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SUBMITTER: Ryder MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689719 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of periodontology 20200806
Epidemiological studies have identified an association between periodontitis and Alzheimer disease (AD); however, the nature of this association has been unclear. Recent work suggests that brain colonization by the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis may link these two inflammatory and degenerative conditions. Evidence of P. gingivalis infiltration has been detected in autopsy specimens from the brains of people with AD and in cerebrospinal fluid of individuals diagnosed with AD. Gingi ...[more]