“…Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis ) is the major periodontal bacteria (Seymour et al, 2007), and its lipopolysaccharide derived from P. gingivalis (PgLPS) induces executive pro-inflammatory responses through various types of cells, including macrophages, leptomeningeal cells, microglia and fibroblasts (Wu et al, 2008; Liu et al, 2013; Wu and Nakanishi, 2015; Li et al, 2016). Recently, substantial clinical evidence has shown that periodontitis causes or hastens not only other systemic diseases, such as atherosclerosis and diabetes (Lalla and Papapanou, 2011; Velsko et al, 2014; Esteves Lima et al, 2016) and rheumatoid arthritis (Leech and Bartold, 2015; Silvestre et al, 2016), but also neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (Noble and Scarmeas, 2009; Poole et al, 2013), through persistent systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation. However, the factors responsible for the maintenance of this whole-body pro-inflammatory condition are poorly understood.…”