Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Park HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7765351 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cells 20201215 12
Accumulating evidence suggests a link between periodontal disease and cardiovascular diseases. Vascular calcification is the pathological precipitation of phosphate and calcium in the vasculature and is closely associated with increased cardiovascular risk and mortality. In this study, we have demonstrated that the infection with <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> (<i>P. gingivalis</i>), one of the major periodontal pathogens, increases inorganic phosphate-induced vascular calcification through the ...[more]