| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, we investigated the effect of C. albicans on the adhesion and invasion of human gingival epithelial cells and gingival fibroblasts by Porphyromonas gingivalis. Heat-killed C. albicans and water-soluble mannoprotein-beta-glucan complex from C. albicans did not enhance P. gingivalis adhesion. However, pretreatment of the cells with heat-killed C. albicans or water-soluble mannoprotein-beta-glucan complex from C. albicans significantly enhanced P. gingivalis invasion. In addition, C. albicans and C. parapsilosis up-regulate galectin-3 secretion by human gingival epithelial cells and gingival fibroblasts. These results suggest that the dynamics of galectin-3 may participate in the increase in invasion of P. gingivalis which is gram negative bacteria because galectin-3 binds to LPS which exists in gram-negative bacteria outer membrane.
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