Hormonal regulation of receptor expression and glycogen concentrations in the epithelial cells of the oral cavity remains poorly studied. Adhesion of microorganisms to the vaginal epithelium correlates with their adhesion to the buccal epithelium. Analysis of the correlation between Candida adhesion to the vaginal and buccal epithelium depending on the hormonal status has demonstrated that activity of Candida albicans strains in the buccal epithelium correlates with their adhesion activity in the vaginal epithelium, with the coeffi cient of correlations (r) reaching 0.76.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 157, No. 2, pp. 211-213, February, 2014
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Kravtsov, E.G., Anokhina, I.V., Rybas, Y.A. et al. Effects of Female Sex Hormones on Adhesion of Candida Albicans Yeast-Like Fungi to the Buccal Epithelium. Bull Exp Biol Med 157, 246–248 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-014-2536-7
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