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

Abstract

Exposure to increased number of F. nucleatum potentially induces proinflammatory cytokine production by human bronchial and pharyngeal epithelial cells, which may trigger exacerbation of COPD.