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Effects of the oral spirochete Treponema denticola on interleukin-8 expression from epithelial cells.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Jun 2001
Deng Q D, Han Y, Xia X, Kuramitsu H K
Abstract excerpt
This communication demonstrates that the interaction of the oral spirochete Treponema denticola 35405 with KB epithelial cells does not lead to the induction of interleukin-8 production as occurs with a variety of other bacteria. Utilizing the dentilisin protease mutant K1 of T. denticola, this property was demonstrated to be primarily a function of the expression of the protease by strain 35405.
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