TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 17 IS - 2 PY - 2003 Y1 - 2003/8/01 TI - A COMPARISON OF IL-2 IN NORMAL AND SYMPTOMATIC PULPS TT - N2 - Normal healthy pulpal tissues were obtained from 19 impacted molars and symptomatic samples were obtained from 18 carious molars and premolars clinically diagnosed in all vital pulpal tissues. Student's t-test revealed significant differences in IL-2 concentrations, comparing symptomatic pulpal tissues with normal healthy samples (657, p SP - 137 EP - 140 AU - MOUSAVI, SB AU - REZAIE, A AU - SHEKAR-AMIZ, R AD - From the Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, the Department of Immunology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and the School of Dentistry, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. KW - pulp tissue KW - inflammation KW - chemical transmitters KW - cytokines KW - interleukins KW - T lymphocytes KW - IL-2. UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-703-en.html ER -