Polymicrobial infection with major periodontal pathogens induced periodontal disease and aortic atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic ApoE(null) mice.

Polymicrobial infection with major periodontal pathogens induced periodontal disease and aortic atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic ApoE(null) mice.

Periodontal disease (PD) and atherosclerosis are both polymicrobial and multifactorial and although observational studies supported the association, the causative relationship between these two diseases is not yet established. Polymicrobial infection-induced periodontal disease is postulated to acce...

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Main Authors: Mercedes F Rivera, Ju-Youn Lee, Monika Aneja, Vishalkant Goswami, Liying Liu, Irina M Velsko, Sasanka S Chukkapalli, Indraneel Bhattacharyya, Hao Chen, Alexandra R Lucas, Lakshmyya N Kesavalu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581444?pdf=render

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