Authors: W Papaioannou D van Steenberghe JJ Cassiman K Dierickx M Quirynen
Publish Date: 2003/08/05
Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 162-166
Abstract
Adhesion of bacteria to epithelial cells might be influenced by the degree of cell differentiation as observed in the multilayering process of epithelial cells In the present study the adhesion of a large group of clinical Porphyromonas gingivalis strains n=11 to in vitro cultured mono and multilayers of epithelial cells was examined and compared The tissue samples originated from 6 patients with chronic adult periodontitis Porphyromonas gingivalis bacteria adhered more to monolayers as opposed to the more differentiated multilayers Differences between the clinical P gingivalis strains however became obvious only on multilayers These partially differentiated cells may also better represent the individual subject variations Monolayer cultures which are simpler to obtain seem to be less precise The importance of cell differentiation on bacterial adhesion needs more attention
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