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Aspects of interleukin-8 gene expression by gingival and dermal fibroblasts stimulated with interleukin-1beta or tumour necrosis factor alpha.
Journal of the International Academy of Periodontology - 1 Jan 2004
Myokai Fumio, Koyama Eiki, Nishikawa Kiyoshi, Noji Sumihare, Murayama Yoji, Taniguchi Shigehiko
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast-derived interleukin (IL)-8 is thought to have an important role in the orchestration of immuno-participant cells infiltrating the skin and gingiva in response to continuously recurring bacterial infection. Therefore, the IL-8 gene expression should be under tight regulatory control and it might be temporally and spatially limited in inflammatory tissue. The purpose of this study was to examine the...
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