Age-dependent deficiency in saliva and salivary antibodies secretion in Down's syndrome

Abstract Objective Down's syndrome (DS) individuals suffer from an increased susceptibility to infections. Here, we assessed age-related changes in the salivary-specific humoral immunity of DS subjects. Design Parotid and whole saliva were collected from a young group of DS (YDS, n = 30, 23.3 ±...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of oral biology 2007-11, Vol.52 (11), p.1088-1096
Hauptverfasser:	Chaushu, S, Chaushu, G, Zigmond, M, Yefenof, E, Stabholz, A, Shapira, J, Merrick, J, Bachrach, G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Advanced Basic Science Ageing Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - immunology Aging - immunology Antibodies Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis Antibody Formation Case-Control Studies Dentistry Disease Susceptibility Down Syndrome - immunology Down's syndrome Female Humans Immunoglobulin A - analysis Male Middle Aged Mucosal immune system Parotid Gland - immunology Porphyromonas gingivalis - immunology Saliva Saliva - immunology Salivation - physiology Statistics, Nonparametric Streptococcus mutans - immunology
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