Effect of bacteria on the wound healing behavior of oral epithelial cells.

Wounded tissue offers opportunity to microflora to adhere, colonize, invade and infect surrounding healthy tissue. The bacteria of the oral cavity have the potential to alter the wound healing process by interacting with keratinocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate mechanisms through whic...

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Main Authors: Rupa Bhattacharya, Fanxing Xu, Guangyu Dong, Shuai Li, Chen Tian, Bhaskar Ponugoti, Dana T Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931835?pdf=render