"Porphyromonas gingivalis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria originally classified within the BACTEROIDES genus. This bacterium produces a cell-bound, oxygen-sensitive collagenase and is isolated from the human mouth.
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D016966
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.140.094.625.515 B03.440.425.410.194.625.515
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porphyromonas gingivalis" by people in Profiles.
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Costeira R, Aduse-Opoku J, Vernon JJ, Rodriguez-Algarra F, Joseph S, Devine DA, Marsh PD, Rakyan V, Curtis MA, Bell JT. Hemin availability induces coordinated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in Porphyromonas gingivalis. mSystems. 2023 08 31; 8(4):e0119322.
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Rosenstein ED, Scher JU, Bretz WA, Weissmann G. Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis: a possible link via "citation". Anaerobe. 2012 Feb; 18(1):162.
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Rosenstein ED, Weissmann G, Greenwald RA. Porphyromonas gingivalis, periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Sep; 73(3):457-8.
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Goteiner D, Craig RG, Ashmen R, Janal MN, Eskin B, Lehrman N. Endotoxin levels are associated with high-density lipoprotein, triglycerides, and troponin in patients with acute coronary syndrome and angina: possible contributions from periodontal sources. J Periodontol. 2008 Dec; 79(12):2331-9.
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Rosenstein ED, Greenwald RA, Kushner LJ, Weissmann G. Hypothesis: the humoral immune response to oral bacteria provides a stimulus for the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Inflammation. 2004 Dec; 28(6):311-8.
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Alugupalli KR, Kalfas S. Degradation of lactoferrin by periodontitis-associated bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1996 Dec 01; 145(2):209-14.