<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors
Stephen S. Dominy, Casey Lynch, Florian Ermini, Małgorzata Benedyk, Agata Marczyk, Andrei W. Konradi, Mai Nguyen, Ursula Haditsch, Debasish Raha, Christina Griffin, Leslie J. Holsinger, Shirin Arastu‐Kapur, Samer E. Kaba, Alexander Lee, Mark I. Ryder, Barbara Potempa, Piotr Mydel, Annelie Hellvard, Karina Adamowicz, Hatice Hastürk, Glenn D. Walker, Eric C. Reynolds, Richard L. M. Faull, Maurice A. Curtis, Mike Dragunow, Jan Potempa
Abstract
Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis drive Alzheimer’s pathology and can be blocked with small-molecule inhibitors.
Topics & Concepts
Porphyromonas gingivalisDiseaseAlzheimer's diseaseCausationMedicineBiologyNeurosciencePathologyInternal medicinePeriodontitisPhilosophyEpistemologyAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsOral microbiology and periodontitis researchOral and gingival health research