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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Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Cleft Care: A Systematic Review.

Jay Shah, Jihee Yoon, Kristen Lowe, Jaemin Ko, Snehlata Oberoi

March 2025

Rescue of non-healing, degenerative salivary glands by cholinergic-calcium signaling.

Li J, Sun B, Tan LX, Griffin N, Niknezhad SV, Yu C, Berthoin L, Cruz-Pacheco N, Mohabbat S, Sinada H, Efraim Y, Chen FYT, An L, Gaylord EA, Bahney CS, Lombaert IMA, Knox SM

bioRxiv

February 2025

Comparative characterization of human accelerated regions in neurons.

Cui X, Yang H, Cai C, Beaman C, Yang X, Liu H, Ren X, Amador Z, Jones IR, Keough KC, Zhang M, Fair T, Abnousi A, Mishra S, Ye Z, Hu M, Pollen AA, Pollard KS, Shen Y

Nature

February 2025

Virtual reality or personal computer-based gynecologic pelvic exam simulation: medical student preferences.

Plotzker RE, Harmon DJ, Kanellitsas T, Klein BA

BMC Med Educ

February 2025

Intracellular diffusion in the cytoplasm increases with cell size in fission yeast.

Tan C, Lanz MC, Swaffer M, Skotheim J, Chang F

Mol Biol Cell

February 2025

The PRC2.1 subcomplex opposes G1 progression through regulation of CCND1 and CCND2.

Longhurst AD, Wang K, Suresh HG, Ketavarapu M, Ward HN, Jones IR, Narayan V, Hundley FV, Hassan AZ, Boone C, Myers CL, Shen Y, Ramani V, Andrews BJ, Toczyski DP

Elife

February 2025

Multicilia dynamically transduce Shh signaling to regulate choroid plexus functions.

Mao S, Song R, Jin S, Pang S, Jovanovic A, Zimmerman A, Li P, Wu X, Wendland MF, Lin K, Chen WC, Choksi SP, Chen G, Holtzman MJ, Reiter JF, Wan Y, Xuan Z, Xiang YK, Xu CS, Upadhyayula S, Hess HF, He L

bioRxiv

January 2025

A long-ignored skeletal tissue filled with oil.

Aguayo VH, Selleri L

Science

January 2025

Relationship between Safety-net Oral Health Care Practices and Income among American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Hispanic/Latino Dentists.

Williams JC, Singhal A, Gates P, Jura M, Mertz E, Heaton B

J Health Care Poor Underserved

January 2025

Doublecortin reinforces microtubules to promote growth cone advance in soft environments.

Dema A, Charafeddine RA, van Haren J, Rahgozar S, Viola G, Jacobs KA, Kutys ML, Wittmann T

Curr Biol

December 2024