Probiotics alter the immune response of gingival epithelial cells challenged by <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i>

Abstract

Probiotics can alter the interaction of GECs with P. gingivalis by modulating the pathogen's ability to adhere and invade these cells, as well as by regulating the innate immune response. Such properties are strain-specific and may indicate the most efficient probiotics to control periodontitis.