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Porphyromonas gingivalis selectively up-regulates the HIV-1 coreceptor CCR5 in oral keratinocytes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2007
Giacaman Rodrigo A, Nobbs Angela H, Ross Karen F, Herzberg Mark C
Abstract excerpt
Primary infection of oral epithelial cells by HIV-1, if it occurs, could promote systemic infection. Most primary systemic infections are associated with R5-type HIV-1 targeting the R5-specific coreceptor CCR5, which is not usually expressed on oral keratinocytes. Because coinfection with other microbes has been suggested to modulate cellular infection by HIV-1, we hypothesized that oral keratinocytes may...
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