T-cell Responses Involved in the Predisposition to Periodontal Disease: Lessons from Immunogenetic Studies of Leprosy

Hideki Ohyama^1*, Nahoko Kato-Kogoe², Kazu Takeuchi-Hatanaka³, Koji Yamanegi¹, Naoko Yamada¹, Keiji Nakasho¹, Sho Matsushita⁴ and Nobuyuki Terada¹

¹Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

²Department of Pharmaceutical Health Care, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan

³Department of Pathophysiology/Periodontal Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

⁴Department of Allergy and Immunology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. Hideki Ohyama, D.D.S., Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan, Tel: +81-798-45-6432, Fax: +81-798-45-6431 Email: