1. Cheng, R., Hu, T. & Bhowmick, N. A. Be resistant to apoptosis: a host factor from gingival fibroblasts. Cell Death Dis. 6, e2009 (2015).
2. Garlet, G. P. Destructive and protective roles of cytokines in periodontitis: a re-appraisal from host defense and tissue destruction viewpoints. J. Dent. Res. 89, 1349–1363 (2010).
3. Cardoso, E. M., Reis, C. & Manzanares-Cespedes, M. C. Chronic periodontitis, inflammatory cytokines, and interrelationship with other chronic diseases. Postgrad. Med. 130, 98–104 (2018).
4. Stashenko, P., Dewhirst, F. E., Peros, W. J., Kent, R. L. & Ago, J. M. Synergistic interactions between interleukin 1, tumor necrosis factor, and lymphotoxin in bone resorption. J. Immunol. 138, 1464–1468 (1987).
5. Rangbulla, V., Nirola, A., Gupta, M., Batra, P. & Gupta, M. Salivary IgA, interleukin-1beta and MMP-8 as salivary biomarkers in chronic periodontitis patients. Chin. J. Dent. Res. 20, 43–51 (2017).