Local and systemic mechanisms linking periodontal disease and inflammatory comorbidities

G Hajishengallis, T Chavakis - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Periodontitis, a major inflammatory disease of the oral mucosa, is epidemiologically
associated with other chronic inflammation-driven disorders, including cardio-metabolic …

Current understanding of periodontal disease pathogenesis and targets for host‐modulation therapy

G Hajishengallis, T Chavakis… - Periodontology 2000, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances indicate that periodontitis is driven by reciprocally reinforced interactions
between a dysbiotic microbiome and dysregulated inflammation. Inflammation is not only a …

[HTML][HTML] Maladaptive innate immune training of myelopoiesis links inflammatory comorbidities

X Li, H Wang, X Yu, G Saha, L Kalafati, C Ioannidis… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Bone marrow (BM)-mediated trained innate immunity (TII) is a state of heightened immune
responsiveness of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) and their myeloid …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss

Y Nakao, T Fukuda, Q Zhang, T Sanui, T Shinjo, X Kou… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)–derived exosome plays a central role in the cell-free
therapeutics involving MSCs and the contents can be customized under disease-associated …

The cytokine network involved in the host immune response to periodontitis

W Pan, Q Wang, Q Chen - International journal of oral science, 2019 - nature.com
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease involving the destruction of both soft and hard tissue
in the periodontal region. Although dysbiosis of the local microbial community initiates local …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2–related MIS-C: A key to the viral and genetic causes of Kawasaki disease?

V Sancho-Shimizu, P Brodin, A Cobat… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) emerged in April 2020 in
communities with high COVID-19 rates. This new condition is heterogenous but resembles …

Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in resolution of inflammation

I Kourtzelis, G Hajishengallis, T Chavakis - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Efficient inflammation resolution is important not only for the termination of the inflammatory
response but also for the restoration of tissue integrity. An integral process to resolution of …

Revisiting the Page & Schroeder model: the good, the bad and the unknowns in the periodontal host response 40 years later

G Hajishengallis, JM Korostoff - Periodontology 2000, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In their classic 1976 paper, Page & Schroeder described the histopathologic events and the
types of myeloid cells and lymphocytes involved in the initiation and progression of …

DEL-1 promotes macrophage efferocytosis and clearance of inflammation

I Kourtzelis, X Li, I Mitroulis, D Grosser, T Kajikawa… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Resolution of inflammation is essential for tissue homeostasis and represents a promising
approach to inflammatory disorders. Here we found that developmental endothelial locus-1 …

New developments in neutrophil biology and periodontitis

G Hajishengallis - Periodontology 2000, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neutrophils have been historically associated with antimicrobial functions in acute infections
but are now appreciated as functionally versatile cells with critical roles in chronic …