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.

Profiling of differentially expressed genes in human gingival epithelial cells and fibroblasts by DNA microarray.

Gingival epithelial cells and fibroblasts play important roles and have a harmonious relationship under normal and disease conditions, but the precise differences between theses cells remain unknown. To study the differences in gene expression between human gingival epithelial cells (HGE) and human gingival fibroblasts (HGF), mRNA was recovered from primary cultured cells and analyzed using cDNA microarray technology. The cDNA retro-transcribed from equal quantities of mRNA was labeled with the fluorescent dyes Cy5 and Cy3.