“…Furthermore, LRP5 is also a co-receptor of Wnt/b-catenin signaling (28), a mechanism that might be involved in the development of periodontitis (29). LRP5 polymorphisms have been associated with cholesterol level (30), bone mineral density (31), osteoporosis (32), diabetes mellitus (33), obesity (34), bone fracture (35), Alzheimer's disease (36) and tumors (28,37,38). As a result of the established relationship between periodontitis and osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus and obesity (15,38), we suspect that LRP5 polymorphisms might also be associated with periodontitis.…”