title: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels of gingiva and gingival crevicular fluid in diabetic and systemically healthy periodontitis patients.
abstract: It has been demonstrated that diabetes mellitus (DM) may have an inductive effect on the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels of periodontium during periodontal disease. The aim of this study is to confirm this phenomenon, investigating whether it is also valid for diabetic periodontitis patients under good metabolic control. Sixteen type II DM patients, all with a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) value less than 7 (test), and 15 systemically healthy (control) chronic periodontitis patients were included in the study. The VEGF concentrations in the gingival supernatants and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples of the study groups were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The data were analyzed by Student's t test in statistical means. The VEGF levels were significantly higher in the gingival supernatants of the test group (55.89 +/- 8.11 pg/ml) than that of the control group (24.81 +/- 2.04 pg/ml; p < 0.01). However, there was no statistically significant difference in the VEGF levels of GCF between the study groups (38.96 +/- 4.89 pg/ml in the test and 32.20 +/- 4.02 pg/ml in the control group; p > 0.05). Our study confirms that DM affects the VEGF levels of periodontal soft tissues in periodontal disease, and our results also suggest that this effect may not be influenced by the metabolic control of DM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit, Samsun 55139, Turkey. eseracarel2000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Elif Eser
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Sakallioğlu
authors.forename: Eldar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aliyev
authors.forename: Müge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lütfioğlu
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Açikgöz
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005881:Gingiva / Q000737:chemistry*; D005883:Gingival Crevicular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A