The capsule of Porphyromonas gingivalis reduces the immune response of human gingival fibroblasts

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is a bacterial infection of the periodontal tissues. The Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis is considered a major causative agent. One of the virulence factors of P. gingivalis is capsular polysaccharide (CPS). Non-encapsulated strains have been show...

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Autores principales: Brunner, Jorg, Scheres, Nina, El Idrissi, Nawal B, Deng, Dong M, Laine, Marja L, van Winkelhoff, Arie J, Crielaard, Wim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20064245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-5

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