Browsing by Author "Marazita, Mary"
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Aquaporin 5 interacts with fluoride and possibly protects against caries
Anjomshoaa, Ida; Briseno-Ruiz, Jessica; Deeley, Kathleen; Poletta, Fernardo; Mereb, Juan; Leite, Aline; Barreta, Priscila; Silva, Thelma; Dizak, Piper; Ruff, Timothy; Patır, Aslı; Koruyucu, Mine; Abbasoğlu, Zerrin; Casado, Priscila; Brown, Andrew; Zaky, Samer; Bayram, Merve; Kuechler, Erika; Cooper, Margaret; Liu, Kai; Marazita, Mary; Tanboğa, İlknur; Granjeiro, Jose; Seymen, Figen; Castilla, Eduardo; Orioli, Ieda; Sfeir, Charles; Owyang, Hongjiao; Buzalaf, Marilia; Vieira, Alexandre (Public Library of Science, 2015)Aquaporins (AQP) are water channel proteins and the genes coding for AQP2, AQP5, and AQP6 are clustered in 12q13. Since AQP5 is expressed in serous acinar cells of salivary glands, we investigated its involvement in caries. ... -
Role of TRAV locus in low caries experience
Briseno-Ruiz, Jessica; Shimizu, Takehiko; Deeley, Kathleen; Dizak, Piper; Ruff, Timothy; Faraco, Italo; Poletta, Fernando; Brancher, Joao; Pecharki, Giovana; Kuechler, Erika; Tannure, Patricia; Lips, Andrea; Vieira, Thays; Patir, Asli; Koruyucu, Mine; Mereb, Juan; Resick, Judith; Brandon, Carla; Letra, Ariadne; Silva, Renato; Cooper, Margaret; Seymen, Figen; Costa, Marcelo; Granjeiro, Jose; Trevilatto, Paula; Orioli, Ieda; Castilla, Eduardo; Marazita, Mary; Vieira, Alexandre (Springer, 2013)Caries is the most common chronic, multifactorial disease in the world today; and little is still known about the genetic factors influencing susceptibility. Our previous genome-wide linkage scan has identified five loci ...
