
Killer smile? An oral pathogen increases heart attack damage, study reveals
Gingipain released by P.g. cleaves VAMP8, thereby inhibiting autophagy through preventing autophagosomes-lysosome fusion, which causes cardiac dysfunction. Credit: International Journal of Oral Science (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41368-023-00251-2 Regularly cleaning and flossing can keep your grin gleaming as brightly as ever, but were you aware that it could also aid in safeguarding your heart? A recent report…