Lactoferrin iron levels affect attachment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to buccal epithelial cells

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 616-623

  Fine, D H ^a   Furgang, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Iron binding; Lactoferrin therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IRON; LACTOFERRIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE;

EID: 0036083331     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.6.616     Document Type: Article

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