"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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| 2012 | 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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Periodontal disease and the oral microbiota in new-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Oct; 64(10):3083-94.
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Immunization with Porphyromonas gingivalis enolase induces autoimmunity to mammalian a-enolase and arthritis in DR4-IE-transgenic mice. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Dec; 63(12):3818-23.
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Peptidylarginine deiminase from Porphyromonas gingivalis citrullinates human fibrinogen and a-enolase: implications for autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Sep; 62(9):2662-72.
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Autoimmunity to specific citrullinated proteins gives the first clues to the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis. Immunol Rev. 2010 Jan; 233(1):34-54.
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Antibodies to citrullinated alpha-enolase peptide 1 are specific for rheumatoid arthritis and cross-react with bacterial enolase. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Oct; 58(10):3009-19.