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Fall 2018
Background and Objectives: Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process which leads to heart disease and death. Apical periodontists (AP) is a common inflammatory condition associated with infected teeth. In a recent systematic review, we identified a positive association between AP and...
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Cellular Long Chain Fatty Acid Uptake by CD36: Identifying an Amino Acid That Plays a Critical Role and Assessing Physiological Impact in Bone Marrow Derived Macrophages
DownloadSpring 2021
Long chain fatty acids (LCFA) serve essential functions in human cells, and the presence of too little or too much could have detrimental effects. LCFA can enter cells through passive diffusion, also known as flip-flop, but the majority enter in association with a protein allowing regulation and...
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DNA Methylation Underlies the Long-Term Association Between Oral Porphyromonas gingivalis infection and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
DownloadSpring 2022
Periodontitis, one of the most common inflammatory conditions, and the leading cause of teeth loss in adults, has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) for decades, and has recently been identified, by the American Heart Association, as an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic...