Nephelometric Quantification of Complement C1, C3 and C5 Components of Gingival Blood, From Health to Early Disease. Experimental Study on Human

Abstract

The complements play an essential active role in the gingival inflammation, their roles have been studied in the connective tissues, in the crevicular fluid and in the peripheral blood as well. Unfortunately, the circulating peripheral blood cannot reflect a real picture of the immunologic reactions in the gingiva. In addition, the quantification of complement concentration in the gingival fluid or in the tissue could not been measured before. This study tries to quantify the amount of C1, C3 and C5 complement compounds in the gingival blood as a closest source to the site of inflammatory process of the gingiva.