Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Omp29 Is Associated with Bacterial Entry to Gingival Epithelial Cells by F-Actin Rearrangement

Mikihito Kajiya; Hitoshi Komatsuzawa; Annatoula Papantonakis; Makoto Seki; Seicho Makihira; Kazuhisa Ouhara; Yutaka Kusumoto; Shinya Murakami; Martin A. Taubman; Toshihisa Kawai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018287

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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Omp29 Is Associated with Bacterial Entry to Gingival Epithelial Cells by F-Actin Rearrangement

Mikihito Kajiya,

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Hitoshi Komatsuzawa,

Affiliation Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Annatoula Papantonakis,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Makoto Seki,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Seicho Makihira,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kazuhisa Ouhara,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yutaka Kusumoto,

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University, Osaka, Japan
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Shinya Murakami,

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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Martin A. Taubman,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Toshihisa Kawai

* E-mail: tkawai@forsyth.org

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Omp29 Is Associated with Bacterial Entry to Gingival Epithelial Cells by F-Actin Rearrangement

Mikihito Kajiya,
Hitoshi Komatsuzawa,
Annatoula Papantonakis,
Makoto Seki,
Seicho Makihira,
Kazuhisa Ouhara,
Yutaka Kusumoto,
Shinya Murakami,
Martin A. Taubman,
Toshihisa Kawai

Published: April 29, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018287

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