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Cigarette smoke condensate increases C. albicans adhesion, growth, biofilm formation, and EAP1, HWP1 and SAP2 gene expression

BACKGROUND: Smokers are more prone to oral infections than are non-smokers. Cigarette smoke reaches the host cells but also microorganisms present in the oral cavity. The contact between cigarette smoke and oral bacteria promotes such oral diseases as periodontitis. Cigarette smoke can also modulate...

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Autores principales: Semlali, Abdelhabib, Killer, Kerstin, Alanazi, Humidah, Chmielewski, Witold, Rouabhia, Mahmoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-61