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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Dis. 2016 Dec 27;23(7):854–865. doi: 10.1111/odi.12598

Figure 5. Concepts of how IL-17 immunity may participate in the establishment of the oral microbiome/mycobiome.

Figure 5

Defects in the Th17 pathway are associated with an overgrowth of fungi leading to oral and mucocutaneous candidiasis. Conversely, exaggerated IL-17 responses in the context of periodontitis have been linked to bacterial overgrowth and dysbiosis.