Linking Subgingival Bacterial Levels to Gingival Gene-Expression Patterns to Prioritize Host Response Pathways in Periodontitis
Description
Using paired plaque and gingival transcriptome records and an independent disease health validation cohort, we found that high burdens of key periodontal pathogens track with thousands of gingival expression changes and that diseased sites show broad enrichment of immune, apoptosis, and signaling pathways consistent with established periodontitis biology.
Linking Subgingival Bacterial Levels to Gingival Gene-Expression Patterns to Prioritize Host Response Pathways in Periodontitis
Using paired plaque and gingival transcriptome records and an independent disease health validation cohort, we found that high burdens of key periodontal pathogens track with thousands of gingival expression changes and that diseased sites show broad enrichment of immune, apoptosis, and signaling pathways consistent with established periodontitis biology.