Mounting Pressure of Periodontitis

Tomasz J Guzik^{1

2}, Marta Czesnikiewicz-Guzik^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland (T.J.G.).
² Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (T.J.G.).
³ Department of Dental Prophylaxis and Experimental Dentistry, Jagiellonian Medical College, Krakow, Poland (M.C.-G.).
⁴ Department of Periodontology and Oral Sciences Research Group, University of Glasgow Dental School, United Kingdom (M.C.-G.).

Comment

Tomasz J Guzik et al. Hypertension. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;78(2):552-554.

doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17450. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

Tomasz J Guzik^{1

2}, Marta Czesnikiewicz-Guzik^{3

4}

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland (T.J.G.).
² Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (T.J.G.).
³ Department of Dental Prophylaxis and Experimental Dentistry, Jagiellonian Medical College, Krakow, Poland (M.C.-G.).
⁴ Department of Periodontology and Oral Sciences Research Group, University of Glasgow Dental School, United Kingdom (M.C.-G.).

No abstract available

Keywords: blood pressure; cytokines; inflammation; macrophages; phenotype.

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Is systemic inflammation a missing link between periodontitis and hypertension? Results from two large population-based surveys.
Muñoz Aguilera E, Leira Y, Miró Catalina Q, Orlandi M, Czesnikiewicz-Guzik M, Guzik TJ, Hingorani AD, Nart J, D'Aiuto F. Muñoz Aguilera E, et al. J Intern Med. 2021 Apr;289(4):532-546. doi: 10.1111/joim.13180. Epub 2020 Nov 19. J Intern Med. 2021. PMID: 32969093
Association Between Periodontitis and Blood Pressure Highlighted in Systemically Healthy Individuals: Results From a Nested Case-Control Study.
Muñoz Aguilera E, Suvan J, Orlandi M, Miró Catalina Q, Nart J, D'Aiuto F. Muñoz Aguilera E, et al. Hypertension. 2021 May 5;77(5):1765-1774. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16790. Epub 2021 Mar 29. Hypertension. 2021. PMID: 33775115

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