Periodontitis and heart disease: Researchers connect the molecular dots

Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 15:10 in Health & Medicine

Periodontitis is a risk factor for heart disease. Now a team of researchers has shown that a periodontal pathogen causes changes in gene expression that boost inflammation and atherosclerosis in aortic smooth muscle cells.

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