Our understanding of how oral microbiota adapt in response to changes in their
surroundings remains limited. This is particularly true of the slow-growing anaerobes that …

Many bacteria switch between a sessile and a motile mode in response to environmental
and host-related signals. Porphyromonas gingivalis, an oral anaerobe implicated in the …

Porphyromonas gingivalis can induce its uptake by host epithelial cells; however, the nature
and role of the P. gingivalis molecules involved in this invasion process have yet to be …

Interaction between the major fimbriae of Porphyromonas gingivalis and gingival epithelial
cells is important for bacterial adhesion and invasion. In this study, we identified integrins as …

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram-negative oral anaerobe, interacts with epithelium lining
the gingival sulcus. Continuing our studies on the role of gingipain cysteine proteinases in P …

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a periodontal pathogen capable of invading primary cultures of
normal human gingival epithelial cells (NHGEC). Involvement of P. gingivalis fimbriae in the …

Isogenic mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis which differ in the expression of fimbriae
were used to examine the contribution of fimbriae in invasion of a human oral epithelial cell …

Adhesive interactions of cells are critical to tissue integrity. We show that infection with
Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major pathogen in the periodontal disease periodontitis …

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a causative agent of periodontitis, has at least two types of thin,
single-stranded fimbriae, termed FimA and Mfa1 (according to the names of major subunits) …

P orphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone periopathogen that plays an essential role in the
progress of periodontitis. Like other gram‐negative bacteria, the ability of P. gingivalis to …