Glycoproteins make up a major and important part of the salivary proteome and play a vital
role in maintaining the health of the oral cavity. Because changes in the physiological state …

COVID‐19 as a pan‐epidemic is waning but there it is imperative to understand virus
interaction with oral tissues and oral inflammatory diseases. We review periodontal disease …

Glycobiology is important for the periodontal pathogen Tannerella forsythia, affecting the
bacterium's cellular integrity, its life-style, and virulence potential. The bacterium possesses …

The role of human saliva in oral wound-healing has never been fully elucidated. We
previously demonstrated that parotid-salivary histatins enhance in vitro wound closure. The …

The major bacterial pathogens associated with periodontitis include Tannerella forsythia.
We previously discovered that sialic acid stimulates biofilm growth of T. forsythia, and that …

Tannerella forsythia is a key contributor to periodontitis, but little is known of its virulence
mechanisms. In this study we have investigated the role of sialic acid in biofilm growth of this …

The oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis is a key etiological agent of human
periodontitis, a prevalent chronic disease that affects up to 80% of the adult population …

Introduction Saliva is a body fluid that holds promise for use as a diagnostic fluid for
detecting diseases. Salivary proteins are known to be heavily glycosylated and are known to …

Aims To determine the relationship between adhesive ability of probiotics and acidic
residues in human colonic mucin, we developed a new screening method using Biacore to …

Physiology of saliva evolves in supporting many important activities in human life. Changes
in age, environmental and living condition as well as eating habit would influence salivary …