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_Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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Anti-Porphyromonas gingivalis antibody titers positively correlated with intramuscular adipose tissue content in metabolic syndrome patients. Administration of P. gingivalis impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance, altered the gut microbiome. Skeletal muscle of recipients of P. gingivalis exhibited fat infiltration and lower glucose uptake with higher inflammatory mediators and lower insulin signaling.

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Department of Periodontology,TMDU

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