Abundant Secretion of Bioactive Interleukin-1 by Human Macrophages Induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin
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Abundant Secretion of Bioactive Interleukin-1 by Human Macrophages Induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin P. Kelk, R. Claesson, L. Hänström, U. H. Lerner, S. Kalfas, and A. Johansson* Divisions of Periodontology, Oral Microbiology, and Oral Cell Biology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, and School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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