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Table 3 Alterations in promoter methylation of selected genes in the blood and buccal mucosa from patients with periodontitis

From: Epigenetic regulation of inflammation in periodontitis: cellular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

Gene promoter

Study authors

Number of participants (healthy individuals:patients with periodontitis)

Outcome

Blood

 TNF

Kojima et al. [90]

30:30 (+ 30 patients with RA)

↑ (the same effect observed in RA, but in higher number of CpG sites)

Kobayashi et al. [79]

30:30

─

 IL6

Ishida et al. [91]

30:30 (+ 30 patients with RA)

↓ (the same effect observed in RA)

Kobayashi et al. [79]

30:30

─

 VDR

Kurushima et al. [93]

EWAS twin study, correlation with 2 different periodontal traits was analyzed separately in participants from TwinsUK registry (83% monozygotic and 10% dizygotic twins)

Gingival bleeding (528 participants: 259 negative vs 269 positive)

Tooth mobility (492 participants: 371 negative vs 121 positive)

There was an overlap of 474 participants between the analyses

↕

 IL6ST

 TMCO6

 IL1RN

 CD44

 IL1B

 WHAMM

 CXCL1

Buccal mucosa

 IL8

Oliveira et al. [81]

41:70 (periodontitis group was divided into 30 smokers and 40 non-smokers)

↓ (no difference between smokers and non-smokers)

Andia et al. [94]

37:37 (aggressive periodontitis patients)

↓

 SOCS1

Baptista et al. [95]

30:30 (aggressive periodontitis patients)

↑

 VDR

Kurushima et al. [93]

EWAS twin study, correlation with 2 Different periodontal traits were analyzed separately:

Gingival bleeding (43 participants: 18 negative vs 25 positive; 20 monozygotic twins, 16 dizygotic twins and 7 singletons)

Tooth mobility (41 participants: 29 negative vs 12 positive; 20 monozygotic twins, 12 dizygotic twins and 9 singletons)

There was an overlap of 40 participants between the analyses

↕

 IL6ST

 TMCO6

 IL1RN

 CD44

 IL1B

 WHAMM

 CXCL1

 MMP13

 MED24

 CCR1

 MMP3

 TLR4

 IL6

 IL10

 SNORD124

  1. The numbers of participants in both groups (healthy individuals: patients with periodontitis) are shown in parentheses for each study. ↓—decreased methylation in patients with periodontitis compared to healthy controls; ↑—increased methylation in patients with periodontitis compared with healthy controls; ─—no difference between groups; ↕—differential methylation (effect direction not stated)