Porphyromonas gingivalis produces proteases capable of degrading cytokines, host heme proteins, and some antimicrobial peptides. In this work, I show that P. gingivalis culture supernatants fully or partially degrade human neutrophil peptide alpha-defensins and human beta-defensins after 30 minutes. This observation suggests that proteases from P. gingivalis degrade defensins and this activity could abrogate defensin-related innate immune functions.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uiowa.edu/oai:ir.uiowa.edu:etd-1836 |
Date | 01 July 2010 |
Creators | Carlisle, Matthew David |
Contributors | Brogden, Kim A. |
Publisher | University of Iowa |
Source Sets | University of Iowa |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | thesis |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses and Dissertations |
Rights | Copyright 2010 Matthew David Carlisle |
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