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ArticleInfection and immunity2010

Impaired immune tolerance to Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide promotes neutrophil migration and decreased apoptosis.

Svetislav Zaric, Charles Shelburne, Richard Darveau, Derek J Quinn, Sinéad Weldon, Clifford C Taggart, Wilson A Coulter

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Pyroptosis-Mediated Periodontal Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  16. Resolution of inflammation in periodontitis: a review.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2018
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  18. Manipulation of Neutrophils byFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017
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  19. [Developments of neutrophil function and the relationship between neutrophils dysfunction and periodontitis].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Svetislav ZaricCentre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. szaric01@qub.ac.uk
Charles Shelburne
Richard Darveau
Derek J Quinn
Sinéad Weldon
Clifford C Taggart
Wilson A Coulter
Queen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the tissues supporting the teeth, is characterized by an exaggerated host immune and inflammatory response to periopathogenic bacteria. Toll-like receptor activation, cytokine network induction, and accumulation of neutrophils at the site of inflammation are important in the host defense against infection. At the same time, induction of immune tolerance and the clearance of neutrophils from the site of infection are essential in the control of the immune response, resolution of inflammation, and prevention of tissue destruction. Using a human monocytic cell line, we demonstrate that Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which is a major etiological factor in periodontal disease, induces only partial immune tolerance, with continued high production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) but diminished secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) after repeated challenge. This cytokine response has functional consequences for other immune cells involved in the response to infection. Primary human neutrophils incubated with P. gingivalis LPS-treated naïve monocyte supernatant displayed a high migration index and increased apoptosis. In contrast, neutrophils treated with P. gingivalis LPS-tolerized monocyte supernatant showed a high migration index but significantly decreased apoptosis. Overall, these findings suggest that induction of an imbalanced immune tolerance in monocytes by P. gingivalis LPS, which favors continued secretion of IL-8 but decreased TNF-α production, may be associated with enhanced migration of neutrophils to the site of infection but also with decreased apoptosis and may play a role in the chronic inflammatory state seen in periodontal disease.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCaspase 3Cell LineCell MovementGene Expression RegulationHumansImmune ToleranceInterleukin-8LipopolysaccharidesMembrane Potential, MitochondrialNeutrophilsPorphyromonas gingivalisTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCaspase 3Interleukin-8LipopolysaccharidesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID20679442
PMCPMC2950342
OpenAlexW2137930422

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