Heat Shock Protein Inhibitors Show Synergistic Antibacterial Effects with Photodynamic Therapy on Caries-Related Streptococci In Vitro and In Vivo
ABSTRACT Caries are chronic infections in which the cariogenic biofilm plays a critical role in disease occurrence and progression. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new effective treatment that is receiving wide attention in the antibacterial field, but it can lead to the upregulation of heat shock p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-04-01
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Series: | mSphere |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00679-22 |