Treponema denticola Suppresses Expression of Human β-Defensin-2 in Gingival Epithelial Cells through Inhibition of TNFα Production and TLR2 Activation

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-412

  Shin, Ji Eun ^a   Choi, Youngnim ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gingival epithelium; human beta defensin 2; TLR2; TNF ; Treponema denticola

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TLR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GINGIVA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GINGIVA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77956039738     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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