Yueyao Wang, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, John R Shaffer, Xiaowei Wu
{"title":"Gene-Based Association Mapping for Dental Caries in The GENEVA Consortium.","authors":"Yueyao Wang, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, John R Shaffer, Xiaowei Wu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with high prevalence in both children and adults. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed that genetic factors play an important role in caries incidence. However, existing methods are not sufficient to identify caries-associated genes, due to the complex correlation structure of caries GWAS data, and lack of appropriate summarization at the gene level. This paper attempts to address that by analyzing data from the Gene, Environment Association Studies (GENEVA) consortium.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated gene-based genetic associations for dental caries based on genome-wide data derived from the GENEVA database, with adjustment to covariates, linkage disequilibrium among single-nucleotide polymorphisms, and family relations, in sampled individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several suggestive genes were identified, in which some of them have been previously found to have potential biological functions on cariogenesis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>By comparing the gene sets identified from gene-based and SNP-based association testing methods, we found a non-negligible overlap, which indicates that our gene-based analysis can provide substantial supplement to the traditional GWAS analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":93308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dentistry and dental medicine","volume":"3 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8494074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39521032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taira Kobayashi, Satoshi Uchibori, Osamu Tsuzukibash, Chihiro Uezato, M. Fuchigami, Haruhiko Goto, H. Tamaki, Koji Umezawa, Takaaki Tanaka, M. Ohta
{"title":"Novel Selective Medium for the Isolation of Rothia aeria, Which Is an Inhabitant of the Human Oral Cavity","authors":"Taira Kobayashi, Satoshi Uchibori, Osamu Tsuzukibash, Chihiro Uezato, M. Fuchigami, Haruhiko Goto, H. Tamaki, Koji Umezawa, Takaaki Tanaka, M. Ohta","doi":"10.31021/jddm.20181124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31021/jddm.20181124","url":null,"abstract":"Roth aeria, Rothia dentocariosa, and Rothia mucilaginosa are isolated from the human oral cavity. Among them, R. aeria can cause severe systemic infection diseases (e.g., bronchitis, endocarditis, pneumonia, and sepsis). However, the veritable prevalence of this organism in the human oral cavity has not ever been known. Thus, the selective medium for the isolation and quantification of R. aeria is necessary to assess the prevalence of this organism, and to diagnose various R. aeria infection diseases. To investigate R. aeria distribution in oral cavities, a novel selective medium (RAESM) was developed for isolating and quantifying R. aeria. RAESM consists of sodium gluconate, tryptone, meat extract, sodium fluoride, acriflavin neutral, fosfomycin, lincomycin, colistin, aztreonam, and agar. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were designed based on partial sequences of the 16S rDNA genes of R. aeria. The percentage of R. aeria in saliva samples collected from 20 subjects was examined. Moreover, we examined the antibiotic susceptibility of thirty isolates from six subjects. The average growth recovery of R. aeria on RAESM was 96.6% compared with that on Brain Heart Infusion supplemented with Yeast Extract (BHI-Y) agar. Growth of other representative oral bacteria, including other Rothia species, was remarkably inhibited on the selective medium. The PCR primers reacted to R. aeria and did not react to other Rothia species or representative oral bacteria. R. aeria was detected as 1.0% of the total bacteria, 5.9×107CFU/ml, on BHI-Y agar in the oral cavities of all subjects. R. aeria isolates obtained in this study were susceptible to most antibiotics; however R. aeria isolates from one subject were highly resistant to erythromycin, lincomycin, and clindamycin. R. aeria may be a part of the normal flora in the human oral cavities. A novel selective medium, RAESM, was useful for isolating R. aeria. Moreover, it was indicated that RAESM was useful for diagnosing R. aeria infections.","PeriodicalId":93308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dentistry and dental medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49281870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can Child Anesthesia be Harmful?","authors":"M. Karimi","doi":"10.31021/JDDM.20181123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31021/JDDM.20181123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dentistry and dental medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44351029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The First Time in","authors":"Nirmala Svsg, S. Degala, Minor Babu M.S","doi":"10.31021/JDDM.20181122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31021/JDDM.20181122","url":null,"abstract":"• Teach in online master’s and graduate certificate program. Courses are 8-weeks in length, teach 10 courses annually. • Responsible for curriculum planning, course design, continuous development of instructional practice, and maintaining an updated knowledge of college student development and higher education. • Courses developed and taught: o EDG 6362 College Student Development o EDG 6366 Student Affairs and Administrative Services o EDG 6367 Foundation of Academic Advising o EDG 6361 American Higher Education o EDSD 6302 Advising for College Transitions o EDSD 6304 Program Administration and Assessment o EDG 6305 Legal and Ethical Principles o EDG 6364 Issues in Higher Education • Other courses taught: o EDG 6324 Career & Occupational Counseling o EDG 6301 Social and Cultural Influences o EDG 6369 Assessment of Student Outcomes o EDG 6398 Capstone in Student Development","PeriodicalId":93308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dentistry and dental medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43852728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The First Time in","authors":"X. Riaud","doi":"10.31021/JDDM.20181121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31021/JDDM.20181121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dentistry and dental medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43992604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}