Tissue reactions to a component of root canal system bacteria: lipoteichoic acid
Costa Junior, Edson Dias; Souza-Filho, Francisco José de; Barbosa, Sérgio Valmor.
Braz. dent. j
; 14(2): 95-98, 2003. ilus
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em Inglês
| LILACS | ID: lil-347118
Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), present in Gram-positive microorganisms, has physiochemical characteristics that allow it to act as an immunogen. Due to polymicrobial characteristics of root canal infections, LTA can participate in the development of periapical disease. The reaction of the rat subcutaneous tissue to Teflon tube implants, filled with Fibrinol soaked in lipoteichoic acid (concentration of 150 æg/ml), was observed. Lipoteichoic acid provoked an inflammatory tissue reaction
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