• Curcumin for the management of periodontitis and early ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis: Killing two birds with one stone 

      Asteriou E., Gkoutzourelas A., Mavropoulos A., Katsiari C., Sakkas L.I., Bogdanos D.P. (2018)
      We propose curcumin as a preventive measure to avoid/manage periodontitis (PD), and as a natural immunosuppressant for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PD, mainly caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis forming biofilm and leading ...
    • Periodontitis and carotid atheroma: is there a causal relationship? 

      Tzorbatzoglou, I. D.; Sfyroeras, G. S.; Giannoukas, A. D. (2010)
      Periodontal diseases are highly prevalent in the population. Several studies implicated that chronic periodontitis may affect the arterial wall inducing subclinical atherosclerosis by triggering a systemic inflammatory ...
    • Porphyromonas gingivalis and rheumatoid arthritis 

      Perricone C., Ceccarelli F., Saccucci M., Di Carlo G., Bogdanos D.P., Lucchetti R., Pilloni A., Valesini G., Polimeni A., Conti F. (2019)
      Purpose of review: To explore the pathogenic association between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis focusing on the role of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Recent findings: In the last decades our knowledge about the ...