Selected Publications

Stathopoulou Panagiota G, Benakanakere Manjunatha R, Galicia Johnah C, Kinane Denis F: Epithelial cell pro-inflammatory cytokine response differs across dental plaque bacterial species. Journal of clinical periodontology 37(1): 24-9, Jan 2010.

Galicia Johnah C, Benakanakere Manjunatha R, Stathopoulou Panagiota G, Kinane Denis F: Neutrophils rescue gingival epithelial cells from bacterial-induced apoptosis. Journal of leukocyte biology 86(1): 181-6, Jul 2009.

Stathopoulou P G, Benakanakere M R, Galicia J C, Kinane D F: The host cytokine response to Porphyromonas gingivalis is modified by gingipains. Oral microbiology and immunology 24(1): 11-7, Feb 2009.

Guggenheim, B., Gmür, R., Galicia, J.C., Stathopoulou, P.G., Benakanakere, M.R., Meier, A., Thurnheer, T., Kinane, D.F. : In vitro modeling of host-parasite interactions: The 'subgingival' biofilm challenge of primary human epithelial cells BMC Microbiology 9, 2009.

Stathopoulou, P.G., Galicia, J.C., Benakanakere, M.R., Garcia, C.A., Potempa, J., Kinane, D.F. : Porphyromonas gingivalis induce apoptosis in human gingival epithelial cells through a gingipain-dependent mechanism BMC Microbiology 9, 2009.

Benakanakere, M.R., Li, Q., Eskan, M.A., Singh, A.V., Zhao, J., Galicia, J.C., Stathopoulou, P., Knudsen, T.B., Kinane, D.F. : Modulation of TLR2 protein expression by miR-105 in human oral keratinocytes Journal of Biological Chemistry 284(34): 23107-23115, 2009.

Eskan Mehmet A, Benakanakere Manjunatha R, Rose Beate G, Zhang Ping, Zhao Jiawei, Stathopoulou Panagiota, Fujioka Daisuke, Kinane Denis F: Interleukin-1beta modulates proinflammatory cytokine production in human epithelial cells. Infection and immunity 76(5): 2080-9, May 2008.

Kinane Denis F, Galicia Johnah Cortez, Gorr Sven-Ulrik, Stathopoulou Panagiota Giorgios, Benakanakere Manjunatha: P. gingivalis interactions with epithelial cells. Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library 13: 966-84, 2008.

Shinsuke Onishi, K.H., Liang, S., Stathopoulou, P., Kinane, D., Hajishengallis, G., Sharma, A. : Toll-like receptor 2-mediated interleukin-8 expression in gingival epithelial cells by the Tannerella forsythia leucine-rich repeat protein BspA Infection and Immunity 76(1): 198-205, 2008.

Kinane D F, Shiba H, Stathopoulou P G, Zhao H, Lappin D F, Singh A, Eskan M A, Beckers S, Waigel S, Alpert B, Knudsen T B: Gingival epithelial cells heterozygous for Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms Asp299Gly and Thr399ile are hypo-responsive to Porphyromonas gingivalis. Genes and immunity 7(3): 190-200, Apr 2006.