OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to observe the effects of initial periodontal therapy on the level of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of patients with severe periodontitis and to analyze the factors related to the formation of NETs. METHODS: Thirty-one patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ periodontitis were recruited. Clinical periodontal parameters, including plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI), probing depth (PD), and clinical atta-chment loss (CAL), were recorded before and 6-8 weeks after initial periodontal therapy. Levels of NETs in GCF were detected by immunofluorescence staining. Quantities of total bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. actionomycetemcomitans) and Prevotella intermedia (P. intermedia)in unattached subgingival plaque were determined by real-time quantitative PCR, and levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in GCF were explored by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, the correlations between the level of NETs and the above indicators were analyzed. RESULTS: After initial periodontal therapy, the level of NETs in GCF, PLI, GI, PD, and CAL; quantities of total bacteria, P. gingivalis, A. actinomycetemcomitans, and P. itermedia; and levels of IL-8 and TNF-α significantly decreased (P<0.05). We observed strong positive correlations between the level of NETs and PLI, GI, PD, CAL, the amount of total bacteria, P. gingivalis, TNF-α, and IL-8 (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Initial periodontal therapy might decrease the level of NETs in GCF from patients with severe periodontitis, which might be positively correlated with the quantities of P. gingivalis andthe levels of TNF-α and IL-8 in GCF.
Humans ; Gingival Crevicular Fluid ; Extracellular Traps/metabolism* ; Porphyromonas gingivalis/isolation & purification* ; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans/isolation & purification* ; Periodontitis/metabolism* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/analysis* ; Prevotella intermedia/isolation & purification* ; Interleukin-8/analysis* ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Periodontal Index ; Adult

Objective Studies show that women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV)induced cervicitis,cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and on to develop cervical cancer their cervical mucosal exfoliated cells telomerase activity changes,to explore its clinical value in screening and early diagnosis and treatment of female patients with cervical cancer.Methods Elections of HPV testing negative control group 26 cases,HPV-positive group 28 cases,HPV-positive cervicitis group of 27 cases,HPV-positive CIN group 26 cases,24 cases of cervical cancer,HPV-negative cervicitis group 26 cases,HPV-negative CIN group of 23 cases of seven test group,cervical mucosa cytology specimens collected in 293 cells as positive standards for real-time fluorescence quantitative detection of telomerase TRAP Quantitative value of telomerase activity.Results Normal control group,ranging from 0 to 3.15,average 0.36; HPV-positive group,ranging from 0 to 21.6,with an average 1.98,＞ 10,3 cases; HPV-positive cervicitis group,ranging from 0 to 71.5,with an average 4.88,＞ 10,4 cases; HPV-positive CIN group,ranging from0 to 407,with an average 20.8,＞ 10,5 cases; cancer group,the range 1.2-5.5 × 106,median 346,where ＜ 10.4 cases; HPV-negative cervicitis group,ranging from 0 to 66.6,with an average 4.19,＞ 10,3 cases; HPV-negative CIN group,ranging from 0 to 158,with an average 14.2.Statistical analysis of cervical cancer group and the other groups are statistically significant (P ＜0.01),HPV-positive CIN group compared with the control group was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05) the rest of the comparison between two groups was not statistically significance (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Women infected with HPV and cause cervicitis,CIN stage,the cervical mucosa telomerase activity gradually increased and in cervical cancer stage increased the most significant.And therefore take cells exfoliated cervical mucosa quantitative detection of telomerase activity can be used as effective method in screening and early diagnosis for cervical cancer in women.