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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Omp29 is associated with bacterial entry to gingival epithelial cells by F-actin rearrangement.
PloS one - 29 Apr 2011
Kajiya Mikihito, Komatsuzawa Hitoshi, Papantonakis Annatoula, Seki Makoto, Makihira Seicho, Ouhara Kazuhisa, Kusumoto Yutaka, Murakami Shinya, Taubman Martin A, Kawai Toshihisa
Abstract excerpt
The onset and progressive pathogenesis of periodontal disease is thought to be initiated by the entry of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) into periodontal tissue, especially gingival epithelium. Nonetheless, the mechanism underlying such bacterial entry remains to be clarified. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the possible role of Aa outer membrane protein 29 kD (Omp29), a homologue of E. coli...
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