Involvement of a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis on the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Yoneda, M.; Naka, Shuhei; Nakano, K.; Wada, K.; Endo, Hiroki; Mawatari, H.; Imajo, Kento; Nomura, R.; Hokamura, K.; Ono, M.; Murata, S.; Tohnai, I.; Sumida, Y.; Shima, T.; Kuboniwa, M.; Umemura, K.; Kamisaki, Y.; Amano, A.; Okanoue, T.; Ooshima, T.; Nakajima, A.

doi:10.1186/1471-230X-12-16

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Involvement of a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis on the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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Authors:

M. Yoneda

Shuhei Naka

K. Nakano

Abstract

BackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome that is closely associated with multiple factors such as obesity, hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, other risk factors for the development of NAFLD are unclear. With the associati...

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Medicine

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