Induction of cytokines by glucosyltransferases of Streptococcus mutans

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 892-897

  Chia, Jean San ^a   Lien, Huei Ting ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Chen, Pei Min ^a   Sun, Andy ^a   Chen, Jen Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE D; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TETANUS TOXOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-6; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036067296     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.4.892-897.2002     Document Type: Article

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