Research Papers
Corneal Endothelial Changes in Behcet's Patients with Inactive Ocular Involvement.
Current eye research • 2018 • Vol. 43 (8)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to evaluate alterations in the corneal endothelial layer in Behcet's disease (BD) with inactive ocular involvement using specular microscopy. MATERIALS AND MET…
Cankaya, C; Cumurcu, T; Firat, I
Periodontitis and prevalence of elevated aminotransferases in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Journal of periodontology • 2018 • Vol. 89 (8)
BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) prevalence is greater among Hispanics/Latinos than other racial/ethnic groups and prevalence is further reported to vary among Hispanic/Latino ba…
Akinkugbe, A; Barritt, A; Cai, J
Risk of bias assessment of systematic reviews regarding dental implant placement in smokers: An umbrella systematic review.
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 120 (2)
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Although dental implant treatment has a high success rate, patient-related factors may cause implant failure. In this context, smoking is associated with adverse effects on impl…
Barbosa, F; de Lima, F; de Oliveira-Neto, O
Incompletely treated malignancies of the major salivary gland: Toward evidence-based care.
Head & neck • 2018 • Vol. 40 (8)
BACKGROUND: Unexpected malignancy is common in major salivary gland tumors due to variability of workup, creating challenging treatment decisions. The purpose of this study was to define treatment-re…
El-Naggar, A; Eraj, S; Fuller, C
Epidemiology of Robin sequence with cleft palate in the East of Scotland between 2004 and 2013.
Pediatric pulmonology • 2018 • Vol. 53 (8)
BACKGROUND: Robin sequence (RS) is a congenital disorder characterized by cleft palate, micrognathia, and glossoptosis which can result in clinically significant upper airway obstruction (UAO). Histo…
Mehendale, F; Urquhart, D; Wright, M
Glycaemic status affects the subgingival microbiome of diabetic patients.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2018 • Vol. 45 (8)
AIM: Periodontitis is correlated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but little is known about glycaemic status effect on subgingival microbiota associated with periodontitis. This study evaluated …
Artese, H; Dabdoub, S; Dib, S
Curcumin enhances anti-tumor immune response in tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
Archives of oral biology • 2018 • Vol. 92
PURPOSE: This study evaluated the role of anti-tumor immune response of curcumin on tongue squamous cell carcinama (TSCC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Cell lines (Cal 27, FaDu) and animal model (4NQO mice m…
Hu, J; Liao, F; Liu, L
Assessment of genotyping tools applied in genetic susceptibility studies of periodontal disease: A systematic review.
Archives of oral biology • 2018 • Vol. 92
OBJECTIVE: A systematic review to evaluate the various genotyping tools and study strategies employed to define genetic susceptibility to periodontitis. METHODS: The review was performed in accordanc…
Blanco, J; Carracedo, A; de Coo, A
Periodontal infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis induces preterm birth and lower birth weight in rats.
Molecular oral microbiology • 2018 • Vol. 33 (4)
Preterm birth (PTB), accompanied by low birth weight (LBW) or not, is a syndrome with tremendous risk factors and long-term health consequences for children. In recent decades, overwhelming studies h…
Du, M; Guo, H; Ji, Y
The p.S85C-mutation in MATR3 impairs stress granule formation in Matrin-3 myopathy.
Experimental neurology • 2018 • Vol. 306
Bley, N; Huttelmaier, S; Kraya, T
Ethnicity, migration status and dental caries experience among adults in East London.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2018 • Vol. 46 (4)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the interrelationship between ethnicity, migration status and dental caries experience among adults in East London. METHODS: We analysed data from 1910 adults (16-65 years) repre…
Bernabe, E; Delgado-Angulo, E; Harding, S
Establishment of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line capable of undergoing lytic Epstein-Barr virus reactivation.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology • 2018 • Vol. 98 (8)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects more than 90% of the adult human population. Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is common in Southeast Asia, with a particularly high incidence among sou…
Busson, P; Deng, W; Jia, L
Hypothesis-driven versus hypothesis-free approaches to the identification of genes for cleft lip and palate.
Archives of oral biology • 2018 • Vol. 92
Vieira, A
Low miR200b-5p levels in minor salivary glands: a novel molecular marker predicting lymphoma development in patients with Sjogren's syndrome.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases • 2018 • Vol. 77 (8)
OBJECTIVES: Development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is the major adverse outcome of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) affecting both morbidity and mortality. Preliminary evidence suggested that, although n…
Kapsogeorgou, E; Papageorgiou, A; Protogerou, A
Differential diagnosis of jaw pain using informatics technology.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2018 • Vol. 45 (8)
This study aimed to deduce evidence-based clinical clues that differentiate temporomandibular disorders (TMD)-mimicking conditions from genuine TMD by text mining using natural language processing (N…
Kho, H; Kim, H; Nam, Y
Posttraumatic Trigeminal-Cavernous Fistula.
World neurosurgery • 2018 • Vol. 116
INTRODUCTION: Persistent trigeminal artery is the most frequent embryonic communication between the vertebrobasilar and carotid systems. To the best of our knowledge, posttraumatic trigeminal-caverno…
Lui, L; Richard, S; Wang, T
Co-encapsulation of dual drug loaded in MLNPs: Implication on sustained drug release and effectively inducing apoptosis in oral carcinoma cells.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie • 2018 • Vol. 104
Combinations of natural bee wax flavones chrysin with a chemo drug have been exhibiting high potential with reduced adverse effect. To extend the synergistic effect of chrysin and improve the MLNPs (…
Annamalai, G; Arjama, M; Jeyaraj, M
Long non-coding RNA CASC15 promotes tongue squamous carcinoma progression through targeting miR-33a-5p.
Environmental science and pollution research international • 2018 • Vol. 25 (22)
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have gained a lot of attention because they participate in several human disorders, including tumors. This study determined the role of LncRNA CASC15 (cancer susceptibi…
Gong, Z; Ma, L; Wang, Q
Controlling caries in exposed root surfaces with silver diamine fluoride: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) • 2018 • Vol. 149 (8)
BACKGROUND: In this systematic review, the authors aim to assess the effect of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in preventing and arresting caries in exposed root surfaces of adults. TYPES OF STUDIES RE…
Cunha-Cruz, J; Niederman, R; Oliveira, B
Secondary Sjogren syndrome: A case report using silver diamine fluoride and glass ionomer cement.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) • 2018 • Vol. 149 (8)
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW: The authors describe dental treatment for a patient with a complex medical history of secondary Sjogren syndrome with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. C…
Frostad-Thomas, A; Gold, J; Wong, A