Inhibitory effect of synthetic histatin 5 on leukotoxin from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Murakami, Y ^a,c   Xu, T ^a,d   Helmerhorst, E J ^a   Ori, G ^a   Troxler, R F ^a   Lally, E T ^b   Oppenheim, F G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Oral Care Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Histatins; Host defense; Leukotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; HISTATIN 5; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOTOXIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LD 50; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENICITY; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOTOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LETHAL DOSE 50; NEUTROPHILS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036260746     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2002.170302.x     Document Type: Article

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