“…The affinity of LPS to its pattern recognition receptors, such as the TLRs and CD14, enables discrimination between commensal and pathogenic species. The P. gingivalis LPS is a stimulator of proinflammatory responses and bone resorption, as demonstrated in experimental animal models (Chiang et al, 1999;Nishida et al, 2001). In vitro, it stimulates proinflammatory cytokine production of, for example, IL-1a, IL-1b, IL-6, IL-8, IL-18 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-a in monocytes (Zhou et al, 2005;Bostanci et al, 2007a, b;Hamedi et al, 2009).…”