›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 496-499.

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Research progress of correlation between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  

  • Received:2019-12-10 Revised:2020-03-03 Online:2020-06-28 Published:2020-06-28

Abstract: The relationship between periodontitis and systemic diseases has become a research hotspot, and the correlation between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been paid more and more attention. More epidemiological investigations have confirmed that periodontitis affects the lung function of patients and promotes the aggravation of symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Therefore, periodontal intervention can reduce periodontal symptoms, so as to reduce the symptoms of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In this paper, we further reviewed the mechanism of the relationship between them: periodontitis can aggravate lung injury by inducing systemic immune response; local periodontal pathogens alone or cooperatively induce the elevation of the level of pulmonary inflammatory cytokines and the accumulation of immune cells promoting the injury of lung epithelial cells.

Key words: Periodontitis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Pulmonary function