Enhancement of salivary human neutrophil peptide 1-3 levels by probiotic supplementation

• Main Authors: Wattanarat,O., Makeudom,A., Sastraruji,T., Piwat,S., Tianviwat,S., Teanpaisan,R., Krisanaprakornkit,S.
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Dentistry (all)
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84928659432&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38017
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2015 Wattanarat et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Probiotic supplementation can reduce mutans streptococci (MS) numbers. One of its proposed mechanisms is immunomodulation. Salivary human neutrophil peptide 1-3 (HNP1-3) levels have previously been demonstrated to be higher in caries-fre...