Dialysis Unmasks the Fungicidal Properties of Glandular Salivary Secretions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2703-2709

  Helmerhorst, Eva J ^a   Flora, Bianca ^a,c   Troxler, Robert F ^a,b   Oppenheim, Frank G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIALYSIS; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAROTID GLAND; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALIVATION; SALT GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 2142758712     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2703-2709.2004     Document Type: Article

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