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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Breaking the Gingival Barrier in Periodontitis.

Ljubomir Vitkov, Jeeshan Singh, Christine Schauer, Bernd Minnich, Jelena Krunić, Hannah Oberthaler, Sonja Gamsjaeger, Martin Herrmann, Jasmin Knopf, Matthias Hannig

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07596667 (Profiling Gingival Crevicular Fluid β-Catenin Level With 8-OHdG and Total Antioxidants Capacity During Healing of Periodontal Pockets), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07596667 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Profiling Gingival Crevicular Fluid β-Catenin Level With 8-OHdG and Total Antioxidants Capacity During Healing of Periodontal Pockets: A 3-month Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorZeyad NazarRan2026 to 2026Enrolled21ConditionsPeriodontitis, Adult, Periodontal DiseasesArmsscaling and root planing
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Protective Effects of Mixed Probiotics, Oralis SBAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Journal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  19. Journal of oral microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ljubomir VitkovClinic of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1249-0161
Jeeshan SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0448-288X
Christine SchauerDepartment of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Bernd MinnichDepartment of Environment & Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1218-1913
Jelena KrunićDepartment of Dental Pathology, University of East Sarajevo, 71123 East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.ORCID 0000-0001-5081-318X
Hannah OberthalerDepartment of Environment & Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Sonja GamsjaegerLudwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Med Department Hanusch Hospital, 1140 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9543-6530
Martin HerrmannDepartment of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0258-2484
Jasmin KnopfDepartment of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2922-9370
Matthias HannigClinic of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The break of the epithelial barrier of gingiva has been a subject of minor interest, albeit playing a key role in periodontal pathology, transitory bacteraemia, and subsequent systemic low-grade inflammation (LGI). The significance of mechanically induced bacterial translocation in gingiva (e.g., via mastication and teeth brushing) has been disregarded despite the accumulated knowledge of mechanical force effects on tight junctions (TJs) and subsequent pathology in other epithelial tissues. Transitory bacteraemia is observed as a rule in gingival inflammation, but is rarely observed in clinically healthy gingiva. This implies that TJs of inflamed gingiva deteriorate, e.g., via a surplus of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), bacterial proteases, toxins, Oncostatin M (OSM), and neutrophil proteases. The inflammation-deteriorated gingival TJs rupture when exposed to physiological mechanical forces. This rupture is characterised by bacteraemia during and briefly after mastication and teeth brushing, i.e., it appears to be a dynamic process of short duration, endowed with quick repair mechanisms. In this review, we consider the bacterial, immune, and mechanical factors responsible for the increased permeability and break of the epithelial barrier of inflamed gingiva and the subsequent translocation of both viable bacteria and bacterial LPS during physiological mechanical forces, such as mastication and teeth brushing.

Indexed as

BacteremiaPeriodontitisGingivaHumansInflammationLipopolysaccharidesLipopolysaccharidesbarrier breakepithelial discontinuitymechanical damagesneutrophilsOncostatin Mstretchingtight junctionstissue fracture

Identifiers

PMID36901974
PMCPMC10003416

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