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Association between periodontal pathogens and systemic disease - PubMed

Association between periodontal pathogens and systemic disease - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — A growing body of literature suggests that there is a link between periodontitis and systemic diseases. These diseases include cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal and colorectal cancer, diabetes and insulin resistance, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as respiratory tract infection and adverse ...
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Gut barrier disruption and chronic disease - PubMed

Gut barrier disruption and chronic disease - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — The intestinal barrier protects the host against gut microbes, food antigens, and toxins present in the gastrointestinal tract. However, gut barrier integrity can be affected by intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including genetic predisposition, the Western diet, antibiotics, alcohol, circadian rhyth ...
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Effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on oral and systemic health - PubMed

Effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on oral and systemic health - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — Conventional cigarette smoke harms nearly every organ of the body and is the leading cause of death in the United States and in the world. Decades of research have associated conventional cigarette smoke with several diseases and death. Heavily marketed, electronic nicotine delivery systems such as ...
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Impact of COVID-19 on dental education in the United States - PubMed

Impact of COVID-19 on dental education in the United States - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — Dental institutions in the United States are reeling from the consequences of the novel SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, the causative agent of CODIV-19. As oral health care providers, we have been trained on prevention of aerosol transmissible diseases, but we are still grappling with many unknown factors re ...
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Is there an association between oral health and severity of COVID-19 complications? - PubMed

Is there an association between oral health and severity of COVID-19 complications? - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. In parallel, there is growing evidence for a link between periodontitis and non-oral systemic diseases. The oral cavity is also a reservoir for respiratory pathogens, and pat ...
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Development of humoral immunity - PubMed

Development of humoral immunity - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — 2019 Aug;42(4):207-208. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2019.08.003. 1 Department of Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: david.ojcius@gmail.com. Free PMC article Jean M Kanellopoulos et al. Biomed J. Free PMC article .
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Scaling the tips of the ALPS - PubMed

Scaling the tips of the ALPS - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — This special issue contains four review articles that describe advances in analysis of mutations responsible for the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). This disease is triggered by a family of mutations in genes involved in the extrinsic apoptotic pathway such as FAS, FASL and CASP10. A ...
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Structural and Functional Features of the P2X4 Receptor: An Immunological Perspective - PubMed

Structural and Functional Features of the P2X4 Receptor: An Immunological Perspective - PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — Extracellular nucleotides are important mediators of activation, triggering various responses through plasma membrane P2 and P1 receptors. P2 receptors are further subdivided into ionotropic P2X receptors and G protein-coupled P2Y receptors. P2X4 is an ATP-gated cation channel broadly expressed in m ...
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David Ojcius on LinkedIn: Guest view: Fighting obesity in San Joaquin County

David Ojcius on LinkedIn: Guest view: Fighting obesity in San Joaquin County

LinkedIn — Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi was awakened at 1:43 a.m. this morning by a phone call from Sweden. "You have 50 minutes to collect yourself," a voice on the line told her, "and wait until your life changes." Indeed, at 2:48 a.m., Bertozzi was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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ResearchGate profile

ResearchGate profile

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SelectedWorks - David M. Ojcius

SelectedWorks - David M. Ojcius

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David Ojcius

David Ojcius

Center for Health Journalism — RT @USCAnnenberg: The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism @ReportingHealth selected 18 talented and diverse journalists to participa...
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David M. Ojcius, PhD - Editorial Board - Current Research in Microbial Sciences - Journal - Elsev...

David M. Ojcius, PhD - Editorial Board - Current Research in Microbial Sciences - Journal - Elsev...

Current Research in Microbial Sciences — Skip to content Current Research in Microbial Sciences Editor-in-Chief University of the Pacific, Department of Biomedical Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America Host-pathogen interactions, oral microbiology, innate immunity, microbiome David Ojcius is Professor at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, USA. He gained his Ph.D.
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David Ojcius on Lifelong Learning as a Researcher

David Ojcius on Lifelong Learning as a Researcher

Thrive Global — David Ojcius of SF, California, is a professor and researcher with a wealth of experience. In 1979, David Ojcius graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and continued his education there to earn his Ph.D. in Biophysics. He then completed two postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Rockefeller University.
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Stories by David M. Ojcius

Stories by David M. Ojcius

Scientific American — Cells can-and often do-kill themselves, in a process known as apoptosis. This capacity is essential to the proper functioning of the body; flawed regulation may lie behind many diseases...
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David Ojcius | Medical Researcher, Professor | Francisco, California

David Ojcius | Medical Researcher, Professor | Francisco, California

davidojcius.com — David Ojcius is a professor and researcher at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California. He earned a B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979 and then continued at Berkeley to get his Ph.D. in Biophysics.
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Fighting Infectious Diseases

Fighting Infectious Diseases

books.google.com — This collection of Scientific American articles explores the latest events in tackling some of the most threatening infectious diseases that, in the age of globalization, can reach large populations in a very short time. Top researchers discuss their progress in articles including Detecting Mad Cow Disease and Attacking Anthrax.
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Effects of Frankincense Compounds on Infection, Inflammation, and Oral Health

Effects of Frankincense Compounds on Infection, Inflammation, and Oral Health

MDPI — Boswellia trees, found throughout the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, are the source of frankincense oil. Since antiquity, frankincense has been traded as a precious commodity, but it has also been used for the treatment of chronic disease, inflammation, oral health, and microbial infection.
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David Ojcius - Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Pacific

David Ojcius - Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Pacific

IdeaMensch — David Ojcius is a professor and researcher at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California. He earned a B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979 and then continued at Berkeley to get his Ph.D. in Biophysics.
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Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases

Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Guest view: Fighting obesity in San Joaquin County

Guest view: Fighting obesity in San Joaquin County

The Record (Stockton) — While popular fast-food chains such as Raising Cane's and In-N-Out continue to open locations and thrive on hungry stomachs in the North San Joaquin County district, the combined overweight and obesity rate has climbed to greater than 65% of the local population, a historic high.
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Guest view: Wildfire smoke brings health hazard; here's how to protect yourself

Guest view: Wildfire smoke brings health hazard; here's how to protect yourself

The Record (Stockton) — Wildfires and wildfire smoke have always been a natural feature of California's environment. The data are clear - since 1980, the wildfire season increasingly shifts earlier in the year (from August to July) and lasts longer. In California, the average length of the fire season is estimated to have increased by 75 days, along with an increase in the size of the wildfires.
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Guest view: Caution needed to return to normal after COVID-19

Guest view: Caution needed to return to normal after COVID-19

The Record (Stockton) — As more vaccines are rolling out across the world, pandemic fatigue hits hard as we yearn for the life we had before COVID-19. But as vaccinations are being distributed, more and more questions arise. Are the days of the socially distanced "new normal" behind us?
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Google Scholar - David Ojcius

Google Scholar - David Ojcius

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