FACIN, a Double-Edged Sword of the Emerging Periodontal PathogenFilifactor alocis: A Metabolic Enzyme Moonlighting as a Complement Inhibitor

Biofilm Formation Avoids Complement Immunity and Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Mirian Domenech et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Role of complement in host–microbe homeostasis of the periodontium

(2013) George Hajishengallis et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Immunomicrobial pathogenesis of periodontitis: keystones, pathobionts, and host response

(2013) George Hajishengallis   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Filifactor alocis - involvement in periodontal biofilms

(2012) Sebastian Schlafer et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Complement and dysbiosis in periodontal disease

(2012) George Hajishengallis et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Enolase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Binds Human Complement Inhibitor C4b-Binding Protein and Contributes to Complement Evasion

(2012) V. Agarwal et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Metalloproteinase Karilysin Present in the Majority of Tannerella forsythia Isolates Inhibits All Pathways of the Complement System

(2012) M. Jusko et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Beyond the red complex and into more complexity: the polymicrobial synergy and dysbiosis (PSD) model of periodontal disease etiology

(2012) G. Hajishengallis et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Proteome variation amongFilifactor alocisstrains

(2012) A. Wilson Aruni et al.   PROTEOMICS

Low-Abundance Biofilm Species Orchestrates Inflammatory Periodontal Disease through the Commensal Microbiota and Complement

(2011) George Hajishengallis et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Filifactor alocis Has Virulence Attributes That Can Enhance Its Persistence under Oxidative Stress Conditions and Mediate Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Porphyromonas gingivalis

(2011) A. Wilson Aruni et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Distinct and complex bacterial profiles in human periodontitis and health revealed by 16S pyrosequencing

(2011) Ann L Griffen et al.   ISME Journal

Has the use of molecular methods for the characterization of the human oral microbiome changed our understanding of the role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease?

(2011) William Geoffrey Wade   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY

Immune Evasion of Moraxella catarrhalis Involves Ubiquitous Surface Protein A-Dependent C3d Binding

(2011) T. Hallstrom et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Filifactor alocis interactions with gingival epithelial cells

(2011) C.E. Moffatt et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Association between overweight/obesity and periodontitis in adults. A systematic review

(2011) Jean Suvan et al.   Obesity Reviews

Comparison of real-time polymerase chain reaction and DNA-strip technology in microbiological evaluation of periodontitis treatment

(2010) Sigrun Eick et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The Human Oral Microbiome

(2010) F. E. Dewhirst et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureusBloodstream Infections: Definitions and Treatment

(2009) G. Ralph Corey   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Analysis of a Unique Interaction between the Complement Regulatory Protein Factor H and the Periodontal Pathogen Treponema denticola

(2009) J. V. McDowell et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Periodontitis and risk for atherosclerosis: an update on intervention trials

(2009) Maurizio S. Tonetti   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY

A Molecular Insight into Complement Evasion by the Staphylococcal Complement Inhibitor Protein Family

(2009) D. Ricklin et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Complement evasion strategies of pathogens—Acquisition of inhibitors and beyond

(2009) Anna M. Blom et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Structural and functional implications of the alternative complement pathway C3 convertase stabilized by a staphylococcal inhibitor

(2009) Suzan H M Rooijakkers et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Periodontitis in systemic rheumatic diseases

(2009) Paola de Pablo et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Interpain A, a Cysteine Proteinase from Prevotella intermedia, Inhibits Complement by Degrading Complement Factor C3

(2009) Michal Potempa et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Age-Dependent Associations Between Chronic Periodontitis/Edentulism and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

(2008) Thomas Dietrich et al.   CIRCULATION

Corruption of Innate Immunity by Bacterial Proteases

(2008) Jan Potempa et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Mechanisms of evasion of complement by Porphyromonas gingivalis

(2007) Jennifer et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark