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 one of the principal organisms associated with adult
periodontitis. Bacterial surface proteins such as fimbriae and gingipain hemagglutinin …

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram‐negative oral anaerobe, is associated with periodontitis,
a disease that in some form affects up to 80% of the adult population in the USA. The …

Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as an etiologic agent of adult periodontitis.
We have previously shown that P. gingivalis can degrade the epithelial cell-cell junction …

Porphyromonas gingivalis expresses several virulence factors such as fimbriae and
proteases, termed gingipains, which are enzymes that process precursor fimbriae proteins …

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 …

Porphyromonas gingivalis gingipains are thought to be critical virulence factors in
periodontitis. Increased serum levels of the soluble ectodomains of surface effectors have …

Cohesive interactions between Porphyromonas gingivalis and plaque-forming bacteria,
such as Streptococcus oralis, are considered to play an important role in the colonization of …

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae are classified into six types (types I to V and Ib) based on
the fimA genes encoding FimA (a subunit of fimbriae), and they play a critical role in …

Proteolytic enzymes produced by Porphyromonas gingivalis are thought to play critical roles
in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of …