MicrobiologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Periodontopathogens interfere with the human renin-angiotensin system through a surface-attached protease
Irena Waligórska, Krzysztof M. Żak, Natalia Mikrut…·Mirosław Książęk
This study shows that oral pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis and Tannerella forsythia use surface-attached proteases to alter the renin-angiotensin system by generating Ang 1-7.
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