Journal
ORAL DISEASES
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 1562-1571Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/odi.12930
Keywords
matrix metalloproteinases; periodontitis; rheumatoid arthritis; saliva
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- Helsinki University Hospital Research Funds (EVO) [TYH5231, TYH2008232, TYH2011115, TYH2013328, TYH2014225, TYH2015119, TYH2016251, TYH2017251, TYH2018229, Y1149SUL32]
- Medical Society of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Objective To investigate the impact of anti-rheumatic medications on salivary matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 levels and MMP-8/TIMP (tissue inhibitor of MMPs)-1 ratio in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal findings during a 1-year follow-up. Materials and MethodsResultsSalivary MMP-8 was measured by an immunofluorometric assay and TIMP-1 by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of 53 patients with early untreated RA (ERA), naive to synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), of 28 patients with chronic RA (CRA), candidates for biologic DMARDs and of 43 age- and sex-matched controls. Periodontal health was evaluated by bleeding on probing (BOP), pocket depth (PD), and periodontal inflammatory burden index (PIBI). Examinations were conducted twice for RA patients and once for controls. Salivary MMP-8 level and MMP-8/TIMP-1 ratio associated positively with PIBI in patients with chronic RA (MMP-8: p<0.001 at baseline, p=0.002 after follow-up; MMP-8/TIMP-1 ratio p<0.001, p=0.003, respectively) and in controls (MMP-8: p=0.010, MMP-8/TIMP-1 ratio: p=0.010). Salivary MMP-8 levels were highest at the early stage of RA. The used DMARDs, synthetic or biologic, did not affect salivary MMP-8 concentrations. ConclusionsThe use of synthetic or biologic DMARDs did not affect salivary MMP-8 levels in RA patients regardless the duration of RA.
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