Humoral immune response to HSP60 epitopes of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and cross reactivity with oxidized LDL
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) is a powerful pathogen associated with a periodontal disease, and heat-shock protein 60 (HSP60) is considered to be a major virulence factor of the Aa. Periodontitis is associated with a higher risk of atherosclerosis. One of the possible mechanisms by whic...
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University of Oulu
2017
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201710192999 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201710192999 |