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    Nutritional Supplements and Periodontal Disease Prevention—Current Understanding

    This review updates the current knowledge on nutrient supplements, which are reported as effective in maintaining the health of periodontal tissues or preventing diseases, as a complementary therapy to existin...

    Yukari Aoki-Nonaka, Aoi Matsugishi, Hnin Yu Lwin in Current Oral Health Reports (2020)

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    The ion channel TRPV1 regulates the activation and proinflammatory properties of CD4+ T cells

    The membrane channel TRPV1 is well studied as a pain receptor, but its function beyond sensory neurons remains unclear. Raz and colleagues demonstrate that TRPV1 is also a non–store-operated calcium channel on...

    Samuel Bertin, Yukari Aoki-Nonaka, Petrus Rudolf de Jong in Nature Immunology (2014)

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    The Role of Distinct T Cell Subsets in Periodontitis—Studies from Humans and Rodent Models

    Periodontal disease results from an interaction between the host’s defense mechanisms and the microorganisms that constitute the dental plaque biofilm, and penetrate gingival tissue. Therefore, the progression...

    Takafumi Okui, Yukari Aoki-Nonaka, Takako Nakajima in Current Oral Health Reports (2014)

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    Effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis infection on post-transcriptional regulation of the low-density lipoprotein receptor in mice

    Periodontal disease is suggested to increase the risk of atherothrombotic disease by inducing dyslipidemia. Recently, we demonstrated that proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), which is known ...

    Haruna Miyazawa, Koichi Tabeta, Sayuri Miyauchi in Lipids in Health and Disease (2012)