06/15/2018
“This is the first study to demonstrate the link between
oral pathobiont infection and AMD pathogenesis and
that Pg can invade human retinal-pigment epithelial cells
and elevate AMD-related genes, which might be the
target molecules for both diseases,” Dr. Arjunan said.
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