... to dampen innate immune in some human tissues, such as oral mucosa. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential effects of smoking on NOD1 signaling and hBDs expression in oral mucosa. Methods: Tissue specimens of normal oral mucosa were collected from donors undergoing routine surgical treatment. All...

... are regulated in healthy humans. Materials and Methods: Therefore comparative microarray analyses were conducted investigating the relative mRNA expression of clock genes throughout a 24-hour period in cell samples obtained from oral mucosa of eight healthy diurnally active male study participants...