Inflammatory cell death of human macrophages induced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin
Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans is a bacterium mainly associated with aggressive forms of periodontitis. Among its virulence factors, a leukotoxin is suggested to play an important role in the pathogenicity. Periodontal infections with strains producing high levels of the leuk...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Umeå universitet, Parodontologi
2009
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-19204 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-649-0 |