Synergistic Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Antimicrobial Peptides Human Beta-Defensin-3 (hBD-3) and Cathelicidin (LL-37) in a Three-Dimensional Co-Culture Model of Gingival Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts

• Telma Blanca Lombardo Bedran,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnosis and Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, State University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Márcia Pinto Alves Mayer,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Denise Palomari Spolidorio,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathology, Araraquara Dental School, State University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Daniel Grenier

  * E-mail: daniel.grenier@greb.ulaval.ca

  Affiliation Oral Ecology Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada

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