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Cytokine responses of human gingival fibroblasts to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin.
Cytokine - 21 Apr 2005
Belibasakis G N, Johansson A, Wang Y, Chen C, Lagergård T, Kalfas S, Lerner U H
Abstract excerpt
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is implicated in the pathogenesis of localized aggressive periodontitis, and has the capacity to express a cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt). Gingival fibroblasts (GF) are resident cells of the periodontium, which can express several osteolytic cytokines. The aims of this study were a) to investigate the role of Cdt in A. actinomycetemcomitans-induced expression of osteolytic...
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