SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lalla, E. & Papapanou, P.N. (2011) Diabetes mellitus and periodontitis: a tale of two common interrelated diseases. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 7: 738-748.

Jönsson, D., Ramberg, P., Demmer, R.T., Kebschull, M., Dahlén, G., Papapanou, P.N. (2011) Gingival tissue transcriptomes in experimental gingivitis. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 38: 599-611.

Michalowicz, B., Hodges, J., Lussky, R., Bada, H., Rawson, T., Buttross, L., Chiriboga, C., DiAngelis, A., Novak, M., Buchanan, W., Mitchell, D., Papapanou, P.N. (2011) The influence of maternal periodontitis on infant neurodevelopment. Pediatrics127: e1212-1220.

Kebschull, M., Papapanou, P.N.  (2010) The use of gene arrays in deciphering the pathobiology of periodontal diseases. Methods in Molecular Biology In: Molecular techniques and applications in Oral Biology, 666: 385-393.

Papapanou, P.N. , Behle, J.H., Kebschull, M., Celenti, R., Wolf, D.L., Handfield, M., Pavlidis, P., Demmer, R., (2009) Subgingival bacterial colonization profiles correlate with gingival tissue gene expression. BMC Microbiology Oct 18, 9(1): 221.

Dye, B.A., Herrera-Abreu, M., Lerche-Sehm, J., Vlachojannis, C., Pikdoken, L., Pretzl, B., Schwartz, A., Papapanou, P.N. (2009) Serum antibodies to periodontal bacteria as diagnostic markers of periodontitis. Journal of Periodontology 80: 634-647.

Kebschull, M., Demmer, J., Behle, J.H., Pollreisz, A., Heideman, J., Belusko, P.B., Celenti, R., Pavlidis, P., Papapanou, P.N.  (2009) Granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2 /CXCL6) complements interleukin-8 in periodontal disease. Journal of Periodontal Research 44: 465-471.

Demmer, R., Behle, J.H., Wolf, D.L., Handfield, M., Kebschull, M., Celenti, R., Pavlidis, P., Papapanou, P.N. (2008) Transcriptomes in healthy and diseased gingival tissues. Journal of Periodontology 79: 2112-2124.

Papapanou, P.N. , Sedaghatfar, M.H., Demmer, R., Wolf, D.L., Yang, J., Roth, G.A., Celenti, R., Belusko, P.B., Lalla, E., Pavlidis, P. (2007) Periodontal therapy alters gene expression of peripheral blood monocytes. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 34: 736-747.

Michalowicz, B.S., Hodges, J.S., DiAngelis, A., Lupo, V.R., Novak, M.J., Ferguson, J.E., Buchanan, W., Bofill, J., Papapanou, P.N., Mitchell. D.A., Matseoane, S., Tschida, P.A. (2006) Treatment of periodontal disease and the risk of preterm birth. New England Journal of Medicine 355: 1885-1894.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Gene and protein expression signatures in experimental gingivitis
An in vivo study of the gingival transcriptome and proteome during the course of bacterially-induced inflammation.

Periodontal infections and circulating endothelial progenitor cells
A study that examines the distribution and function of cEPS in periodontal health and disease.

MicroRNAs in gingival tissues: Differential expression and potential function
A study of the distribution and function of miRNAs and their targets in gingival cell populations in states of periodontal health and disease and in different forms of periodontitis.

Oral infections and vascular disease epidemiology study
A longitudinal study examining the role of oral infections in the development of carotid atherosclerosis and stroke.