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Porphyromonas gingivalis induce apoptosis in human gingival epithelial cells through a gingipain-dependent mechanism

BACKGROUND: The oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis has been shown to modulate apoptosis in different cell types, but its effect on epithelial cells remains unclear. RESULTS: We demonstrate that primary human gingival epithelial cells (HGECs) challenged with live P. gingivalis for 24 hours exhibi...

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Autores principales: Stathopoulou, Panagiota G, Galicia, Johnah C, Benakanakere, Manjunatha R, Garcia, Carlos A, Potempa, Jan, Kinane, Denis F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19473524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-107