The Periodontopathic Bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum Induced Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by Human Respiratory Epithelial Cell Lines and in the Lower Respiratory Organs in Mice

• Mayumi Hayata,
• Norihisa Watanabe,
• Muneaki Tamura,
• Noriaki Kamio,
• Hajime Tanaka,
• Keiko Nodomi,
• Chihiro Miya,
• Enri Nakayama,
• Koichiro Ueda,
• Yorimasa Ogata,
• Kenichi Imai

Affiliations

Mayumi Hayata

Department of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Norihisa Watanabe

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Muneaki Tamura

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Noriaki Kamio

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hajime Tanaka

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Nodomi

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Chihiro Miya

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Enri Nakayama

Department of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Koichiro Ueda

Department of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yorimasa Ogata

Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Kenichi Imai

Department of Microbiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan