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- Received May 8, 2017
- Accepted October 6, 2017
- Published online November 3, 2017.
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- Sofia Björnfot Holmström*,
- Reuben Clark†,
- Stephanie Zwicker†,
- Daniela Bureik†,
- Egle Kvedaraite*,
- Eric Bernasconi‡,
- Anh Thu Nguyen Hoang*,
- Gunnar Johannsen§,
- Benjamin J. Marsland‡,
- Elisabeth A. Boström† and
- Mattias Svensson*
- *Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden;
- †Division of Periodontology, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Huddinge, Sweden;
- ‡Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; and
- §Danakliniken Specialist Dental Care, 182 31 Danderyd, Sweden
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Mattias Svensson, Center for Infectious Medicine, F59, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail address: mattias.svensson{at}ki.se
S.B.H. and E.A.B. contributed to the study design, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, interpreted the results, and prepared the figures; G.J. cared for patients and provided tissue samples and clinical data; R.C., S.Z., D.B., E.K., and E.B. performed experiments and interpretation of the results; A.T.N.H. contributed together with S.B.H. establishing the three-dimensional gingival tissue model; B.J.M. contributed to the study design and to interpretation of the results; S.B.H. and M.S. initiated the study; M.S. supervised the study, contributed to the study design and analysis and interpretation of the results, and prepared the figures; S.B.H., E.A.B., and M.S. wrote the manuscript; and all of the authors participated in editing and finalizing the manuscript, which was approved by all authors.