Alexandra Lucas

Active Invasion of Oral and Aortic Tissues by Porphyromonas gingivalis in Mice Causally Links Periodontitis and Atherosclerosis

Irina M. Velsko, Sasanka S. Chukkapalli, Mercedes F. Rivera et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 196 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Oral Pathology +17

Prolonged inflammation leads to ongoing damage after spinal cord injury

Jacek M. Kwiecień, Wojciech Dąbrowski, Beata Dąbrowska‐Bouta et al. · PLoS ONE · 2020 · 122 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pathology +17

Polymicrobial Infection with Periodontal Pathogens Specifically Enhances MicroRNA miR-146a in ApoE ^−/− Mice during Experimental Periodontal Disease

Md A. Nahid, Mercedes F. Rivera, Alexandra Lucas et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2011 · 113 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Periodontics, Periodontology +13

Polymicrobial Infection with Major Periodontal Pathogens Induced Periodontal Disease and Aortic Atherosclerosis in Hyperlipidemic ApoEnull Mice

Mercedes F. Rivera, Ju Youn Lee, Monika Aneja et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 99 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Oral Biology, Periodontology +17

Polymicrobial Oral Infection with Four Periodontal Bacteria Orchestrates a Distinct Inflammatory Response and Atherosclerosis in ApoEnull Mice

Sasanka S. Chukkapalli, Irina M. Velsko, Mercedes F. Rivera‐Kweh et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 95 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Oral Biology, Periodontology +17