Oral Pathogen Can Escape Phagocytosis of Mammalian Macrophages.

Macrophages are phagocytic cells that play a key role in host immune response and clearance of microbial pathogens. is an oral pathogen associated with the development of periodontitis. Escape from macrophage phagocytosis was tested by infecting THP-1-derived human macrophages and RAW 264.