Toll-Like Receptor-2 Plays a Fundamental Role in Periodontal Bacteria-Accelerated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Background: Periodontopathic bacteria are detected at a high rate in specimens obtained from the aortic walls of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and are involved in AAA development. The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are key receptors...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circulation Journal 2013, Vol.77(6), pp.1565-1573
Hauptverfasser: Aoyama, Norio, Suzuki, Jun-ichi, Ogawa, Masahito, Watanabe, Ryo, Kobayashi, Naho, Hanatani, Tomoya, Ashigaki, Norihiko, Sekinishi, Asuka, Izumi, Yuichi, Isobe, Mitsuaki
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