Subchronic Infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Tannerella forsythia Stimulates an Immune Response but Not Arthritis in Experimental Murine Model

Table 1

Inflammatory response of the hind limbs of Balb/c mice.

Groups	Hind limb swelling (mm)	Hind limb thickness (mm)
Sham group+
Sham+	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
Sham+	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
Sham+	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
Group 2 sham−	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
P. gingivalis plus T. forsythia	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
P.gingivalis. plus T. forsythia	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2-L: 2
Group 3	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2.5-L: 2.5
P. gingivalis plus Freud adjuvant	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2.5-L: 2.5
P. gingivalis plus Freud adjuvant	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2.5-L: 2.5
Group 4	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2.5-L: 2.5
Freud adjuvant	R: 1.5-L: 1.5	R: 2.5-L: 2.5
Freud adjuvant	R: 1.4-L: 1.4	R: 2.5-L: 2.5

R = right; L = left.