The oral-respiratory interface: modulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype adhesion by the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis W83
Chrysanti Murad, Yasmin Hanifa Salma, Imam Megantara, Achadiyani Achadiyani, Ani Melani Maskoen · 2026
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Chrysanti Murad and coauthors test a 2026 lab question on whether a gum disease germ helps lung pneumococcal germs stick to airway cells by serotype. Porphyromonas gingivalis can raise a host receptor that pneumococci exploit, called PAFR. Lung lining cells were primed for 24 hours with fluid from the W83 strain, then exposed to four pneumococcal serotypes for adhesion counts.
Priming raised receptor gene activity clearly in the cell model. Adhesion jumped significantly for serotypes 4 and 7F after priming in the counts. Thick-coated serotypes 3 and 6A rose only slightly without statistical firmness overall. The mouth-lung partnership thus favors select pneumococcal types, shaping pneumonia risk by strain.
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| CREATOR | Chrysanti Murad, Yasmin Hanifa Salma, Imam Megantara, Achadiyani Achadiyani, Ani Melani Maskoen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24598 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |