Production of Soluble Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor Kappa-Β Ligand and Osteoprotegerin by Apical Periodontitis Cells in Culture and Their Modulation by Cytokines

Table 1

RANKL/OPG ratio in PL cell cultures depending on the clinical presentation of PLs and T/B cell predominance.

RANKL/OPG ratio	Sy (%)	As (%)	(%)
<1.00	5 (22.7)	11 (52.4)	16 (37.2)	4.044	0.0443
>1.00	17 (77.3)	10 (47.6)	27 (62.8)
	Large (%)	Small (%)	(%)
<1.00	10 (40.0)	6 (33.3)	16 (37.2)	0.1991	0.6555
>1.00	15 (60.0)	12 (66.7)	27 (62.8)
	T-type (%)	B-type (%)	(%)
<1.00	7 (26.9)	9 (52.9)	16 (37.2)	2.978	0.0844
>1.00	19 (73.1)	8 (47.1)	27 (62.8)

Sy: symptomatic lesions; As: asymptomatic lesions.