A selection of published journal articles from faculty members of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry at University of the Pacific.

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Submissions from 2013

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Membrane vesicles nucleate mineralo-organic nanoparticles and induce carbonate apatite precipitation in human body fluids, Cheng-Yeu Wu, Jan Martel, Wei-Yun Cheng, Chao-Chih He, David M. Ojcius, and John Ding-E. Young

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Modulation of the Effects of Lung Immune Response on Bone Marrow by Oral Antigen Exposure, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-Da-Silva, L. Pinto, Túlio Queto, Bruno Marques Vieira, M. G. Aramha, Bianca De Luca, Daniela Masid-de-Brito, R. A. Luz, R. S. Lopes, R. Ferreira, and Maria Ignez C. Gaspar-Elsas

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A novel aldehyde dehydrogenase-3 activator (Alda-89) protects submandibular gland function from irradiation without accelerating tumor growth, Nan (Tori) Xiao, Hongbin Cao, Che-Hong Chen, Christina S. Kong, Rehan Ali, Cato Chan, Davud Sirjani, Edward Graves, Albert Koong, Amato Giaccia, Daria Mochly-Rosen, and Quynh-Thu Le

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Performance and leaching analysis of a novel coal sludge-based backfill material, Yuan Yao, Henghu Sun, Shushu Jiang, Rui Zhang, Dan Su, Chao Feng, and Xiaoyuan Han

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Novel and predominant pathogen responsible for the enterovirus-associated encephalitis in eastern China, Lei Zhang, Jie Yan, David M. Ojcius, Huakun Lv, Ziping Miao, Yin Chen, Yanjun Zhang, and Jvying Yan

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Identification of Leptospira interrogans phospholipase C as a novel virulence factor responsible for intracellular free calcium ion elevation during macrophage death, Jing-Fang Zhao, Hong-Hu Chen, David M. Ojcius, Xin Zhao, Dexter Sun, Yu-Mei Ge, Lin-Li Zheng, Xu'ai Lin, Lan-Juan Li, and Jie Yan

Submissions from 2012

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Trypanosoma cruzi invades host cells through the activation of endothelin and bradykinin receptors: a converging pathway leading to chagasic vasculopathy, Daniele Andrade, Rafaela Serra, Erik Svensjö, Ana Paula C. Lima, Erivan Schnaider Ramos-Junior, Fabio S. Fortes, Ana Carolina Morandini, Verônica Morandi, Maria de N Soeiro, Herbert B. Tanowitz, and Julio Scharfstein

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Activation of an NLRP3 inflammasome restricts Mycobacterium kansasii infection, Chang-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hui Tsai, Chia-Chen Lu, Shiau-Ting Hu, Ting-Shu Wu, Tsung-Teng Huang, Najwane Saïd-Sadier, David M. Ojcius, and Hsin-Chih Lai

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Tumour inflammasome-derived IL-1b recruits neutrophils and improves local recurrence-free survival in EBV-induced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Lih-Chyang Chen, Li-Jie Wang, Nang-Ming Tsang, David M. Ojcius, Chia-Chen Chen, Chun-Nan OuYang, Chuen Hsueh, Ying Liang, Kai-Ping Chang, Chiu-Chin Chen, and Yu-Sun Chang

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Role of extracellular nucleotides in the immune response against intracellular bacteria and protozoan parasites, Robson Coutinho-Silva and David M. Ojcius

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Effectiveness of the erbium:YAG laser and new design radial and stripped tips in removing the smear layer after root canal instrumentation., Enrico DiVito, Ove A. Peters, and G. Olivi

A gene therapy approach to eliminate HIV-1-infected cells., Senait Gebremedhin, Amy Au, Krystyna Konopka, Matthew Milnes, and Nejat Düzgüneş

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Gender differences in aortic endothelial function of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: possible involvement of protein kinase C beta and nitric oxide production, Xiaoyuan Han, Leigh Anderson, and Roshanak Rahimian

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The anti-tumorigenic mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill enhances IL-1β production and activates the NLRP3 inflammasome in human macrophages, Tsung-Teng Huang, David M. Ojcius, John Ding-E. Young, Yi-Hui Wu, Yun-Fei Ko, Tsui-Yin Wong, Cheng-Yeu Wu, Chia-Chen Lu, and Hsin-Chih Lai

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Metronomic Dosing of BH3 Mimetic Small Molecule Yields Robust Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Effects, Atsushi Imai, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Francesco Visioli, Zhihong Dong, Sudha Krishnamurthy, Marnie Emily Light, Frank Worden, Shaomeng Wang, and Jacques E. Nör

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Physicochemical and pulp tissue dissolution properties of some household bleach brands compared with a dental sodium hypochlorite solution., Holger Jungbluth, Christine I. Peters, Ove A. Peters, Beatrice Sener, and Matthias Zehnder

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Activation of NK cell cytotoxicity by the natural compound 2,3-butanediol, Hsin-Chih Lai, Chih-Jung Chang, Chun-Hung Yang, Ya-Jing Hsu, Chang-Chieh Chen, Chuan-Sheng Lin, Yu-Huan Tsai, Tsung-Teng Huang, David M. Ojcius, Ying-Huang Tsai, and Chia-Chen Lu

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Interactions between immune system and mesenchymal stem cells in dental pulp and periapical tissues, Julian G. Leprince, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Miroslav Tolar, and Ove A. Peters

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Effect of voxel size on the accuracy of 3D reconstructions with cone beam CT., Delphine Maret, Norbert Telmon, Ove A. Peters, B. Lepage, J. Treil, J. M. Inglèse, A. Peyre, Jean-Luc Kahn, and Michel Sixou

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Physicochemical and biological properties of biomimetic mineralo-protein nanoparticles formed spontaneously in biological fluids, Hsin-Hsin Peng, Cheng-Yeu Wu, David Young, Jan Martel, Andrew Young, David M. Ojcius, Yu-Hsiu Lee, and John Ding-E. Young

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Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Other Imaging Techniques in the Determination of Periapical Healing, Christine I. Peters and Ove A. Peters

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An in vitro assessment of the physical properties of novel Hyflex nickel-titanium rotary instruments., Ove A. Peters, A. K. Gluskin, R. A. Weiss, and J. T. Han

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Ivermectin inhibits growth of Chlamydia trachomatis in epithelial cells, Matthew A. Pettengill, Verissa W. Lam, Ikechukwu Ollawa, Camila Marques-da-Silva, and David M. Ojcius

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Reversible inhibition of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in epithelial cells due to stimulation of P2X4 receptors, Matthew A. Pettengill, Camila Marques-da-Silva, Maria Luisa Avila, Verissa W. Lam, Ikechukwu Ollawa, Ali Abdul-Sater, Robson Coutinho-Silva, Georg Hacker, David M. Ojcius, and Suellen d'Arc dos Santos Oliveira

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Development of a humanized HLA-A2.1/DP4 transgenic mouse model and the use of this model to map HLA-DP4-restricted epitopes of HBV envelope protein, Zhitao Ru, Wenjun Xiao, Anthony Pajot, Zhihua Kou, Shihui Sun, Benard Maillere, Guangyu Zhao, David M. Ojcius, Yu-Chun Lone, and Yusen Zhou

Alarmins, inflammasomes and immunity, Najwane Saïd-Sadier and David M. Ojcius

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Titanium surfaces with nanotopography modulate cytokine production in cultured human gingival fibroblasts, Humberto Osvaldo Schwartz-Filho, Ana Carolina Morandini, Erivan Schnaider Ramos-Junior, Ryo Jimbo, Carlos Ferreira Santos, Elcio Marcantonio Jr., Ann Wennerberg, and Rosemary Adriana Chiérici Marcantonio

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Oxidized mitochondrial DNA activates the NLRP3 inflammasome during apoptosis, Kenichi Shimada, Timothy R. Crother, Justin Karlin, Jargalsaikhan Dagvadori, Norika Chiba, Shuang Chen, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, Andrea J. Wolf, Laurent Vergnes, David M. Ojcius, Altan Rentsendorj, Mario Vargas, Candace Guerrero, Yinsheng Wang, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, David M. Underhill, Terrence Town, and Moshe Arditi

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Leptospiral hemolysins induce proinflammatory cytokines through Toll-like receptor 2-and 4-mediated JNK and NF-κB signaling pathways, Huan Wang, Yifei Hu, David M. Ojcius, X. Frank Yang, Chenglin Zhang, Shibiao Ding, Xu'ai Lin, and Jie Yan

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Interactome-wide analysis identifies end-binding protein 1 as a crucial component for the speck-like particle formation of activated absence in melanoma 2 (AIM2) inflammasomes, Li-Jie Wang, Chia-Wei Hsu, Chiu-Chin Chen, Ying Liang, Lih-Chyang Chen, David M. Ojcius, Ngan-Ming Tsang, Chuen Hsueh, Chih-Ching Wu, and Yu-Sun Chang

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Porphyromonas gingivalis stimulates IL-18 secretion in human monocytic THP-1 cells, Michael Yee, Andrew Kim, Tamer Alpagot, Nejat Düzgüneş, and Krystyna Konopka

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Responsive Angiogenic Implanted Network (RAIN) Droplet: A Novel Angiogenesis Assay, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Zhihong Dong, and Jacques E. Nör

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Rapid and sensitive identification of RNA from the emerging pathogen, coxsackievirus A6, Lei Zhang, Xinying Wang, Yanjun Zhang, Liming Gong, Haiyan Mao, Cen Feng, David M. Ojcius, and Jie Yan

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The mammalian cell entry (Mce) protein of pathogenic Leptospira species is responsible for RGD motif-dependent infection of cells and animals, Lei Zhang, Chenglin Zhang, David M. Ojcius, Dexter Sun, Jinfang Zhao, Xu'ai Lin, Liwei Li, Lanjuan Li, and Jie Yan

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Sex differences in mesenteric endothelial function of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: A shift in the relative importance of EDRFs, Rui Zhang, Der Thor, Xiaoyuan Han, Leigh Anderson, and Roshanak Rahimian

Submissions from 2011

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A novel aldehyde dehydrogenase-3 activator leads to adult salivary stem cell enrichment in vivo, Alice Banh, Nan (Tori) Xiao, Hongbin Cao, Che-Hong Chen, Peiwen Kuo, Trevor Krakow, Brindha Bavan, Brian Khong, Mike Yao, Chi Ha, Michael J. Kaplan, Davud Sirjani, Kristin Jensen, Christina S. Kong, Daria Mochly-Rosen, Albert C. Koong, and Quynh-Thu Le

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The effect of three rotational speed settings on torque and apical force with vortex rotary instruments in vitro., Sean Bardsley, Christine I. Peters, and Ove A. Peters

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Torsional profiles of new and used revo-s rotary instruments: an in vitro study., Bettina Basrani, Karina Roth, Geoffrey Sas, Anil Kishen, and Ove A. Peters

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Nanomechanical properties of endodontically treated teeth., Robert A. Cheron, Sally J. Marshall, Harold E. Goodis, and Ove A. Peters

Definition and endodontic treatment of dilacerated canals: a survey of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics., Nafiseh Dastmalchi, Zeinab Kazemi, Siroos Hashemi, Ove A. Peters, and Hamid Jafarzadeh

Funding biomedical research, Nejat Düzgüneş

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Assessing the Demand and Preferred Format of a Student Leadership Development Program at Pacific, Daniel A. Hammer and Nader A. Nadershahi

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Editorial [Hot Topic: Physico-chemical Approach to Targeting Phenomena (Guest Editors: Sadao Hirota and Nejat Duzgunes)], Sadao Hirota and Nejat Düzgüneş

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Altered pathogenicity for seasonal influenza virus by single reassortment of the RNP genes derived from the 2009 pandemic influenza virus, Erh-Fang Hsieh, Sue-Jane Lin, Chee-Keng Mok, Guang-Wu Chen, Chih-Heng Huang, Yeau-Ching Wang, Tzu-Chun Chen, Chi-Jene Chen, David M. Ojcius, and Shin-Ru Shih

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Activation of multiple apoptotic pathways in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by the prenylated isoflavone, osajin, Tsung-Teng Huang, Fu-Guo Liu, Chia-Fong Wei, Chia-Chen Lu, Chang-Chieh Chen, Hung-Chi Lin, David M. Ojcius, and Hsin-Chih Lai

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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography: a useful tool for dental age estimation?, Delphine Maret, Ove A. Peters, F. Dedouit, Norbert Telmon, and Michel Sixou

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Purinergic receptor agonists modulate phagocytosis and clearance of apoptotic cells in macrophages, Camila Marques-da-Silva, Geoffrey Burnstock, David M. Ojcius, and Robson Coutinho-Silva

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Infection with Leishmania amazonensis upregulates purinergic receptor expressionand induces host-cell susceptibility to UTP-mediated apoptosis, Camila Marques-da-Silva, M. M. Chaves, S. P. Chaves, V. R. Figliuolo, J. R. Meyer-Fernandes, S. Corte-Real, C. Lameu, H. Ulrich, David M. Ojcius, B. Rossi-Bergmann, and Robson Coutinho-Silva

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Periodontal ligament and gingival fibroblasts participate in the production of TGF-β, interleukin (IL)-8 and IL-10, Ana Carolina Morandini, Carla Renata Sipert, Erivan Schnaider Ramos-Junior, Daniel Thomas Brozoski, and Carlos Ferreira Santos

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D-4F, an apoA-1 mimetic, decreases airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, and oxidative stress in a murine model of asthma, S. D. Nandedkar, D. Weihrauch, H. Xu, Y. Shi, T. Feroah, W. Hutchins, D. A. Rickaby, Nejat Düzgüneş, C. A. Hillery, K. S. Konduri, and K. A. Pritchard

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Comparative analysis of two colorimetric assays in dental pulp cell density. International Endodontic Journal, Fernanda Nedel, Fabiana Naomi Soki, Marcus Cristian Muniz Conde, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Sandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio, Jacques E. Nör, Fabiana Kömmling Seixas, and Flavio F. Demarco

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Micro-computed tomography evaluation of the preparation of long oval root canals in mandibular molars with the self-adjusting file., Frank Paqué and Ove A. Peters

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Serum-derived nanoparticles: de novo generation and growth in vitro, and internalization by mammalian cells in culture, Hsin-Hsin Peng, Jan Martel, Yu-Hsiu Lee, David M. Ojcius, and John Ding-E. Young

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Disinfection of root canals with photon-initiated photoacoustic streaming., Ove A. Peters, Sean Bardsley, Jennifer Fong, Goldie Pandher, and Enrico DiVito

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Root canal preparation of maxillary molars with the self-adjusting file: a micro-computed tomography study., Ove A. Peters and Frank Paqué

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Tooth Slice/Scaffold Model of Dental Pulp Tissue Engineering, Vivien Thiemy Sakai, Mabel Mariela Cordeira, Zhihong Dong, Zhaocheng Zhang, Benjamin David Zeitlin, and Jacques E. Nör

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Extracellular ATP acts on P2Y2 purinergic receptors to facilitate HIV-1 infection, Claire Séror, Marie-Therese Melki, Frederic Subra, Syed Qasim Raza, Marlene Bras, Hela Saïdi, Roberta Nardacci, Laurent Voisin, Audrey Paoletti, Frederic Law, Isabelle Martins, Alessandra Amendola, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Fabiola Ciccosanti, Olivier Delelis, Florence Niedergang, Sylvain Thierry, Najwane Said-Sadier, Christophe Lamaze, Didier Métivier, Jerome Estaquier, Gian Maria Fimia, Laura Falasca, Rita Casetti, Nazanine Modjtahedi, Jean M. Kanellopoulos, Jean-Francois Mouscadet, David M. Ojcius, Mauro Piacentini, Marie-Lise Gougeon, Guido Kroemer, and Jean-Luc Perfetini

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Caspase-1 dependent IL-1β secretion is critical for host defense in a mouse model of Chlamydia pneumoniae lung infection, Kenichi Shimada, Timothy R. Crother, Justin Karlin, Shuang Chen, Norika Chiba, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, Laurent Vergnes, David M. Ojcius, and Moshe Arditi

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Hypervirulent Chlamydia trachomatis clinical strain is a recombinant between lymphogranuloma venereum (L(2)) and D lineages, Naraporn Somboonna, Raymond Wan, David M. Ojcius, Matthew A. Pettengill, Sandeep J. Joseph, Alexander Chang, Ray Hsu, Timothy D. Read, and Deborah Dean

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Evaluation of x-ray projection angulation for successful radix entomolaris diagnosis in mandibular first molars in vitro., Qian Wang, Gang Yu, Xue-dong Zhou, Ove A. Peters, Qing-hua Zheng, and Ding-ming Huang

Submissions from 2010

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Enhancement of reactive oxygen species production and chlamydial infection by the mitochondrial Nod-like family member NLRX1, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Najwene Saïd-Sadier, Verissa M. Lam, Bhavni Singh, Matthew A. Pettengill, Fraser Soares, Ivan Tattoli, Simone Lipinski, Stephen E. Girardin, Philip Rosenstiel, and David M. Ojcius

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Chlamydial infection of monocytes stimulates IL-1beta secretion through activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Najwene Saïd-Sadier, Eduardo V. Padilla, and David M. Ojcius

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Effects of Morphogen and Scaffold Porogen on the Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells, Flavio F. Demarco, Luciano Casagrande, Zhaocheng Zhang, Zhihong Dong, Sandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Songtao Shi, Anthony J. Smith, and Jacques E. Nör

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From combinatorial peptide selection to drug prototype (I): Targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway, Ricardo Jose Giordano, Marina Cardo-Vila, Ahmad Salameh, Cristiane D. Anobom, Benjamin David Zeitlin, David H. Hawke, Ana Paula Valente, Fabio C. L. Almeida, Jacques E. Nör, Richard L. Sidman, and Renata Pasqualini

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Sexual dimorphism in aortic endothelial function of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Xiaoyuan Han, Rui Zhang, Leigh Anderson, and Roshanak Rahimian

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Susceptibility of Candida biofilms to histatin 5 and fluconazole, Krystyna Konopka, Barbara Dorocka-Bobkowska, Senait Gebremedhin, and Nejat Düzgüneş

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Replication or death: distinct fates of pathogenic Leptospira strain Lai within macrophages of human or mouse origin, Shijun Li, David M. Ojcius, Sumei Liao, Liwei Li, Feng Xue, Haiyan Dong, and Jie Yan

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Accuracy of 3D reconstructions based on cone beam computed tomography., Delphine Maret, F Molinier, J. Braga, Ove A. Peters, Norbert Telmon, J. Treil, J. M. Inglèse, A. Cossié, Jean-Luc Kahn, and Michel Sixou

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Pulp capping with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA): a retrospective analysis of carious pulp exposures treated by undergraduate dental students., Jeffrey P. Miles, Alan H. Gluskin, David Chambers, and Ove A. Peters

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Differential production of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, stromal-derived factor-1, and IL-6 by human cultured periodontal ligament and gingival fibroblasts challenged with lipopolysaccharide from P. gingivalis, Ana Carolina Morandini, Carla Renata Sipert, Thaís Helena Gasparoto, Sebastião Luiz A. Greghi, Euloir Passanezi, Maria Lucia R. Rezende, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant'ana, Ana Paula Campanelli, Gustavo P. Garlet, and Carlos Ferreira Santos

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Review of outcomes from a change in faculty clinic management in a U.S. dental school, Nader A. Nadershahi, Eric S. Salmon, Nava Fathi, Karl Schmedders, and Jace Hargis

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Microbes and Infection: past, present and future, David M. Ojcius and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

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Preparation of oval-shaped root canals in mandibular molars using nickel-titanium rotary instruments: a micro-computed tomography study., Frank Paqué, Marc Balmer, Thomas Attin, and Ove A. Peters

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Homogeneity of root canal fillings performed by undergraduate students with warm vertical and cold lateral techniques., Christine I. Peters, David Sonntag, and Ove A. Peters

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Root canal preparation with a novel nickel-titanium instrument evaluated with micro-computed tomography: canal surface preparation over time., Ove A. Peters, Claudia Boessler, and Frank Paqué

Current developments in rotary root canal instrument technology and clinical use: a review., Ove A. Peters and Frank Paqué

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Aspergillus fumigatus stimulates the NLRP3 inflammasome through a pathway requiring ROS production and the Syk tyrosine kinase, Najwane Saïd-Sadier, Eduardo V. Padilla, Gordon Langsley, and David M. Ojcius

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Gene delivery by lipoplexes and polyplexes, Conchita Tros de Ilarduya, Yan Sun, and Nejat Düzgüneş

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Thrombospondin 1 accelerates synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons through neuroligin 1, Junyu Xu, Nan (Tori) Xiao, and Jun Xia

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Effect of crocetin on blood pressure restoration and synthesis of inflammatory mediators in heart after hemorrhagic shock in anesthetized rats, Junling Yan, Zhi Yu Qian, Liang Sheng, Bohua Zhao, Lina Yang, Hui Ji, Xiaoyuan Han, and Rong Zhang

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Porphyromonas gingivalis infection sequesters pro-apoptotic Bad through Akt in primary gingival epithelial cells, L. Yao, C. Jermanus, B. Barbetta, C. Choi, Philippe Verbeke, David M. Ojcius, and Özlem Yilmaz

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ATP-dependent activation of an inflammasome in primary gingival epithelial cells infected by Porphyromonas gingivalis, Özlem Yilmaz, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, L. Yao, T. Koutouzis, Matthew A. Pettengill, and David M. Ojcius

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Metronomic small molecule inhibitor of Bcl-2 (TW-37) is antiangiogenic and potentiates the antitumor effect of ionizing radiation, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Aaron C. Spalding, Marcia S. Campos, Naoki Ashimori, Zhihong Dong, Shaomeng Wang, Theodore S. Lawrence, and Jacques E. Nör

Submissions from 2009

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Inflammasome-dependent caspase-1 activation in cervical epithelial cells stimulates growth of the intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Evonne Koo, Georg Hacker, and David M. Ojcius

Inflammasomes bridge signalling between pathogen identification and the immune response, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Najwene Saïd-Sadier, David M. Ojcius, O. Yilmaz, and Kathy A. Kelly

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TW-37, a small-molecule inhibitor of Bcl-2, mediates S-phase cell cycle arrest and suppresses head and neck tumor angiogenesis, Naoki Ashimori, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Zhaocheng Zhang, Kristy Warner, Ilan M. Turkienicz, Aaron C. Spalding, Theodoros N. Teknos, Shaomeng Wang, and Jacques E. Nör

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The oral microbiota: living with a permanent guest, Maria Avila, David M. Ojcius, and Ozlem Yilmaz

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Usage parameters of nickel-titanium rotary instruments: a survey of endodontists in the United States., David C. Bird, David Chambers, and Ove A. Peters

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The effect of electropolishing on torque and force during simulated root canal preparation with ProTaper shaping files., Claudia Boessler, Frank Paque, and Ove A. Peters

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The P2X7 receptor and intracellular pathogens: a continuing struggle, Robson Coutinho-Silva, Gladys Corrêa, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, and David M. Ojcius

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A novel interplay between Epac/Rap1 and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 5/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 (MEK5/ERK5) regulates thrombospondin to control angiogenesis, Robert C. Doebele, Frank Thilo Schulze-Hoepfner, Jia Hong, Alexandre Chlenski, Benjamin David Zeitlin, Kushboo Goel, Suzana Gomes, Yuru Liu, Mark K. Abe, Jacques E. Nör, and Mark W. Lingen

AmBisome and amphotericin B inhibit the initial adherence of Candida albicans to human epithelial cell lines, but do not cause yeast detachment, Barbara Dorocka-Bobkowska, Nejat Düzgüneş, and Krystyna Konopka

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An application framework of three-dimensional reconstruction and measurement for endodontic research., Yuan Gao, Ove A. Peters, Hongkun Wu, and Xuedong Zhou

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Rotary nickel-titanium GT and ProTaper files for root canal shaping by novice operators: a radiographic and micro-computed tomography evaluation., Diana Gekelman, Ramya Ramamurthy, Sahar Mirfarsi, Frank Paqué, and Ove A. Peters

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Comparison of Effect on Isoproterenol-induced Myocardial Injury Between Crocetin and Crocin / 比较西红花酸和西红花苷对异丙肾上腺素损伤心肌的作用, Xiaoyuan Han, Zhiyu Qian, Zhang Rong, Zhen Chen, Junling Yan, and Lina Yang

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Leptospira interrogans induces apoptosis in macrophages via caspase-8- and -3-dependent pathways, Dandan Jin, David M. Ojcius, Dexter Sun, Haiyan Dong, Yihui Luo, Yafei Mao, and Jie Yan

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Torsional profiles of new and used 20/.06 GT series X and GT rotary endodontic instruments., Tina Kell, Amir Azarpazhooh, Ove A. Peters, Omar El-Mowafy, Bryan Tompson, and Bettina Basrani

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Correlation between the levels of survivin and survivin promoter-driven gene expression in cancer and non-cancer cells, Krystyna Konopka, Christopher Spain, Allison Yen, Nathan Overlid, Senait Gebremedhin, and Nejat Düzgüneş

Gene delivery to oral cancer cells by nonviral vectors: why some cells are resistant to transfection., Cassidy Lavorini-Doyle, Senait Gebremedhin, Krystyna Konopka, and Nejat Düzgüneş

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Inactivation of the fliY gene encoding a flagellar motor switch protein attenuates mobility and virulence of Leptospira interrogans strain Lai, Sumei Liao, Ai-Hua Sun, David M. Ojcius, Senlin Wu, Jinfang Zhao, and Jie Yan