Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Matrix-Metalloproteinases 8 and 9 Levels in the Saliva Are Associated with Increased Hemoglobin A1c in Type 1 Diabetes Subjects

• Melanie N. Kuehl,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, the United States of America

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• Henry Rodriguez,

  Affiliation Diabetes Center, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, the United States of America

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• Brant R. Burkhardt ,

  * E-mail: bburkhardt@usf.edu

  ¶‡ BRB and ACA are senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, the United States of America, Diabetes Center, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, the United States of America

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• Amy C. Alman

  ¶‡ BRB and ACA are senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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