman@ilgenetics.com
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kornman
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Duff
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000235:genetics; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004777:Environment; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000276:immunology; D007249:Inflammation; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics; D008055:Lipids / Q000235:genetics; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2); D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008055:Lipids; D006710:Homocysteine; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)