Does haemodialysis with the biocompatible high permeability AN-69 membrane alter plasma insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3?
Dialysis with the high permeability AN69 membrane did not alter the main blood compounds of the IGF system in well nourished chronic haemodialysis patients, and it is unlikely that the malnutrition frequently observed in such patients would result from alterations of the IGF system during haemodialysis.
The authors hypothesize that P. gingivalis HmuY plays a role in the pathogenesis of chronic periodontitis, possibly by reducing or delaying apoptosis in T cells through a pathway involving the Bcl-2 protein.