Friday, March 23, 2012: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
To learn about recent findings in infection and microbiology
Chairs:
D. RICCI-NITTEL
and
G. JIN
Rothia Bacteria as Gluten-Degrading Natural Colonizers of the Oral Cavity
G. WEI1, M. ZAMAKHCHARI1, F.E. DEWHIRST2, D. SCHUPPAN3, F.G. OPPENHEIM1, and E. HELMERHORST4, 1Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, 3Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 4Dept. of Periodontology & Oral Biol, Boston University, Boston, MA
HPV Oncoproteins Modulate Human β-defensin-3 Expression in Oral Epithelial Cells
E.I. NWEZE1, B. CHOW2, J. BIAN3, J. DAYAN4, A. WEINBERG5, T.S. MCCORMICK6, and G. JIN2, 1Biological Sciences/Dental School, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 3Biological Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 4School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 5Dept of Biosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 6Dermatology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH