National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81770454]; Natural Science Foundation of Hunan provinceNatural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2018JJ2343]; Key Project of the Education Department of Hunan Province [18A241]; International Joint Laboratory for Arteriosclerotic Disease Research of Hunan Province [2018WK4031]; Undergraduate Innovative Experiment Project [2018XJXZ366, 2018XJXZ369]; first-class discipline in Hunan Province [2018XJXZ366, 2018XJXZ369]
机构署名：
本校为第一且通讯机构
院系归属：
医学院
摘要：
Oral infections are common among individuals of all ages and can activate local and systemic inflammation. The inflammatory response plays an important role in atherosclerosis. An increasing number of studies have reported an association between oral pathogen infection and atherosclerotic coronary heart disease. For instance, epidemiological studies support the positive correlation between oral infections and atherosclerosis. The presence of oral pathogens in human atherosclerotic plaques has been detected by multiple methods, and oral infectio...
