Myxomavirus Anti-Inflammatory Chemokine Binding Protein Reduces the Increased Plaque Growth Induced by Chronic Porphyromonas gingivalis Oral Infection after Balloon Angioplasty Aortic Injury in Mice

Alexandra R. Lucas; Raj K. Verma; Erbin Dai; Liying Liu; Hao Chen; Sheela Kesavalu; Mercedes Rivera; Irina Velsko; Sriram Ambadapadi; Sasanka Chukkapalli; Lakshmyya Kesavalu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111353

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Myxomavirus Anti-Inflammatory Chemokine Binding Protein Reduces the Increased Plaque Growth Induced by Chronic Porphyromonas gingivalis Oral Infection after Balloon Angioplasty Aortic Injury in Mice

Alexandra R. Lucas ,

* E-mail: alexandra.lucas@medicine.ufl.edu (AL); kesavalu@dental.ufl.edu (LK)

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Raj K. Verma,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Erbin Dai,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Liying Liu,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Hao Chen,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Sheela Kesavalu,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Mercedes Rivera,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Irina Velsko,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Sriram Ambadapadi,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Sasanka Chukkapalli,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Lakshmyya Kesavalu

* E-mail: alexandra.lucas@medicine.ufl.edu (AL); kesavalu@dental.ufl.edu (LK)

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Myxomavirus Anti-Inflammatory Chemokine Binding Protein Reduces the Increased Plaque Growth Induced by Chronic Porphyromonas gingivalis Oral Infection after Balloon Angioplasty Aortic Injury in Mice

Alexandra R. Lucas,
Raj K. Verma,
Erbin Dai,
Liying Liu,
Hao Chen,
Sheela Kesavalu,
Mercedes Rivera,
Irina Velsko,
Sriram Ambadapadi,
Sasanka Chukkapalli

Published: October 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111353

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