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Overview

David F. Lappin is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and contributes to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Dentistry. Their work includes subfields such as Periodontics, Oral Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, and Immunology.

The research topics covered by David F. Lappin include:

  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
  • Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Recent publications feature various aspects of oral and medical sciences. These include:

  • The role of acquired host immunity in periodontal diseases (2024), published in Periodontology 2000
  • Risk factors for bovine periodontal disease - a preliminary study (2020), published in animal
  • The association between ambient UVB dose and ANCA-associated vasculitis relapse and onset (2022), published in Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • Microbiome analysis of feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) and feline oral health (2021), published in Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Cutaneous Absidia corymbifera in a Lupus Nephritis Patient (2021), published in Cureus

David F. Lappin frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Marcello P. Riggio
  • Christopher J. Nile
  • Sheeba K. Thomas
  • David Bennett
  • Jennifer Scott

Their work is published in various venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • Periodontology 2000
  • animal
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • Cureus

Best Publications

  • Cytokine Responses of Oral Epithelial Cells to Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection

    J. Sandros;C. Karlsson;D.F. Lappin;P.N. Madianos

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in periodontitis

    D. F. Lappin;M. Kjeldsen;L. Sander;D. F. Kinane

  • Azole Resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilms Is Partly Associated with Efflux Pump Activity

    Ranjith Rajendran;Eilidh Mowat;Elaine McCulloch;David F Lappin

  • Anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and T cell cytokine profile in periodontitis granulation tissue

    D. F. Lappin;C. P. Macleod;A. Kerr;T. Mitchell

  • Clinical, pathological and immunological aspects of periodontal disease.

    Denis F. Kinane;David F. Lappin

  • Dentures are a reservoir for respiratory pathogens

    Lindsay E O'Donnell;Karen Smith;Craig Williams;Chris J Nile

  • Extracellular DNA Release Acts as an Antifungal Resistance Mechanism in Mature Aspergillus fumigatus Biofilms

    Ranjith Rajendran;Craig Williams;David F. Lappin;Owain Millington

  • Influence of periodontal disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis and cigarette smoking on systemic anti-citrullinated peptide antibody titres.

    David F. Lappin;Danae Apatzidou;Anne-Marie Quirke;Jessica Oliver-Bell

  • Biofilms formed by Candida albicans bloodstream isolates display phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity that are associated with resistance and pathogenicity

    Leighann Sherry;Ranjith Rajendran;David F. Lappin;Elisa Borghi

  • Biofilm formation by Scottish clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

    Karen Smith;Ana Perez;Gordon Ramage;David Lappin

  • Immune Processes in Periodontal Disease: A Review

    Denis F. Kinane;David F. Lappin

  • Antifungal, Cytotoxic, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Tea Tree Oil and Its Derivative Components: Potential Role in Management of Oral Candidosis in Cancer Patients

    Gordon Ramage;Steven Milligan;David F. Lappin;Leighann Sherry

  • Saliva and serum levels of B-cell activating factors and tumor necrosis factor-α in patients with periodontitis.

    Pınar Gümüş;Nejat Nizam;David F. Lappin;Nurcan Buduneli

  • Localization of Bunyamwera bunyavirus G1 glycoprotein to the Golgi requires association with G2 but not with NSm

    David F. Lappin;George W. Nakitare;John W. Palfreyman;Richard M. Elliott

  • Effect of smoking on serum RANKL and OPG in sex, age and clinically matched supportive‐therapy periodontitis patients

    David F. Lappin;Sakhr Sherrabeh;William M. M. Jenkins;Lorna M. D. Macpherson

  • Gingival epithelial cells heterozygous for Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile are hypo-responsive to Porphyromonas gingivalis

    D F Kinane;H Shiba;H Shiba;P G Stathopoulou;H Zhao

  • Reducing the Incidence of Denture Stomatitis: Are Denture Cleansers Sufficient?

    Anto Jose;Brent J. Coco;Steven Milligan;Beth Young

  • Effect of interferon-gamma on complement gene expression in different cell types.

    D F Lappin;D Guc;A Hill;T McShane

  • Periodontal therapy in chronic periodontitis lowers gingival crevicular fluid interleukin-1beta and DAS28 in rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Başak Bıyıkoğlu;Başak Bıyıkoğlu;Nurcan Buduneli;Kenan Aksu;Ayşe Nalbantsoy

  • Saliva concentrations of RANKL and osteoprotegerin in smoker versus non-smoker chronic periodontitis patients.

    Nurcan Buduneli;Başak Bıyıkoğlu;Sakhr Sherrabeh;David F. Lappin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Ramage
Gordon Ramage University of Glasgow
Denis F. Kinane
Denis F. Kinane University of Bern
David L.H. Bennett
David L.H. Bennett University of Oxford
Tim D.H. Parkin
Tim D.H. Parkin University of Bristol
Peter Warn
Peter Warn University of Manchester
Wim Crielaard
Wim Crielaard Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam
Richard M. Elliott
Richard M. Elliott University of Glasgow
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Patrick J. Venables
Patrick J. Venables University of Oxford
Thomas F. Patterson
Thomas F. Patterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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