Atheromatous plaques
usually contain antigens of the periodontitis-causing bacteriaStreptococcusmutansthough molecular mechanism of this
incorporation remains unknown. Since vascular adhesion and inflammatory
potential of Immune Complexes (IC) are known we investigated the naturally
occurring plasma antibodies that recognize major antigens fromS.mutans.S.mutans-binding plasma proteins
(SMBP) prepared by affinity chromatography on a column of heat-killedS.mutanscould recognizeα- andβ
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