About a decade ago, a hypothesis was proposed suggesting that the innate immune system, including acute-phase reactants, contribute to the development of T2DM [Type 2 DM (diabetes mellitus)] and the metabolic syndrome. In this model, it was hypothesized that the innate immune system modulates the effects of many factors, including genes, fetal programming, nutrition and aging, upon the later development of metabolic problems associated with insulin resistance. In this present article, we expand this hypothesis by looking at the involvement of periodontitis in DM and its complications. Periodontitis is a common inflammatory process involving the innate immune system and is associated with DM. We will also illustrate how dental disease is important in patients with DM and could be implicated in various diabetic complications.
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August 05 2010
The innate immune system and diabetes mellitus: the relevance of periodontitis? A hypothesis
Martin G. Lazenby;
Martin G. Lazenby
*Department of Restorative Dentistry, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, U.K.
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Martin A. Crook
†Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Lewisham, London SE13 6LH, U.K.
‡Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, U.K.
§Department of Chemical Pathology, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, U.K.
∥School of Science, University of Greenwich, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, U.K.
Correspondence: Professor Martin A. Crook (email [email protected]).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
February 10 2010
Revision Received:
April 26 2010
Accepted:
June 01 2010
Online ISSN: 1470-8736
Print ISSN: 0143-5221
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2010 Biochemical Society
2010
Clin Sci (Lond) (2010) 119 (10): 423–429.
Article history
Received:
February 10 2010
Revision Received:
April 26 2010
Accepted:
June 01 2010
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Martin G. Lazenby, Martin A. Crook; The innate immune system and diabetes mellitus: the relevance of periodontitis? A hypothesis. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 November 2010; 119 (10): 423–429. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20100098
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