Chronic Oral Infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis Accelerates Atheroma Formation by Shifting the Lipid Profile

• Tomoki Maekawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tomoki Maekawa, Naoki Takahashi

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Naoki Takahashi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tomoki Maekawa, Naoki Takahashi

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Koichi Tabeta,

  Affiliation Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Yukari Aoki,

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Hirotaka Miyashita,

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Sayuri Miyauchi,

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Haruna Miyazawa,

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Takako Nakajima,

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, General Dentistry and Clinical Education Unit, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯
• Kazuhisa Yamazaki

  * E-mail: kaz@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

  ⨯