An orally administered oral pathobiont and commensal have comparable and innocuous systemic effects in germ-free mice.
Keisuke SatoMai YokojiMiki YamadaTakako NakajimaKazuhisa YamazakiPublished in: Journal of periodontal research (2018)
The oral pathobiont P. gingivalis did not induce any detectable pathogenic changes or any major host responses when administered to germ-free mice. There may be indirect mechanisms for gut-mediated systemic effects by P. gingivalis.
Keyphrases