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<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-199X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista odontológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Odont. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-199X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Odontología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-199X2006000200069</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fo.1870199xp.2006.10.2.15904</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asociación entre la periodontitis crónica y la respuesta inmunológica TH2]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Association between chronic periodontitis and the immunologic TH2 response]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vega-Navarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angelina C]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zambrano-Zaragoza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José F]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arciniega Ruiz de Esparza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Latorre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ethel A]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arroniz-Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Zamudio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis A]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Departamento de Inmunología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Departamento de Inmunología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM FES Iztacala Especialización en Endoperiodontología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>69</fpage>
<lpage>73</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-199X2006000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-199X2006000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-199X2006000200069&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La enfermedad periodontal afecta una gran parte de la población mundial. Dicha enfermedad es resultado de la interacción del hospedero con los microorganismos de la biopelícula, por lo cual, el tipo de respuesta inmunológica que prevalezca determinará el grado de la enfermedad. Se determinó el balance TH1/TH2 por la determinación inmunohistoquímica de interferón gamma e interleucina-13 en cortes histológicos de biopsias de encía de sujetos diagnosticados clínicamente e histológicamente, encontrando un predominio de la respuesta Th1 en salud, que se va perdiendo, con equilibrio Th1/Th2 en gingivitis y finalmente, un predominio Th2 en la periodontitis.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The periodontal disease affects a great part of the world&#8217;s population. This disease is a result of the interaction of the host with the microorganisms in the biofilm; therefore the type of immunological reaction will determine the grade of the disease. The Th1/Th2 balance, was determined by immunohistochemistry (using interferon gamma and interleukin-13) in histological sections of biopsies of the gum of patients previously diagnosed clinical and histologically. The result was a prevalence of Th1 in health and a balance Th1/Th2 in gingivitis with a trend toward Th2 in periodontitis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Periodontal disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Th1]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Th2]]></kwd>
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