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Species | Ma ScheperSummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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High mobility group A2 is a target for miRNA-98 in head and neck squamous cell carcinomaCarla Hebert
Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1586, USA
Mol Cancer 6:5. 2007....
Expression and alterations of the PTEN / AKT / mTOR pathway in ameloblastomasM A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Dis 14:561-8. 2008....
A novel bioassay model to determine clinically significant bisphosphonate levelsMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 650 W Baltimore Street, 7 N, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Support Care Cancer 17:1553-7. 2009..The objective of this current study was to develop a novel bioassay model representative of the oral levels of BPs in patients presenting with or at risk for BON...
A stable swelling of the hard palateMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 104:461-4. 2007
Survivin is a downstream target and effector of sulindac-sensitive oncogenic Stat3 signalling in head and neck cancerM A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 650 W Baltimore Ave 7 North, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 36:632-9. 2007..These data indicate that survivin is a downstream target and effector of oncogenic Stat3 signalling in SCC, which is targeted by sulindac in a COX-2-independent manner...
Sulindac induces apoptosis and inhibits tumor growth in vivo in head and neck squamous cell carcinomaMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Neoplasia 9:192-9. 2007....
A novel soft-tissue in vitro model for bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosisMa Scheper
Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair 3:6. 2010..The level of BP release was determined based on the effect of BP directly on cells, using the DDs or the supernatant fluids resulting from chelation...
Cowden syndrome: report of a case with immunohistochemical analysis and review of the literatureMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 101:625-31. 2006..A final diagnosis of Cowden syndrome was made on the basis of established criteria and confirmed using immunohistochemistry directed against PTEN and phosphorylated-AKT...
Effect of zoledronic acid on oral fibroblasts and epithelial cells: a potential mechanism of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosisMark A Scheper
Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, Dental School, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Br J Haematol 144:667-76. 2009..These findings support the potential for soft tissue injury as an initiating/potentiating event for osteonecrosis...
COX-independent antineoplastic effects of sulindac in oral cancer are mediated by survivin down-regulationMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Anticancer Res 26:4103-13. 2006..Down-regulation of survivin expression by sulindac provides an explanation for its antineoplastic effects...
Hybrid central odontogenic fibroma with giant cell granuloma-like component: case report and review of literatureRania H Younis
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, 650 W Baltimore Avenue 7 North, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Head Neck Pathol 2:222-6. 2008..The significance of GCG-like areas within COF is the reported increased risk of recurrence following curettage, possibly necessitating more aggressive therapy...
Granulomatous foreign-body reaction involving oral and perioral tissues after injection of biomaterials: a series of 7 cases and review of the literatureBruno C Jham
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 67:280-5. 2009..In addition, the clinical and epidemiological profile of this condition is summarized, based on a review of the English-language literature of all previously described cases...
Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia of the palate: case report and literature reviewBruno C Jham
University of Maryland Dental School, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 37:79-82. 2009..Morphologic and immunohistochemical analyses and molecular studies are essential to achieve accurate diagnosis and to implement appropriate management...
Myofibromatosis: a case report with a unique clinical presentationMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 99:325-30. 2005..All were treated with excision, without recurrence at the primary site...
Oral plasmablastic lymphoma in an HIV-negative patient: a case report and review of the literatureMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 100:198-206. 2005..The features of this rare disease are summarized based on a comprehensive review of the epidemiologic, clinical and immunohistochemical findings of previously reported cases...
Oral health status of 207 head and neck cancer patients before, during and after radiotherapyBruno C Jham
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Floor 7 North, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
Clin Oral Investig 12:19-24. 2008..The demographic profile herein presented will be useful as baseline data to provide additional epidemiological information and to determine future measures for prevention and treatment of RT-induced complications and sequelae...
Multifocal melanoacanthoma of the gingiva and hard palateJohn K Brooks
Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201 1586, USA
J Periodontol 80:527-32. 2009..This article reports a previously undescribed case of multifocal melanoacanthoma affecting the maxillary and mandibular gingiva and the hard palate. A literature review of melanoacanthoma of the gingiva is also provided...
Farnesol, a fungal quorum-sensing molecule triggers apoptosis in human oral squamous carcinoma cellsMark A Scheper
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Neoplasia 10:954-63. 2008..The capability of farnesol to trigger apoptosis in cancer cells makes it a potential tool for studying tumor progression and an attractive candidate as a therapeutic agent...
Protection of the oral mucosa by salivary histatin-5 against Candida albicans in an ex vivo murine model of oral infectionBrian M Peters
Graduate Program in Life Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
FEMS Yeast Res 10:597-604. 2010..Combined, the findings from this study demonstrate for the first time the efficacy of salivary Hst-5 in protecting host oral tissue against C. albicans infection, thereby affirming the therapeutic potential of this natural host peptide...
Oral lipoma: report of three casesJohn K Brooks
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, USA
Gen Dent 56:172-6. 2008..Surgical excision is the modality of treatment and malignant transformation or recurrence is rare...
Oral melanoacanthoma in an adolescentJohn K Brooks
Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1586, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 27:384-7. 2010..To extend the knowledge of this lesion, we provide a case of gingival melanoacanthoma in a 17-year-old male patient. In addition, a comprehensive differential diagnosis for gingival hyperpigmentations in young patients is detailed...
Farnesol-induced apoptosis in Candida albicansMark E Shirtliff
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53:2392-401. 2009..albicans through caspase activation, implying an important physiological role for farnesol in the fungal cell life cycle with important implications for adaptation and survival...
Metastatic neuroendocrine carcinomas to the head and neck: report of 4 cases and review of the literatureAndrew R Salama
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maryland Dental School, University of Maryland Medical Center, Marlene and Stuart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 108:242-7. 2009..Although rare, these tumors should be included in the differential diagnosis of head and neck lesions, particularly when the patient presents with a history of a previous NEC...
Diminutive, interradicular "hybrid" desmoplastic/acanthomatous ameloblastomaJohn K Brooks
Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA
Quintessence Int 41:209-12. 2010..Practitioners should be vigilant for diminutive radiolucent lesions of the jaws with poorly defined borders. Timely recognition and intervention of ameloblastomas may improve treatment outcomes...
Intraoral proliferative myositis: case report and literature reviewJohn K Brooks
Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Head Neck 29:416-20. 2007..Here we present only the third oral case of proliferative myositis, arising from the tongue of a 65-year-old man...
