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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Intestinal Stem Cells From Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Retain an Epigenetic Memory of Inflammation.

Hamdan FH, Farhadipour M, Perez I, Kossick K, Smith H, Edwinson A, de Hoyos-Vega JM, Gonzalez M, Chiang D, Klatt E, Rumer K, Pachon MP, Sagstetter M, Friton J, Kammer E, English A, Chini LCS, Carnahan JF, Baca NA, Hohenstein J, Mopuri R, Bhagwate A, Raffals LE, Graham R, Sun Z, Grover M, Revzin A, Kattah M, Faubion WA, Druliner BR

Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol

March 2026

Tumor Heterogeneity Induces Pro- and Anti-metastatic Myeloid Cell Phenotypes in Breast Cancer Lung Metastasis.

Superville DA, Chrenková E, Zheng Y, Combes AJ, Barozzi I, Werb Z, Rendeiro AF, McGinnis CS, Goga A, Winkler J

bioRxiv

March 2026

Vitamin D in Gut and Systemic Immune Tolerance and in Infections' Risk: An International Evidence-Based Consensus Statement.

Bilezikian JP, di Filippo L, Bianchi A, Bikle DD, Binkley N, Bouillon R, Fassio A, Frara S, Jones G, Latella G, Laterza L, Graniel IP, Taccari F, Trasciatti S, White JH, Giustina A

Rev Endocr Metab Disord

March 2026

Corporate Vectors of Chronic Disease - Using Internal Industry Documents to Craft Counterstrategies.

Consortium of the Center to End Corporate Harm, University of California, San Francisco, Chartres N, Apollonio DE, Bero LA, Bialous S, Crosbie E, Hendlin YH, Hiatt RA, Kearns C, Knight KR, Ling PM, Lustig RH, Redberg RF, Schmidt LA, Tasker K, Teherani A, Woodruff TJ

N Engl J Med

March 2026

Parasites trigger epithelial cell crosstalk to drive gut-brain signalling.

Touhara KK, Xu J, Castro J, Liang HE, Li G, Brizuela M, Harrington AM, Garcia-Caraballo S, O'Donnell T, Neumann D, Rossen ND, Deng F, Schober G, Li Y, Locksley RM, Brierley SM, Julius D

Nature

March 2026

Structural energetics of cold sensitivity.

Choi KY, Lin X, Cheng Y, Julius D

Nature

March 2026

CRISPR tiling deletion screens reveal functional enhancers and allelic compensation effects (ACE) on SIN3A transcription.

Ren X, Zheng L, Liu Y, Maliskova L, Tam TW, Sun Y, Liu H, Cui X, Lee J, Takagi MA, Li B, Ren B, Wang W, Shen Y

Nat Commun

March 2026

ZMAP: A single-cell meta-atlas of zebrafish embryonic development reveals a consensus hierarchy of cell identities.

Aponte-Santiago NA, Su Y, Wagner DE

bioRxiv

March 2026

Gene Expansion and Regulatory Rewiring Shape Sex-Biased Evolution of the Mouse Submandibular Gland Secretome.

Landau LJB, Jain S, Griffin N, Saikia A, Kramer JM, Knox S, Ruhl S, Gokcumen O

bioRxiv

March 2026

Adipose-driven complement-lipid reprogramming controls nociceptive vulnerability in obesity-associated osteoarthritis.

Welhaven HD, Lesnak JB, Lenz KL, Andoko B, Oesterich AK, Plumb AN, Sadler KE, Springer LE, Brockert JG, Dumlao D, Akk AM, Wu X, Yan H, Zhang B, Messier SP, Loeser RF, June RK, Atkinson JP, Pham CTN, Price TJ, Guilak F, Collins KH

bioRxiv

March 2026