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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Rabassa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266915 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodríguez-Rabassa Mary M López Pablo P Rodríguez-Santiago Ronald E RE Cases Antonio A Felici Marcos M Sánchez Raphael R Yamamura Yasuhiro Y Rivera-Amill Vanessa V
International journal of environmental research and public health 20181107 11
Tobacco use has been implicated as an immunomodulator in the oral cavity and contributes to the development of oral cancer. In the present study, we investigated the effects of cigarette smoking on bacterial diversity and host responses compared to healthy nonsmoking controls. Saliva samples were collected from eighteen smokers and sixteen nonsmoking individuals by passive drool. The 16S rRNA gene was used to characterize the salivary microbiome by using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Cytokine and ...[more]