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Here are the journal/article-sourced diagrams and figures that illustrate the key topics covered in your Aggressive Periodontitis document:

1. Stages of Bacterial Pathogenicity - A. actinomycetemcomitans Virulence Factors

Source: Carranza's Clinical Periodontology (Pocket Dentistry), Chapter 35 - widely reproduced in periodontal literature

Stages of Aa Pathogenicity and Virulence Factors

This diagram directly maps to Section 7A-7B of your document. It shows the 5 stages of bacterial pathogenicity for Aa, with corresponding virulence factors at each step:

Stage	Virulence Factor from Your Document
1. Attachment to host tissues	Autotransporter proteins, fimbriae, PGA polysaccharide
2. Multiplication	Bacteriocins
3. Evasion of host defences	Chemotactic inhibition factors, leukotoxin, immunosuppressive factors to IgG/IgM
4. Penetration/invasion of tissues	Cytolethal distending toxins (CDT)
5. Tissue destruction	Activation of T-helper cells, B-cells, collagenases, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

2. Hyper-Reactive Myeloid Cells & Bone Marrow - Host Immune Dysregulation

Source: Moutsopoulos NM & Konkel JE, Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 (doi: 10.1038/s41577-020-00488-6) - peer-reviewed journal

Periodontal disease - bone marrow myeloid bias and systemic comorbidities

This diagram illustrates Section 7C of your document on host immune response:

Bone marrow: IL-1β drives epigenetic/metabolic rewiring of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC → MPP → GMP), producing hyper-reactive granulocytes (PMNs) and monocytes - the hallmark of aggressive periodontitis
Hyper-reactive PMNs circulate and re-enter the periodontium, causing excessive tissue destruction (elevated PGE₂, IL-1β, as cited in your document from Carranza 10th ed.)
Myeloid bias corresponds to the "hyper-responsive monocyte phenotype" in your document
The cardiovascular comorbidity link aligns with the systemic associations your document discusses

3. A. actinomycetemcomitans Subverting Host Defense - Step-by-Step

Source: Fine DH et al., Frontiers in Immunology, 2019; PMC6476972 - peer-reviewed open-access journal

This PMC article provides a step-by-step diagram (available at PMC6476972) illustrating:

Step 1-2: Streptococci supply Aa with lactate for initial colonization and attachment to the tooth surface
Step 3: Excess peroxide from Streptococci stresses Aa → upregulation of dispB → Aa migrates subgingivally
Step 4: Stress triggers upregulation of Leukotoxin (Ltx) and ApiA - Ltx blunts the PMN response; ApiA provides complement resistance
Result: Local host defense subverted → dysbiosis → overgrowth of other pathogens → tissue breakdown

This maps directly to your document's Section 7B on Aa virulence (leukotoxin, chemotaxis inhibitors, epitheliotoxin).

4. Radiographic Arc-Shaped Bone Loss Pattern in LAP

Source: Multiple journals including J Periodontol and J Clin Periodontol - the arc-shaped (vertical) bone loss around first molars is the pathognomonic radiographic feature

Based on the PMC case report (PMC6628778), the radiographic pattern is:

        Tooth (First Molar)
       /                    \
  Arc-shaped           Arc-shaped
  bone loss            bone loss
  (mesial)              (distal)
       \                    /
        Alveolar bone (lost)

→ "Arc-shaped" or "vertical" bone loss
→ Bilateral "mirror-image" pattern
→ Horizontal bone loss at incisors (thinner interdental bone)

"Orthopantomogram showing advanced periodontal destruction around the maxillary first molars in an arc-shaped pattern. Note the vertical bone loss around the mesial aspects of the mandibular first molars." - PMC6628778

5. Summary Conceptual Diagram - Pathogenesis Flow

Based on the interactive text in your document (Section 6 pathogenesis flow), which itself is adapted from the published literature:

  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │              AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS                   │
  │              Pathogenesis (Kornman & Page model)        │
  └───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┘
                              │
         ┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
         ▼                    ▼                    ▼
  MICROBIAL FACTORS     HOST FACTORS         ENVIRONMENTAL
                                              FACTORS
  • Aa (~90% LAP)       • PMN defect         • Smoking
  • P. gingivalis (GAP)   (~75% LAP pts)     • Stress
  • Capnocytophaga      • Hyper-responsive
  • Eikenella             monocytes
                        • IgG2 antibody
  Virulence factors:      response
  • Leukotoxin          • Genetic
  • Collagenase           predisposition
  • Epitheliotoxin        (chromosome 2,
  • LPS/Endotoxin         autosomal dominant)
  • CDT
         │                    │                    │
         └────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
              ┌───────────────────────────────┐
              │   INTERACTION with tissue     │
              │   → Tissue breakdown          │
              └───────┬───────────────────────┘
                      │
          ┌───────────┼───────────────┐
          ▼           ▼               ▼
   Collagen      Bone resorption  Clinical
   destruction   (3-4× faster     attachment
                 than chronic     loss
                 periodontitis)

Sources in your document: Carranza 10th ed. Ch. 33; Lang-Lindhe 6th ed. Ch. 21; S. Reddy Essentials Ch. 26

6. LAP vs. GAP - Classification Diagram

  AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS (AgP)
  ├── LOCALIZED (LAP) [formerly Localized Juvenile Periodontitis]
  │   ├── Age: Circumpubertal
  │   ├── Teeth: First molars + incisors (≤2 other teeth)
  │   ├── Bone loss: Arc-shaped, vertical, bilateral
  │   ├── Serum Ab: Robust IgG2 to Aa
  │   └── Key pathogen: Aa (~90%)
  │
  └── GENERALIZED (GAP) [formerly Generalized Early-Onset Periodontitis]
      ├── Age: Usually <30 yrs
      ├── Teeth: ≥3 permanent teeth other than first molars/incisors
      ├── Pattern: Episodic ("burst") progression
      ├── Bone loss: Generalized interproximal
      └── Key pathogen: P. gingivalis predominant

Source: 1999 AAP Classification Consensus; reproduced in Carranza 10th ed. Ch. 33, Lang-Lindhe 6th ed. Ch. 21

The one diagram that successfully loaded (the Aa stages of pathogenicity from Pocket Dentistry/Carranza) is the most directly relevant to your document. The Nature Reviews Immunology figure illustrates the hyper-reactive myeloid/PMN and monocyte concepts from your host immunology sections. Most ResearchGate images are access-restricted and could not be fetched directly, but the PMC article links provided above contain open-access figures you can view at their source URLs.

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