Zinc Inversely Associates With Periodontitis Risk: An Exploratory Multi-Omics Study Integrating Metallomics, Transcriptomics and Cellular Analyses.
AIM To examine the association between metal profiles in plasma and periodontitis and explore zinc's role in inflammatory pathways using multi-omics and cellular approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS A case-control study including 424 individuals was conducted. Plasma levels of 35 metals were measured by inductively coup...