Smoking and periodontal disease: discrimination of antibody responses to pathogenic and commensal oral bacteria

Smoking is an independent risk factor for the initiation, extent and severity of periodontal disease. This study examined the ability of the host immune system to discriminate commensal oral bacteria from pathogens at mucosal surfaces, i.e. oral cavity. Serum immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibody reactive w...

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Main Authors: Hayman, L, Steffen, M J, Stevens, J, Badger, E, Tempro, P, Fuller, B, McGuire, A, Al-Sabbagh, Mohanad, Thomas, M V, Ebersole, J L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2011
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Translational Studies
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074224/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21303363
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04314.x
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