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Differential profiles of salivary proteins with affinity to <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> lipoteichoic acid in caries‐free and caries‐positive human subjects
22 May 2014
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus mutans is a representative oral pathogen that causes dental caries and pulpal inflammation. Its lipoteichoic acid (Sm.LTA) is known to be an important cell-wall virulence factor involved in bacterial adhesion and induction of inflammation. Since Sm.LTA-binding proteins (Sm.LTA-BPs) might play an important role in pathogenesis and host immunity, we identified the Sm.LTA-BPs in the saliva of...
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