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From: Proinflammatory effect in whole blood by free soluble bacterial components released from planktonic and biofilm cells

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Induction of IL-1β and TNF-α production in human whole blood by free-soluble material released by live A. actinomycetemcomitans cells. DELFIA was used to quantify the levels of IL-1β and TNF-α in human whole blood after stimulation with planktonic A. actinomycetemcomitans strain D7S for 6 h. Serum (50% in PBS) containing no bacteria served as negative controls. The stimulation was done in the presence (+PMB) and in the absence (-PMB) of polymyxin B. Shown are the means and standard deviations from three independent experiments (P < 0.05).

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