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Human cathelicidin LL-37 enhance the antibiofilm effect of EGCG on Streptococcus mutans

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus mutans forms biofilms as a resistance mechanism against antimicrobial agents in the human oral cavity. We recently showed that human cathelicidin LL-37 exhibits inhibitory effects on biofilm formation of S. mutans through interaction with lipoteichoic acid (LTA), but withou...

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Autores principales: Guo, Yi-jie, Zhang, Bo, Feng, Xue-song, Ren, Hui-xun, Xu, Ji-ru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27659310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-016-0292-y