Effects of stannous fluoride dentifrice on gingival health and oxidative stress markers: a prospective clinical trial.

Background: Periodontal disease results in oral dysbiosis, increasing plaque virulence and oxidative stress. Stannous fluoride (SnF) binds lipopolysaccharides to reduce plaque virulence. This study prospectively assessed SnF effects on oxidative stress in adults with gingivitis.

Zinc pyrithione inhibits yeast growth through copper influx and inactivation of iron-sulfur proteins.

Zinc pyrithione (ZPT) is an antimicrobial material with widespread use in antidandruff shampoos and antifouling paints. Despite decades of commercial use, there is little understanding of its antimicrobial mechanism of action. We used a combination of genome-wide approaches (yeast deletion mutants and microarrays) and traditional methods (gene constructs and atomic emission) to characterize the activity of ZPT against a model yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Gingival transcriptome patterns during induction and resolution of experimental gingivitis in humans.

Background: To our knowledge, changes in the patterns of whole-transcriptome gene expression that occur during the induction and resolution of experimental gingivitis in humans were not previously explored using bioinformatic tools.

Methods: Gingival biopsy samples collected from 14 subjects during a 28-day stent-induced experimental gingivitis model, followed by treatment, and resolution at days 28 through 35 were analyzed using gene-expression arrays. Biopsy samples were collected at different sites within each subject at baseline (day 0), at the peak of gingivitis (day 28), and at resolution (day 35) and processed using whole-transcriptome gene-expression arrays.

Gene expression profiles during in vivo human rhinovirus infection: insights into the host response.

Rationale: Human rhinovirus infections cause colds and trigger exacerbations of lower airway diseases.

Objectives: To define changes in gene expression profiles during in vivo rhinovirus infections.

Methods: Nasal epithelial scrapings were obtained before and during experimental rhinovirus infection, and gene expression was evaluated by microarray.

Genomic expression changes induced by topical N-acetyl glucosamine in skin equivalent cultures in vitro.

N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) has been shown to be effective in reducing the appearance of hyperpigmented spots. From published in vitro mechanistic testing, glucosamine inhibits enzymatic glycosylation, a required processing step in converting inactive human pro-tyrosinase to the active tyrosinase, a key enzyme in the production of melanin. There is also published literature discussing the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of glucosamine compounds.

The impact of maternal protein malnutrition on pre-weaning skeletal and visceral organ growth in neonatal offspring of Rattus norvegicus.

Most studies of malnutrition focus on adult size, or limited durations of malnutrition. Little is known about the impact of life-long maternal malnutrition on young, pre-weaning offspring, in part because working with such infants is difficult. We created a maternal generation of malnourished dams by feeding female Sprague-Dawley rats, from weaning, either a control diet high in protein (CT) or an isocaloric low protein diet (LPT).

Transcriptional profiles of intestinal tumors in Apc(Min) mice are unique from those of embryonic intestine and identify novel gene targets dysregulated in human colorectal tumors.

The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor is a major regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway in normal intestinal epithelium. APC, in conjunction with AXIN and GSK-3beta, forms a complex necessary for the degradation of beta-catenin, thereby preventing beta-catenin/T-cell factor interaction and alteration of growth-controlling genes such as c-MYC and cyclin D1. Inappropriate activation of the Wnt pathway, via Apc/APC mutation, leads to gastrointestinal tumor formation in both the mouse and human.