Editorial Comments to the Special Issue : "Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans-Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogen"

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a periodontal pathogen colonizing the oral cavity in many individuals of the human population. It is equipped with several potent virulence factors that can cause cell death and induce or evade the host inflammatory response. Both harmless and highly virulent genotypes of the bacterium have emerged because of the large genetic diversity within the species. The oral condition and age, as well as the geographic origin of the individual, influence the risk to be colonized by a virulent genotype of the bacterium. In the present editorial, the different genetic and virulence properties of A. actinomycetemcomitans will be addressed in relation to the publications in this Special Issue.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) - 9(2020), 6 vom: 04. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oscarsson, Jan [VerfasserIn]
DiRienzo, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Johansson, Anders [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Biofilm
Cytokine binding factors
Cytolethal distending toxin
Editorial
Horizontal gene transfer
Leukotoxin
Lipopolysaccharides
Outer membrane vesicles
Proteomics

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 12.11.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/pathogens9060441

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310922887