Levels of human defensin-1, an antimicrobial peptide, in saliva of patients with oral inflammation

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-543

  Mizukawa, Nobuyoshi ^a,b   Sugiyama, Katsumi ^a   Mishima, Takaaki Uenokatsuaki ^a   Takagi, Shin ^a   Sugahara, Toshio ^a  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 ^*

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEFENSIN; PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SALIVA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEFENSINS; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 0033124521     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70130-7     Document Type: Article

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