Low salivary IgA activity to cell-surface antigens of mutans streptococci related to HLA-DRB1*04

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-81

  Wallengren, Maria Louise Lundin ^a,c   Hamberg, K ^a   Ericson, D ^a   Nordberg, J ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell surface antigen; HLA; Oral streptococci; Salivary IgA; Western blot

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALIVA; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 14944342448     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2004.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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