ArticleAging2020
Periodontitis in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: impact on gut microbiota and systemic inflammation.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Oral-Gut Microbiome Connection in Patients with Periodontitis: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of xerostomia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
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- Oral‑gut axis in systemic disease: A barrier‑metabolism‑immunity three‑dimensional regulatory model (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Taxonomic and functional remodeling of the gut microbiota during aging and implications for microbiota-derived biomarkers.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Oral Microbiota and Type 2 Diabetes: Interactions, Potential Mechanisms, and Preventive Strategies.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Oral microbiome-SASP-aging axis: mechanisms and targeted intervention strategies for age-related diseases.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota analysis in diabetic mice with periodontitis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Behavioural Change Interventions for Preventing Periodontal Disease in Older Adults: A Literature Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- HGF Aggravated Periodontitis-Associated Gut Barrier and Microbial Dysfunction: Implications for Oral-Gut Axis Regulation.Biology · 2025Article
- Targeting Epigenetic Plasticity to Reduce Periodontitis-Related Inflammation in Diabetes: CBD, Metformin, and Other Natural Products as Potential Synergistic Candidates for Regulation? A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The oral-gut microbiota axis: a link in cardiometabolic diseases.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Review
- Hallmarks of Periodontitis.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Autophagy mediates the impact of Porphyromonas gingivalis on short-chain fatty acids metabolism in periodontitis-induced gut dysbiosis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Insight of the interrelationship and association mechanism between periodontitis and diabetes mellitus.Regenerative therapy · 2024Review
- The association between dental caries, periodontal diseases, and tooth loss with diabetes mellitus among the elderly population.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- Periodontal bacteria influence systemic diseases through the gut microbiota.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
- Potential effects of specific gut microbiota on periodontal disease: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exhibit considerable periodontitis frequency, which causes tooth loss and poor quality of life. To investigate the impact of periodontitis on gut microbiota, we used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to characterize the composition and structure of gut microbiota among elderly patients with T2DM and periodontitis (T2DM_P), elderly patients with T2DM alone (T2DM_NP), and healthy volunteers. We identified 34 key gut microbiota markers that distinguished participants with different periodontal conditions and investigated their connections to other gut bacteria, as well as their clinical correlates. The most striking differences in co-occurrence networks between the T2DM_P and T2DM_NP groups comprised interactions involving dominant genera in the oral cavity (i.e.,
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