%0 Journal Article
%T Immune profiling of saliva in patients with and without dental caries
%A Afia Abbas
%A Ambreen Nawaz
%A Faheem Shahzad
%A Husniah Batool
%A Muhammad Kashif
%A Nadeem Afzal
%A Romeeza Tahir
%J Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v18i3.41622
%X Background: Dental caries is characterized by demineralization of inorganic portion of tooth and destruction of organic substances of tooth, which often leads to cavitation. The immune mechanisms play an important role in the pathogenesis of dental caries.This study was designed to determine the levels of salivary IgA, TGF-¦Â and IL-17 in patients with dental caries
%U https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMS/article/view/41622