Interleukin-17A-producing γδ T cells drive cognitive dysfunction in periodontitis.
Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced periodontitis triggered anxiety and cognitive decline in mice by driving IL-17A-producing γδ T cells to migrate to the brain via cervical lymph nodes, a pathway that blocking antibodies could reverse.
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