| Literature DB >> 12011031 |
Hiroyuki Tada1, Shunji Sugawara, Eiji Nemoto, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Takahisa Imamura, Jan Potempa, James Travis, Hidetoshi Shimauchi, Haruhiko Takada.
Abstract
Arginine-specific cysteine proteinases (gingipains-R) from periodontopathic Porphyromonas gingivalis cleaved CD14, a bacterial pattern recognition receptor, on human gingival fibroblasts (HGF). Consequently, gingipains-R reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-8 production by HGF, indicating that gingipains-R inhibited CD14-dependent HGF activation and are involved in immune evasion by the bacterium in periodontal tissues.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12011031 PMCID: PMC127988 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3304-3307.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441