Active Invasion of Oral and Aortic Tissues by Porphyromonas gingivalis in Mice Causally Links Periodontitis and Atherosclerosis

• Irina M. Velsko ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Irina M. Velsko, Sasanka S. Chukkapalli

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Sasanka S. Chukkapalli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Irina M. Velsko, Sasanka S. Chukkapalli

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Mercedes F. Rivera,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Ju-Youn Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry Pusan National University, Yangsan City, Republic of Korea

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• Hao Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Donghang Zheng,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Indraneel Bhattacharyya,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Pandu R. Gangula,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Oral Biology and Research, CWHR Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Alexandra R. Lucas,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Lakshmyya Kesavalu

  * E-mail: Kesavalu@dental.ufl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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