Analysis of subgingival microbiome of periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese: A case-control study

Objective: Periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) share similar pathogenesis. Evidences indicated that oral bacteria play an important role in the etiology of both diseases. For example, Porphyromonas gingvialis connect the two diseases through immune responses. We designed this study to c...

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Main Authors: Xianghong Liu, Kun Tian, Xinru Ma, Shasha Wang, Chunmei Luo, Qin Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X20301625