Role of Streptococcus sanguis and traumatic factors in Behçet's disease

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-75

  Isogai, Emiko ^a   Isogai, Hiroshi ^b   Kotake, Satoshi ^c   Ohno, Shigeaki ^c   Kimura, Koichi ^d   Oguma, Keiji ^e  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Experimental model; Germ free mouse; Ocular inflammation; Streptococcus sanguis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEAT STRESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SKIN DEFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

EID: 0042978776     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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