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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Helen Wright
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20151 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wright H J HJ Chapple I L C IL Matthews J B JB Cooper P R PR
Journal of periodontal research 20110201 1
<h4>Background and objective</h4>Abnormal neutrophil responses have been observed in periodontitis patients, including hyper-reactivity in terms of production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) following exposure to the key quorum-sensing plaque bacterium, Fusobacterium nucleatum. This study was designed to characterize the transcriptional response of neutrophils to F. nucleatum.<h4>Material and methods</h4>Peripheral blood neutrophils were exposed to F. nucleatum, and gene expression was analysed ...[more]