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Fusobacterium nucleatum Alters Atherosclerosis Risk Factors and Enhances Inflammatory Markers with an Atheroprotective Immune Response in ApoE^null Mice

Irina M. Velsko ,

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

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, 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, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Mercedes. F. Rivera-Kweh,

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Hao Chen,

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

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

Affiliation Oral Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Pandu R. Gangula,

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology and Research, CWHR Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Physiology, CWHR Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Alexandra R. Lucas,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, 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, 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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Fusobacterium nucleatum Alters Atherosclerosis Risk Factors and Enhances Inflammatory Markers with an Atheroprotective Immune Response in ApoE^null Mice

Irina M. Velsko,
Sasanka S. Chukkapalli,
Mercedes. F. Rivera-Kweh,
Hao Chen,
Donghang Zheng,
Indraneel Bhattacharyya,
Pandu R. Gangula,
Alexandra R. Lucas,
Lakshmyya Kesavalu

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Published: June 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129795

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