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Cellular senescence and the SASP in the oral-metabolic axis: a putative link between periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Odontology · Wu Y, Li B, Yang Z · 2026-10-20

Cellular senescence and inflammation-associated secretory changes may help explain why periodontitis and type 2 diabetes are bidirectionally linked, though evidence for how periodontal senescence affects distant metabolic tissues remains limited.

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