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Intrinsic apoptotic pathways of gingival epithelial cells modulated by Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Mao Song, Park Yoonsuk, Hasegawa Yoshiaki, Tribble Gena D, James Chlöe E, Handfield Martin, Stavropoulos M Franci, Yilmaz Ozlem, Lamont Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis can inhibit chemically induced apoptosis in primary cultures of gingival epithelial cells through blocking activation of the effector caspase-3. The anti-apoptotic phenotype of P. gingivalis is conserved across strains and does not depend on the presence of fimbriae, as fimbriae-deficient mutants and a naturally occurring non-fimbriated strain were able to impede apoptosis. To dissect the...
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