Effect of salivary agglutination on oral streptococcal clearance by human polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Molecular Oral Microbiology"
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12164
Abstract: Salivary agglutination is an important host defense mechanism to aggregate oral commensal bacteria as well as invading pathogens. Saliva flow and subsequent swallowing more easily clear aggregated bacteria compared with single cells. Phagocytic clearance of… read more here.
Keywords: neutrophil granulocytes; effect salivary; polymorphonuclear neutrophil; clearance ... See more keywords