From Periodontal Pocket to Systemic Diseases: Mechanistic Insights Into the Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Host Pathology.

Researchers reviewed how *Porphyromonas gingivalis*, a bacterium causing periodontitis, triggers systemic disease through virulence factors that damage tissues, activate harmful immune responses, and induce inflammation in cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, reproductive, and cancer-related conditions.

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