PMID- 35702098 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220716 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 5 DP - 2022 TI - Correlation between salivary HBD-2 and LL-37 expression levels with blood glucose and periodontal status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 3286-3291 AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the correlation between salivary human beta defensin-2 (HBD-2) and LL-37 expression levels and blood glucose in relationship to periodontal status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: The trial is available at: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ with ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03512675. A total of 89 patients with T2DM with chronic periodontitis (CP) enrolled in our hospital from January 2020 to December 2020 were selected. According to the degree of glycemic control and CP, the patients were randomly divided into four groups, namely the good glycemic control and mild CP group (n=26), good glycemic control with moderate to severe CP group (n=24), poor glycemic control with mild CP group (n=21), and poor glycemic control with moderate to severe CP group (n=18). The periodontal clinical parameters, blood glucose indicators, and saliva HBD-2 and LL-37 expression levels were determined. RESULTS: The expression levels of HBD-2 and LL-37 in the saliva of T2DM patients with moderate to severe CP and poor blood sugar control were significantly increased (P<0.05). Saliva HBD-2 and LL-37 levels were positively correlated with probing depth, clinical attachment loss, plaque index, and glycosylated hemoglobin. There was a synergistic interaction between blood glucose, periodontal status, and saliva HBD-2, LL-37 levels (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: There is a positively correlated relationship between blood glucose and periodontal status with salivary HBD-2 and LL-37 levels. CI - AJTR Copyright (c) 2022. FAU - Xiao, Zunsheng AU - Xiao Z AD - Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. FAU - Ding, Wencui AU - Ding W AD - The First Department of Endocrine Diabetes, Cangzhou Central Hospital Cangzhou, Hebei, China. FAU - Wen, Chao AU - Wen C AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. FAU - Ge, Chao AU - Ge C AD - Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. FAU - Liu, Lu AU - Liu L AD - Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. FAU - Xu, Ke AU - Xu K AD - Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. FAU - Cao, Sumin AU - Cao S AD - Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220515 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC9185056 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - antimicrobial peptide-37 OT - human beta defensin-2 OT - periodontitis COIS- None. EDAT- 2022/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/16 06:01 PMCR- 2022/05/15 CRDT- 2022/06/15 02:03 PHST- 2021/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/06/15 02:03 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2022 May 15;14(5):3286-3291. eCollection 2022.