Effect of inflammaging on periodontitis.

Author: Wang QI ¹ ; Zhou XINYI ¹ ; Ding YI ²
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1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
2. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Periodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: age-related diseases; inflammaging; inflammasome; periodontitis
MeSH: Aging; Humans; Inflammation; Periodontitis; immunology
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2018;36(1):99-103
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Inflammaging is the chronic, systematic, and controllable upregulation of a pro-inflammation state with advancing age. Chronic low-grade inflammation accompanied by sustained stimuli is correlated with various age-related diseases (ARDs). Recent studies on ARDs have prompted further research interest in the inner mechanisms underlying inflammaging to establish prevention and treatment plans for inflammatory diseases. In this article, we discuss inflammaging and its significant role in periodontitis.