Cytokine induction by Streptococcus mutans and pulpal pathogenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6785-6789

  Hahn, Chin Lo ^a,b   Best, Al M ^a   Tew, John G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PULPITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CD4-CD8 RATIO; CYTOKINES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034444553     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6785-6789.2000     Document Type: Article

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