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Oct 2026
Fusobacterium nucleatum: a keystone bridging pathogen in polymicrobial biofilms and host immune dysregulation
Oral infectious diseases such as periodontitis stem from disrupted homeostasis between host immunity and polymicrobial biofilm communities. Fusobacterium nucleatum, a ubiquitous oral commensal, is a key intermediate colonizer with well-documented interspecies coaggregation activity. It has been proposed as a bridging...
Jin-Wen Sima, Si-Yu Ji, Guan-Bao Zhang et al.
· Frontiers in Cellular and In... · 0 citations