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IL-1alpha, IL-1ra and IL-8 are differentially induced by Candida in experimental oral candidiasis.
Oral diseases - 1 Jul 2007
Jayatilake J A M S, Samaranayake L P, Lu Q, Jin L J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1ra and IL-8 by the oral epithelium challenged by various Candida species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In vitro candidiasis was induced by C. albicans wild type SC5314, its EFG1, CPH1 and secretory aspartyl proteinase (SAP) mutants and, ATCC isolates of C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. dubliniensis using a reconstituted human oral...
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