Figure 3.

Chemerin isoforms chemS163 and chemS157 exhibit antibacterial activity against F. nucleatum but not P. gingivalis. The antimicrobial activity of chemerin isoforms chemS163, chemS157 (both at 2µM), and p4 at 2µM were tested against F. nucleatum ATCC 25586 and P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 using MDA assay. The results are expressed as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 by Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA with post Dunn’s test for multiple comparison, comparing vehicle treated bacteria (control), and the peptide-treated bacteria.