Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis - inflammatory and infectious connections. Review of the literature

Journal of Oral Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2012, 2012, Pages

  Persson, G Rutger ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Citrullination; Genetics; Inflammation; Periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Review; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADALIMUMAB; AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; ETANERCEPT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEAMINATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTIUM; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIOCYTE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863672829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20002297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v4i0.11829     Document Type: Review

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