Question 13 · LDEK · Host response
Which type of the immune responses increases inflammation and tissue destruction in periodontitis?
- A. release of Th1-type cytokines by T helper cells.
- B. release of specific antibodies against periopathogens by B cells.
- C. polyclonal stimulation of B cells.
- D. induction of the cell signaling pathway resulting in the increase in osteoprotegerin release.
- E. phagocytosis by neutrophils.
Hint
Recall the classic model of the stable versus the progressive lesion and which lymphocyte population dominates the advanced lesion.
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