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

• Váldodahkkit: Tomoko Komatsu (Dahkki), Kiyoko Watanabe (Dahkki), Nobushiro Hamada (Dahkki), Eva Helmerhorst (Dahkki), Frank Oppenheim (Dahkki), Masaichi Chang-il Lee (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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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-...