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Observational studies point towards a relationship between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content> and atherosclerosis, but the role of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4 in the recognition of multiple oral pathogens and their modulation of host response leading to atherosclerosis are not clear. We evaluated the role of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4 signaling in the induction of both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content> and atherosclerosis in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice to polymicrobial infection with periodontal pathogens <jats:italic>Porphyromonas gingivalis<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> Treponema denticola<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> Tannerella forsythia<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Fusobacterium nucleatum<\/jats:italic>. Polybacterial infections have established gingival colonization in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice and induction of a pathogen\u2010specific immunoglobulin G immune response. But <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content> deficiency dampened accelerated alveolar bone resorption and intrabony defects, indicating a central role in infection\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content>. Periodontal bacteria disseminated from gingival tissue to the heart and aorta through intravascular dissemination; however, there was no increase in atherosclerosis progression in the aortic arch. Polybacterial infection does not alter levels of serum risk factors such as oxidized low\u2010density lipoprotein, nitric oxide, and lipid fractions in both mice. Polymicrobial\u2010infected <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice demonstrated significant levels (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a00.05 to <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u00a00.01) of T helper type 2 [transforming growth factor\u2010\u03b2<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>, macrophage inflammatory protein\u20103\u03b1, interleukin\u201013 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201013)] and T helper type 17 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201017, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201021, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201022, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201023) splenic T\u2010cell cytokine responses. Increased heat\u2010shock protein expression, <jats:italic>hspa1a<\/jats:italic> for Hsp 70, was observed for both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice. This study supports a role for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TLR<\/jats:styled-content>4 in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content> and atherosclerosis, corroborating an intricate association between two inflammatory diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/omi.12165","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,25]],"date-time":"2016-05-25T19:33:03Z","timestamp":1464204783000},"page":"211-225","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Global <scp>TLR<\/scp>2 and 4 deficiency in mice impacts bone resorption, inflammatory markers and atherosclerosis to polymicrobial infection"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"S.S.","family":"Chukkapalli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology College of Dentistry University of Florida Gainesville FL 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