Environmental stimuli shape biofilm formation and the virulence of periodontal pathogens

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 17221-17237

  Pöllänen, Marja T ^a   Paino, Annamari ^b   Ihalin, Riikka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biofilm EPS; Environmental stimuli; Periodontal pathogens; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HEMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; IRON; PROGESTERONE; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; DESULFOBULBUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIODONTITIS; PH; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMIN; HORMONES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIODONTITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84883153147     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140817221     Document Type: Review

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