Identification by DNA microarray of genes involved in Candida albicans-treated gingival epithelial cells.

Background: Oral epithelial cells significantly influence host inflammatory responses against Candida albicans in oropharyngeal candidiasis. Pro-inflammatory cytokines function as an early innate immune system mediator during C. albicans infection in oral epithelial cells.

Transition metal ions induce carnosinase activity in PepD-homologous protein from Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Aminoacylhistidine dipeptidase (EC 3.4.13.

Complete genome sequence of the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis TDC60, which causes periodontal disease.

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a black-pigmented asaccharolytic anaerobe and a major causative agent of periodontitis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of P. gingivalis strain TDC60, which was recently isolated from a severe periodontal lesion in a Japanese patient.