Association between Antimicrobial Peptide Histatin 5 Levels and Prevalence of <i>Candida</i> in Saliva of Patients with Down Syndrome

• Main Authors: Tomoko Komatsu (Author), Kiyoko Watanabe (Author), Nobushiro Hamada (Author), Eva Helmerhorst (Author), Frank Oppenheim (Author), Masaichi Chang-il Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There are no studies on <i>Candida</i> colonization and micropeptides of saliva in any patient. Therefore, we studied the effects of the salivary antimicrobial peptide histatin 5 on oral fungal colonization; subjects were subdivided into Down syndrome (D) and normal (N) groups by age: N-...