Epidemiologic evidence indicates that periodontitis is more frequent in patients with
uncontrolled diabetes mellitus than in healthy controls, suggesting that it could be …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease that affects∼ 1% of the human
population, is driven by autoantibodies that target modified self-epitopes, whereas∼ 11% of …

A bacterial etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been suspected since the beginnings of
modern germ theory. Recent studies implicate mucosal surfaces as sites of disease …

Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis are chronic inflammatory diseases defined
respectively by the destruction of the articular cartilage and tooth‐supporting periodontal …

Of all cells implicated in the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), neutrophils possess the
greatest cytotoxic potential, owing to their ability to release degradative enzymes and …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease considered as a multistep
process spanning from the interaction of genetic (eg, shared epitope or non-HLA loci) …

Macrophages and neutrophils are key components involved in the regulation of numerous
chronic inflammatory diseases, infectious disorders, and especially certain autoimmune …

The gut microbiota has been proposed to be an important environmental factor in the
development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we review a growing body of evidence from …

Objective To examine the degree to which shared risk factors explain the relationship of
periodontitis (PD) to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the associations of PD and …

Observations from numerous clinical, epidemiological and serological studies link
periodontitis with severity and progression of rheumatoid arthritis. The strong association is …