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ReviewVirulence2015

Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence factors involved in subversion of leukocytes and microbial dysbiosis.

Camille Zenobia, George Hajishengallis

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Review in Virulence, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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82citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Application of gelatin methacryloyl/minocycline-chitosan-nanoparticles composite hydrogel for the treatment of periodontitis.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2023
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22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Camille Zenobiaa Department of Microbiology; University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine ; Philadelphia , PA , USA.
George Hajishengallis

Funding

P. gingivalis as a keystone pathogenR01DE015254 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2004 to 2018
$4.6M
Oral Immunity and Adjuvant ReceptorsR01DE017138 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2006 to 2014
$3.8M
Del-1: Molecular and Cellular Targets in PeriodontitisR01DE024716 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
Novel mechanisms and 'complement-ary' therapy in periodontitisR01DE021685 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE015254NIDCR NIH HHS DE017138NIDCR NIH HHS DE021685NIDCR NIH HHS DE024716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis has special nutrient requirements due to its asaccharolytic nature subsisting on small peptides cleaved from host proteins. Using proteases and other virulence factors, P. gingivalis thrives as a component of a polymicrobial community in nutritionally favorable inflammatory environments. In this regard, P. gingivalis has a number of strategies that subvert the host immune response in ways that promote its colonization and facilitate the outgrowth of the surrounding microbial community. The focus of this review is to discuss at the molecular level how P. gingivalis subverts leukocytes to create a favorable environment for a select community of bacteria that, in turn, adversely affects the periodontal tissues.

Indexed as

AnimalsDysbiosisHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLeukocytesMacrophagesMouthPeriodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalisVirulence FactorsVirulence Factorsdysbiosisimmune subversioninflammation leukocytesperiodontitisP. gingivalis

Identifiers

PMID25654623
PMCPMC4601496

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