In salivary samples, inhibition was matrix-specific: while both inhibitors significantly reduced IL-8 and TNF-α levels by 44–58% and 48–58%, respectively (all p < 0.05), the suppression of IL-1α and IL-1β did not reach statistical significance in most conditions ( p > 0.05).
← all excerpts
Modulation of LPS-associated virulence activity for reduction of periodontal inflammatory burden.
2
0.0500
0.0500
The sentences
Across pooled samples, the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1α exhibited an increasing trend congruent with the progressive enhancement of innate immune activation ( Kusiak and Brady, 2022 ; Van Dyke, 2017 ).