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Constitutive Expression of a Bacterial Pattern Recognition Receptor, CD14, in Human Salivary Glands and Secretion as a Soluble Form in Saliva
Akiko Uehara
1, Shunji Sugawara
1, Kouichi Watanabe
1, Seishi Echigo
1, Mitsunobu Sato
1, Takahiro Yamaguchi
1, Haruhiko Takada
1
Akiko Uehara
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Kouichi Watanabe
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Seishi Echigo
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Mitsunobu Sato
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Takahiro Yamaguchi
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Haruhiko Takada
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Department of Animal Production Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai 981-8555, and Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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This retracts the article "Constitutive Expression of a Bacterial Pattern Recognition Receptor, CD14, in Human Salivary Glands and Secretion as a Soluble Form in Saliva" in Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, volume 10 on page 286.