Researcher interests: Role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in oral health and disease. Involvement of of host defense peptides in oral health and disease. Salivary diagnostics.
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Dental Medicine
DEPARTMENT: Institute of Dental Sciences
Selected Publications
interactions of histatin 3 and histatin 5 with actin (2017)|
BMC Biochemistry|
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sustained release of antibacterial lipopeptides from biodegradable polymers against oral pathogens (2016)|
PLOS ONE|
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actin and dna protect histones from degradation by bacterial proteases but inhibit their antimicrobial activity (2016)|
Frontiers in Microbiology|
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abstract 3300 gal galnac overexpressed in colorectal carcinoma mediates attachment and colonization of fusobacterium nucleatum utilizing the fap2 lectin (2016)|
Cancer Research|
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streptococcus pyogenes sortase mutants are highly susceptible to killing by host factors due to aberrant envelope physiology (2015)|
PLOS ONE|
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fap2 of fusobacterium nucleatum is a galactose inhibitable adhesin involved in coaggregation cell adhesion and preterm birth (2015)|
Infection and Immunity|
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interaction of the core fragments of the ll 37 host defense peptide with actin (2015)|
RSC Advances|
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identification and characterization of fusolisin the fusobacterium nucleatum autotransporter serine protease (2014)|
PLOS ONE|
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biohybrid polymer antimicrobial peptide medium against enterococcus faecalis (2014)|
PLOS ONE|
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actin enables the antimicrobial action of ll 37 peptide in the presence of microbial proteases (2014)|
Journal of Biological Chemistry|
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