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Microarray analysis of macrophage response to infection with Streptococcus oralis reveals the immunosuppressive effect of hydrogen peroxide.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 1 Apr 2017
Matsushima Hitomi, Kumagai Yutaro, Vandenbon Alexis, Kataoka Hideo, Kadena Miki, Fukamachi Haruka, Arimoto Takafumi, Morisaki Hirobumi, Fujiwara Nagatoshi, Okahashi Nobuo, Kuwata Hirotaka
Abstract excerpt
Oral streptococci including mitis group streptococci are commensal residents and are also the first to colonize the oral cavity. However, various species of these oral streptococci have the potential to invade the host and occasionally lead to severe infectious disease such as cardiovascular diseases. Oral streptococci have close interactions with the host immune system including macrophages at the oral mucosal...
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