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1:30 PM | Immunization using a Th2-promoting Adjuvant Attenuates Local Pro-inflammatory Response and Abscess Formation Caused by P. gingivalis Y. HOURI-HADAD1, A. SOSKOLNE1, T.E. VAN DYKE2, and L. SHAPIRA1, 1 Hadassah Medical Centers, Dental School, Jerusalem, Israel, 2 Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, MA, USA |
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1:45 PM | Immune Modulation of the Local Inflammatory Response to P. gingivalis by IL-10 Gene Delivery Y. HOURI-HADDAD, W.A. SOSKOLNE, A. HALABI, and L. SHAPIRA, Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 2996 |
2:00 PM | Bactericidal Activity of Human b -Defensin-2 by Gene Transfer in Salivary Gland J. MINESHIBA1, P. MILAN2, F. MINESHIBA1, F. NISHIMURA1, and S. TAKASHIBA1, 1 Okayama University, Japan, 2 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 2997 |
2:15 PM | Expression of Human b-Defensins-1 and -2 in Periodontal Health and Disease Q. LU1, L.J. JIN1, L.P. SAMARANAYAKE1, and R.P. DARVEAU2, 1 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2 University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
| 2998 |
2:30 PM | The Role of TNF-a and IL-1 in the T-helper Cytokine Response of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) E. BERKER1, A. KANTARCI1, H. HASTURK1, B.-H. NAM1, K. ERATALAY2, and T.E. VAN DYKE1, 1 Boston University, MA, USA, 2 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey |
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2:45 PM | Evidence for Heme Oxygenase-1 (Heat Shock Protein 32) Expression in Periodontitis Z. LOHINAI1, E. FEHÉR1, and C. SZABÓ2, 1 Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 2 Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Beverly, MA, USA |
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3:00 PM | Immunocytochemical Localization of Substance P Receptors (NK-1 Receptors) in Human Gingival Tissue F.T. LUNDY, I. EL-KARIM, P.-J. LAMEY, and G.J. LINDEN, Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom |
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3:15 PM | Catalytic Activities of an MMP-2 Carboxyterminal Deletion Mutant J. SU, X. XU, Y. WANG, Y. YAMADA, C. STANLEY, and B. STEFFENSEN, University of Texas - San Antonio / Health Science Ctr, USA |
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