Neutrophil extracellular trap formation in supragingival biofilms

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 305, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 453-463

  Hirschfeld, Josefine ^a   Dommisch, Henrik ^b,c   Skora, Philipp ^a   Horvath, Gabor ^a   Latz, Eicke ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a   Waller, Tobias ^a   Kawai, Toshihisa ^d   Jepsen, Søren ^a   Deschner, James ^a   Bekeredjian Ding, Isabelle ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Interleukin 8; NET; Neutrophils; Oral biofilm

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CATHEPSIN G; CELL PROTEIN; ELASTASE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA GINGIVALIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUTH FLORA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA ORIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CRISTATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

EID: 84983190360     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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