SIMILAR PROPORTIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A1 (IGA1) PROTEASE-PRODUCING STREPTOCOCCI IN INITIAL DENTAL PLAQUE OF SELECTIVELY IGA-DEFICIENT AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

Authors
REINHOLDT J FRIMAN V KILIAN M
Citation
J. Reinholdt et al., SIMILAR PROPORTIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A1 (IGA1) PROTEASE-PRODUCING STREPTOCOCCI IN INITIAL DENTAL PLAQUE OF SELECTIVELY IGA-DEFICIENT AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS, Infection and immunity, 61(9), 1993, pp. 3998-4000
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
61
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3998 - 4000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1993)61:9<3998:SPOI(P>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
By comparing the initial colonization of cleaned teeth in immunoglobul in A (IgA)-deficient, IgM-compensating individuals with that in normal individuals, no significant difference in the proportion of IgA1 prot ease-producing streptococci was found. Thus, as one of several bacteri al means of immune evasion, the ability to cleave secretory IgA1 does not appear essential to the successful adherence of oral streptococci.