Comment from the Editor to the Special Issue : "Periodontitis: From Dysbiotic Microbial Immune Response to Systemic Inflammation"

The human oral cavity contains a large number of different microbial habitats. When microbes from the oral indigenous flora colonize the interspace between the tooth and the connective tissue, they induce an inflammatory response. If the microbes are in sufficient numbers, and release components that cause an imbalance in the host inflammatory response, degenerative processes in the surrounding tissues are induced, ultimately resulting in periodontal disease. The disease progress depends on bacterial load, the composition of the microbial community, and host genetic factors. The two most studied periodontal pathogens, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans express virulence factors, including proteases and exotoxins. Periodontal infections are also linked to the risk pattern of several systemic diseases. We would like to shed light on the mechanisms behind periodontitis and the associations of periodontal infections with systemic inflammation. Seven articles are included in this Special Issue and cover several pathogenic processes in the periodontal infection with capacity to cause imbalance in the host response. Highlights from each of the published papers are summarized and discussed below.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 8(2019), 10 vom: 16. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oscarsson, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Johansson, Anders [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Cardiovascular diseases
Editorial
Inflammatory response
Periodontitis
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm8101706

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302296417