Antibodies to <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> Are Increased in Patients with Severe Periodontitis, and Associate with Presence of Specific Autoantibodies and Myocardial Infarction

Antibodies to <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> Are Increased in Patients with Severe Periodontitis, and Associate with Presence of Specific Autoantibodies and Myocardial Infarction

There is accumulating data suggesting that periodontitis is associated with increased risk of systemic and autoimmune diseases, including cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and there is an unmet need to identify these individuals early. With the...

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Main Authors: Charlotte de Vries, Guillermo Ruacho, Elin Kindstedt, Barbara Aleksandra Potempa, Jan Potempa, Björn Klinge, Pernilla Lundberg, Elisabet Svenungsson, Karin Lundberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i>
autoimmunity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
myocardial infarction
arginine gingipains
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/4/1008

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