Meanings
- pluralplural of periopathogen
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Although, IL1-ß,and IL-8 have been found to be elevated in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients suffering from ventilator associated pneumonias [12 ], it appears that in contrast to MMPs the levels of these cytokines in the bronchial fluid are not consistently altered in the case of smoking or colonisation/infection with periopathogens.
2015 December 15, “Elevated Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels in Bronchi Infected with Periodontopathogenic Bacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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