Research publications from UCSF Dentistry

UCSF School of Dentistry research spans the full spectrum of discovery—from uncovering the building blocks of life in cells and tissues, to developing new technologies, to advancing patient care.

Featured Publications

Discover how UCSF School of Dentistry researchers are contributing to global conversations in science and health through their latest publications.

Salivary Proteome Role in Infection and Immunity

Carneiro MC, da Silva NDG, Ventura TMO, da Silva Santos PS, Buzalaf MAR, Freire M. Salivary Proteome Role in Infection and Immunity. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2026;1492:747-773. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-03176-1_36. PMID: 41225125.

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The association between concurrent oral cancer and periodontal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lin EC, Chen JH, Sitt S, Lin GH, Wu CY, Wang CW. The association between concurrent oral cancer and periodontal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Quintessence Int. 2025 Dec 18;0(0):0. doi: 10.3290/j.qi.b6762763. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41410040.

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Visit-level quality measurement reveals missed opportunities and overuse in preventive oral health care.

Tokede B, Bangar S, Gantela S, Brandon R, Yansane A, Rindal DB, Worley D, White J, Mullins J, Neumann A, Johnson T, Skourtes N, Olson G, Urata J, Weidner H, Lamberger K, Truong A, Spallek H, Kalenderian E, Walji MF

J Am Dent Assoc

November 2025

TSLP links intestinal nutrient sensing with amplification of the ILC2-tuft cell circuit.

Liao C, Mennillo E, Kattah MG, Ji M, Wang ZE, Drucker DJ, Liang HE, Locksley RM

Nat Immunol

November 2025

Visit-level quality measurement reveals missed opportunities and overuse in preventive oral health care.

J Am Dent Assoc

November 2025

Microbiome preterm birth DREAM challenge: Crowdsourcing machine learning approaches to advance preterm birth research.

Golob JL, Oskotsky TT, Tang AS, Roldan A, Chung V, Ha CWY, Wong RJ, Flynn KJ, Chai R, Dubin C, Parraga-Leo A, Wibrand C, Minot SS, Oskotsky B, Andreoletti G, Kosti I, Bletz J, Nelson A, Gao J, Wei Z, Chen G, Tang ZZ, Novielli P, Romano D, Pantaleo E, Amoroso N, Monaco A, Vacca M, De Angelis M, Bellotti R, Tangaro S, Wang Z, Yao J, Goel A, Mao J, Wang H, Zhang Y, Tewari A, Kuntzleman A, Bigcraft I, Techtmann S, Bae D, Kim E, Jeon J, Joe S, Preterm Birth DREAM Community, Theis KR, Ng S, Lee YS, Diaz-Gimeno P, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Stolovitzky G, Lynch SV, Albrecht J, Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Stevenson DK, Aghaeepour N, Tarca AL, Costello JC, Sirota M

Cell Rep Med

November 2025

RainBar: Optical Barcoding for Pooled Live-Cell Imaging with Single-Cell Resolution.

Mosadeghi R, Foyt D, Sharp L, Taylor C, Tay N, Oberlin S, Fan J, Bourke S, Kattah M, Huang B, McManus MT

bioRxiv

November 2025

Biomimetic supramolecular protein matrix restores structure and properties of human dental enamel.

Hasan A, Chuvilin A, Van Teijlingen A, Rouco H, Parmenter C, Venturi F, Fay M, Greco G, Pugno NM, Ruben J, Edwards-Gayle CJC, Myers B, Dreveny I, Cowieson N, Winter A, Gamea S, Walboomers XF, Hussain T, Rodríguez-Cabello JC, Rawson F, Tuttle T, Elsharkawy S, Banerjee A, Habelitz S, Mata A

Nat Commun

November 2025

Decoding epithelial regeneration in the cornea: multi-omic analysis reveals cellular plasticity as central mechanism.

Feret N, Megido AC, Kuony A, Marangoni P, Fichter L, Garcia Llorens S, Attina A, Nhiri N, Jacquet E, Vialaret J, Daien V, David A, Hirtz C, Loulier K, Klein OD, Michon F

Cell Mol Biol Lett

November 2025

Author Correction: The emergence of transcriptional identity in somatosensory neurons.

Sharma N, Flaherty K, Lezgiyeva K, Wagner DE, Klein AM, Ginty DD

Nature

November 2025

Pioneering single-cell intracellular metagenomics: a window into microbe-immune interactions at barrier tissues 2484.

Joe Germino, Antonin Weckel, Tori Tran, Anita E Qualls, Andi DeRogatis, Caleb Lareau, Tiffany Scharschmidt, James Morgan Gardner

November 2025

Deletion of cardiac fibroblast growth factor-23 beneficially impacts myocardial energy metabolism in left ventricular hypertrophy.

Latic N, Lari A, Sun N, Zupcic A, Oubounyt M, Falivene J, Buck A, Hofer M, Chang W, Kuebler WM, Baumbach J, Walch AK, Grabner A, Erben RG

NPJ Metab Health Dis

October 2025