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Plasmin-Mediated Fibrinolysis in Periodontitis Pathogenesis.


ABSTRACT: The hemostatic and inflammatory systems work hand in hand to maintain homeostasis at mucosal barrier sites. Among the factors of the hemostatic system, fibrin is well recognized for its role in mucosal homeostasis, wound healing, and inflammation. Here, we present a basic overview of the fibrinolytic system, discuss fibrin as an innate immune regulator, and provide recent work uncovering the role of fibrin-neutrophil activation as a regulator of mucosal/periodontal homeostasis. We reason that the role of fibrin in periodontitis becomes most evident in individuals with the Mendelian genetic defect, congenital plasminogen (PLG) deficiency, who are predisposed to severe periodontitis in childhood due to a defect in fibrinolysis. Consistent with plasminogen deficiency being a risk factor for periodontitis, recent genomics studies uncover genetic polymorphisms in PLG, encoding plasminogen, being significantly associated with periodontal disease, and suggesting PLG variants as candidate risk indicators for common forms of periodontitis.

SUBMITTER: Silva LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10477773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasmin-Mediated Fibrinolysis in Periodontitis Pathogenesis.

Silva L M LM   Divaris K K   Bugge T H TH   Moutsopoulos N M NM  

Journal of dental research 20230728 9


The hemostatic and inflammatory systems work hand in hand to maintain homeostasis at mucosal barrier sites. Among the factors of the hemostatic system, fibrin is well recognized for its role in mucosal homeostasis, wound healing, and inflammation. Here, we present a basic overview of the fibrinolytic system, discuss fibrin as an innate immune regulator, and provide recent work uncovering the role of fibrin-neutrophil activation as a regulator of mucosal/periodontal homeostasis. We reason that th  ...[more]

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