Pyridinoline (ICTP) Levels in Gingival Crevicular Fluid (GCF) in Chronic Periodontitis

Pyridinoline (ICTP) is a molecule of collagen degradation that after bone resorption and degradation of the collagen matrix is released into the circulation and can not pass anabolic pathways and reused during collagen synthesis, whereby it could be considered a specific biomarker of bone resorption...

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Authors: González Quesada DDS, MSc, Jorge, Rivera Alvarez DDS, Sonia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26497
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/26497
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Pyridinoline
Periodontitis
Gingival crevicular fluid
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Summary:Pyridinoline (ICTP) is a molecule of collagen degradation that after bone resorption and degradation of the collagen matrix is released into the circulation and can not pass anabolic pathways and reused during collagen synthesis, whereby it could be considered a specific biomarker of bone resorption. The aim of this study is to determine the levels of ICTP in the GCF patients with progressive chronic periodontitis. In 14 inactive sites and 14 active sites determined by the method of tolerance, ICTP levels were measured using the ICTP EIA. Uni Q, the results were analyzed using Stata 7.0 program and the student-test for nonparametric samples. It was determined that the levels of ICTP in the active sites were high and the difference inactive sites were statistically significant (p = 0.001). Based in our results we concluded that the high levels of ICTP suggests its use as a predictor of alveolar bone destruction.