Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Nanoparticulate cell-free DNA scavenger for treating inflammatory bone loss in periodontitis

  • Hanyao Huang,
  • Weiyi Pan,
  • Yifan Wang,
  • Hye Sung Kim,
  • Dan Shao,
  • Baoding Huang,
  • Tzu-Chieh Ho,
  • Yeh-Hsing Lao,
  • Chai Hoon Quek,
  • Jiayu Shi,
  • Qianming Chen,
  • Bing Shi,
  • Shengmin Zhang,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Kam W. Leong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33492-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Periodontitis is a common type of inflammatory bone loss, and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) can be a major source that enhances the periodontal tissue destruction. Here, the authors show that a cfDNA-scavenging approach is able to ameliorate periodontitis by using nanoparticulate cfDNA scavenger.