Friday, March 23, 2012: 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
Increase knowledge of Immunity as related to cytokine and epithelium/epithelial, cell culture, aging, and osteoblasts/osteoclasts and resorption
Chairs:
J. LAU
and
J.L. EBERSOLE
Age-related changes in the Gingival Expression of Inflammasome genes
O.A. GONZALEZ1, M.J. NOVAK1, S. KIRAKODU1, A. STROMBERG2, L. ORRACA3, J. GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ4, and J. EBERSOLE1, 1College of Dentistry - Center for Oral Health Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 3Office of the Assistant Dean of Research, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 4Caribbean Primate Research Center, University of Puerto Rico, Sabana Seca, PR
Aging Effects on Gingival Antigen Presentation Pathways in Health/Disease
O.A. GONZALEZ1, M. NOVAK1, S. KIRAKODU1, A. STROMBERG2, L. ORRACA3, J. GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ4, and J.L. EBERSOLE1, 1College of Dentistry - Center for Oral Health Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 3Office of the Asisstant Dean of Research, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 4Caribbean Primate Research Center, University of Puerto Rico, Sabana Seca, PR