Streptococcus sanguinis induces neutrophil cell death by production of hydrogen peroxide

Streptococcus is the dominant bacterial genus in the human oral cavity and a leading cause of infective endocarditis. Streptococcus sanguinis belongs to the mitis group of streptococci and produces hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) by the action of SpxB, a pyruvate oxidase. In this study, we investigated...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Sumioka, Ryuichi, Nakata, Masanobu, Okahashi, Nobuo, Li, Yixuan, Wada, Satoshi, Yamaguchi, Masaya, Sumitomo, Tomoko, Hayashi, Mikako, Kawabata, Shigetada
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28222125
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172223
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