›› 2014, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (4): 199-201.

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Imbalance of Th17 cells and regulatory T cells in periodontitis

  

  • Received:2014-11-20 Revised:2014-12-03 Online:2014-12-25 Published:2015-01-06

Abstract: Periodontitis is a human oral chronic infectious diseases. The recent studies indicate that the imbalance between Th17/Treg cells and their cytokines play an important role in the development of periodontitis. Th17 cells promote inflammation and cause alveolar bone destruction, IL-17 is the main effector of Th17 cells. Treg cells secrete IL-10 and TGF-β, which can suppress inflammation. And Tregs can suppress the function of Th17 cells by cell-cell contacting. But the role and mechanism Th17/Treg imbalance in the development of periodontitis is not clear. This review highlights the role of Th17 cells and Treg cells in periodontitis, and the influence that Th17/Treg imbalance brings to the initiation development of periodontitis.