Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Choe H, Narayanan A, Weinberg A, Marcus R, Lee Z, Bonomo R, Greenfield E. Immunomodulatory Peptide IDR-1018 Decreases Implant Infection and Preserves Osseointegration. Clin Orthop Rel Res. Forthcoming.
Cooley MB, Wulftange WJ, Wegierak D, Goreke U, Abenojar EC, Gurkan UA, Exner AA. Real-time imaging of nanobubble ultrasound contrast agent flow, extravasation, and diffusion through an extracellular matrix using a microfluidic model. Lab Chip. 2023 Jul 25;23(15):3453-3466. doi: 10.1039/d3lc00514c. PubMed PMID: 37424286.
Solomon SS, Wagner-Cardoso S, Smeaton L, Sowah LA, Wimbish C, Robbins G, Brates I, Scello C, Son A, Avihingsanon A, Linas B, Anthony D, Nunes EP, Kliemann DA, Supparatpinyo K, Kityo C, Tebas P, Bennet JA, Santana-Bagur J, Benson CA, Van Schalkwyk M, Cheinquer N, Naggie S, Wyles D, Sulkowski M. A minimal monitoring approach for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection (ACTG A5360 [MINMON]): a phase 4, open-label, single-arm trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Apr;7(4):307-317. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00397-6. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 35026142; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8920770.
Shokeen B, Park J, Duong E, Rambhia S, Paul M, Weinberg A, Shi W, Lux R. Role of FAD-I in Fusobacterial Interspecies Interaction and Biofilm Formation. Microorganisms. 2020 Jan 2;8(1). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010070. PubMed PMID: 31906541; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7023056.
Miller DP, Wang Q, Weinberg A, Lamont RJ. Transcriptome analysis of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Acinetobacter baumannii in polymicrobial communities. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2018 Oct;33(5):364-377. doi: 10.1111/omi.12238. Epub 2018 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: 29939498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6158049.
Dazard JE, Ishwaran H, Mehlotra R, Weinberg A, Zimmerman P. Ensemble survival tree models to reveal pairwise interactions of variables with time-to-events outcomes in low-dimensional setting. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol. 2018 Feb 17;17(1). doi: 10.1515/sagmb-2017-0038. PubMed PMID: 29453930; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5844232.
Guo L, Shokeen B, He X, Shi W, Lux R. Streptococcus mutans SpaP binds to RadD of Fusobacterium nucleatum ssp. polymorphum. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2017 Oct;32(5):355-364. doi: 10.1111/omi.12177. Epub 2017 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 27976528; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5472499.
Shi B, Wu T, McLean J, Edlund A, Young Y, He X, Lv H, Zhou X, Shi W, Li H, Lux R. The Denture-Associated Oral Microbiome in Health and Stomatitis. mSphere. 2016 Nov-Dec;1(6). doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00215-16. eCollection 2016 Nov-Dec. PubMed PMID: 28066812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5196032.
Bhattacharyya S, Ghosh SK, Shokeen B, Eapan B, Lux R, Kiselar J, Nithianantham S, Young A, Pandiyan P, McCormick TS, Weinberg A. FAD-I, a Fusobacterium nucleatum Cell Wall-Associated Diacylated Lipoprotein That Mediates Human Beta Defensin 2 Induction through Toll-Like Receptor-1/2 (TLR-1/2) and TLR-2/6. Infect Immun. 2016 May;84(5):1446-1456. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01311-15. Print 2016 May. PubMed PMID: 26930710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4862701.
Choe H, Narayanan AS, Gandhi DA, Weinberg A, Marcus RE, Lee Z, Bonomo RA, Greenfield EM. Immunomodulatory Peptide IDR-1018 Decreases Implant Infection and Preserves Osseointegration. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Sep;473(9):2898-907. doi: 10.1007/s11999-015-4301-2. PubMed PMID: 25953690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4523515.
Bhaskaran N, Cohen S, Zhang Y, Weinberg A, Pandiyan P. TLR-2 Signaling Promotes IL-17A Production in CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory Cells during Oropharyngeal Candidiasis. Pathogens. 2015 Mar 17;4(1):90-110. doi: 10.3390/pathogens4010090. PubMed PMID: 25790134; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4384074.
Bhaskaran N, Weinberg A, Pandiyan P. Th17 inflammation model of oropharyngeal candidiasis in immunodeficient mice. J Vis Exp. 2015 Feb 18;(96). doi: 10.3791/52538. PubMed PMID: 25742163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4354660.
Das B, Dobrowolski C, Shahir AM, Feng Z, Yu X, Sha J, Bissada NF, Weinberg A, Karn J, Ye F. Short chain fatty acids potently induce latent HIV-1 in T-cells by activating P-TEFb and multiple histone modifications. Virology. 2015 Jan 1;474:65-81. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.10.033. Epub 2014 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 25463605; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4259832.
Willie B, Hall NB, Stein CM, Jurevic RJ, Weinberg A, Mehlotra RK, Zimmerman PA. Association of Toll-like receptor polymorphisms with HIV status in North Americans. Genes Immun. 2014 Dec;15(8):569-77. doi: 10.1038/gene.2014.54. Epub 2014 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 25253287; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4257894.
Pietropaoli D, Del Pinto R, Corridoni D, Rodriguez-Palacios A, Di Stefano G, Monaco A, Weinberg A, Cominelli F. Occurrence of spontaneous periodontal disease in the SAMP1/YitFc murine model of Crohn disease. J Periodontol. 2014 Dec;85(12):1799-805. doi: 10.1902/jop.2014.140316. PubMed PMID: 25019175; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4460836.
Feng Z, Jia X, Adams MD, Ghosh SK, Bonomo RA, Weinberg A. Epithelial innate immune response to Acinetobacter baumannii challenge. Infect Immun. 2014 Nov;82(11):4458-65. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01897-14. Epub 2014 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 25114113; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4249312.
Yu X, Shahir AM, Sha J, Feng Z, Eapen B, Nithianantham S, Das B, Karn J, Weinberg A, Bissada NF, Ye F. Short-chain fatty acids from periodontal pathogens suppress histone deacetylases, EZH2, and SUV39H1 to promote Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication. J Virol. 2014 Apr;88(8):4466-79. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03326-13. Epub 2014 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 24501407; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3993761.
Pandiyan P, Bhaskaran N, Zhang Y, Weinberg A. Isolation of T cells from mouse oral tissues. Biol Proced Online. 2014 Mar 10;16(1):4. doi: 10.1186/1480-9222-16-4. PubMed PMID: 24612879; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3984730.
Petrov V, Funderburg N, Weinberg A, Sieg S. Human β defensin-3 induces chemokines from monocytes and macrophages: diminished activity in cells from HIV-infected persons. Immunology. 2013 Dec;140(4):413-20. doi: 10.1111/imm.12148. PubMed PMID: 23829433; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3839645.
Vernon LT, Demko CA, Babineau DC, Wang X, Toossi Z, Weinberg A, Rodriguez B. Effect of Nadir CD4+ T cell count on clinical measures of periodontal disease in HIV+ adults before and during immune reconstitution on HAART. PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e76986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076986. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24146949; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3795634.
Feng Z, Dubyak GR, Jia X, Lubkowski JT, Weinberg A. Human β-defensin-3 structure motifs that are important in CXCR4 antagonism. FEBS J. 2013 Jul;280(14):3365-75. doi: 10.1111/febs.12328. Epub 2013 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 23659571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3831652.
Ghosh SK, McCormick TS, Eapen BL, Yohannes E, Chance MR, Weinberg A. Comparison of epigenetic profiles of human oral epithelial cells from HIV-positive (on HAART) and HIV-negative subjects. Epigenetics. 2013 Jul;8(7):703-9. doi: 10.4161/epi.25028. Epub 2013 May 17. PubMed PMID: 23804146; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3781189.
Ye FC, Zhou FC, Nithianantham S, Chandran B, Yu XL, Weinberg A, Gao SJ. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces rapid release of angiopoietin-2 from endothelial cells. J Virol. 2013 Jun;87(11):6326-35. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03303-12. Epub 2013 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 23536671; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3648120.
Meisch JP, Nishimura M, Vogel RM, Sung HC, Bednarchik BA, Ghosh SK, Fu P, McCormick T, Weinberg A, Levine AD. Human β-defensin 3 peptide is increased and redistributed in Crohn's ileitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Apr;19(5):942-53. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0b013e318280b11a. PubMed PMID: 23511030; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3746836.
Ghosh SK, Yohannes E, Bebek G, Weinberg A, Jiang B, Willard B, Chance MR, Kinter MT, McCormick TS. Proteomic and bioinformatic profile of primary human oral epithelial cells. J Proteome Res. 2012 Nov 2;11(11):5492-502. doi: 10.1021/pr3007254. Epub 2012 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 23035736; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3508721.
Lioi AB, Rodriguez AL, Funderburg NT, Feng Z, Weinberg A, Sieg SF. Membrane damage and repair in primary monocytes exposed to human β-defensin-3. J Leukoc Biol. 2012 Nov;92(5):1083-91. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0112046. Epub 2012 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 22837529; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4050522.
Weinberg A, Jin G, Sieg S, McCormick TS. The yin and yang of human Beta-defensins in health and disease. Front Immunol. 2012;3:294. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00294. eCollection 2012. PubMed PMID: 23060878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3465815.
Jiang W, Ghosh SK, Flyckt R, Kalinowska M, Starks D, Jurevic R, Weinberg A, Lederman MM, Rodriguez B. Bacterial colonization and beta defensins in the female genital tract in HIV infection. Curr HIV Res. 2012 Sep;10(6):504-12. doi: 10.2174/157016212802429848. PubMed PMID: 22716110; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3427638.
Williams WM, Castellani RJ, Weinberg A, Perry G, Smith MA. Do β-defensins and other antimicrobial peptides play a role in neuroimmune function and neurodegeneration?. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:905785. doi: 10.1100/2012/905785. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 22606066; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3346844.
Ye F, Lattif AA, Xie J, Weinberg A, Gao S. Nutlin-3 induces apoptosis, disrupts viral latency and inhibits expression of angiopoietin-2 in Kaposi sarcoma tumor cells. Cell Cycle. 2012 Apr 1;11(7):1393-9. doi: 10.4161/cc.19756. Epub 2012 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 22421142; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3350880.
Tebit DM, Ndembi N, Weinberg A, Quiñones-Mateu ME. Mucosal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. Curr HIV Res. 2012 Jan 1;10(1):3-8. doi: 10.2174/157016212799304689. Review. PubMed PMID: 22264040; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3744389.
Mehlotra RK, Dazard JE, John B, Zimmerman PA, Weinberg A, Jurevic RJ. Copy Number Variation within Human β-Defensin Gene Cluster Influences Progression to AIDS in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. J AIDS Clin Res. 2012;3(10). doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000184. PubMed PMID: 23543857; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3610425.
Yohannes E, Ghosh SK, Jiang B, McCormick TS, Weinberg A, Hill E, Faddoul F, Chance MR. Proteomic signatures of human oral epithelial cells in HIV-infected subjects. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027816. Epub 2011 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 22114700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3218055.
Vernon LT, Babineau DC, Demko CA, Lederman MM, Wang X, Toossi Z, Weinberg A, Rodriguez B. A prospective cohort study of periodontal disease measures and cardiovascular disease markers in HIV-infected adults. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Nov;27(11):1157-66. doi: 10.1089/AID.2010.0320. Epub 2011 May 9. PubMed PMID: 21443451; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3206743.
Ghosh SK, Gupta S, Jiang B, Weinberg A. Fusobacterium nucleatum and human beta-defensins modulate the release of antimicrobial chemokine CCL20/macrophage inflammatory protein 3α. Infect Immun. 2011 Nov;79(11):4578-87. doi: 10.1128/IAI.05586-11. Epub 2011 Sep 12. PubMed PMID: 21911466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257922.
Funderburg NT, Jadlowsky JK, Lederman MM, Feng Z, Weinberg A, Sieg SF. The Toll-like receptor 1/2 agonists Pam(3) CSK(4) and human β-defensin-3 differentially induce interleukin-10 and nuclear factor-κB signalling patterns in human monocytes. Immunology. 2011 Oct;134(2):151-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03475.x. PubMed PMID: 21896010; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3194223.
Spear GT, Kendrick SR, Chen HY, Thomas TT, Bahk M, Balderas R, Ghosh S, Weinberg A, Landay AL. Multiplex immunoassay of lower genital tract mucosal fluid from women attending an urban STD clinic shows broadly increased IL1ß and lactoferrin. PLoS One. 2011 May 10;6(5):e19560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019560. PubMed PMID: 21572958; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3091877.
Weinberg A, Naglik JR, Kohli A, Tugizov SM, Fidel PL Jr, Liu Y, Herzberg M. Innate immunity including epithelial and nonspecific host factors: workshop 1B. Adv Dent Res. 2011 Apr;23(1):122-9. doi: 10.1177/0022034511399917. PubMed PMID: 21441493; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6699119.
Williams WM, Weinberg A, Smith MA. Protein modification by dicarbonyl molecular species in neurodegenerative diseases. J Amino Acids. 2011;2011:461216. doi: 10.4061/2011/461216. Epub 2011 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 22332001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3276062.
Gupta S, Ghosh SK, Scott ME, Bainbridge B, Jiang B, Lamont RJ, McCormick TS, Weinberg A. Fusobacterium nucleatum-associated beta-defensin inducer (FAD-I): identification, isolation, and functional evaluation. J Biol Chem. 2010 Nov 19;285(47):36523-31. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.133140. Epub 2010 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 20847052; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2978580.
Lederman MM, Alter G, Daskalakis DC, Rodriguez B, Sieg SF, Hardy G, Cho M, Anthony D, Harding C, Weinberg A, Silverman RH, Douek DC, Margolis L, Goldstein DB, Carrington M, Goedert JJ. Determinants of protection among HIV‐exposed seronegative persons: an overview. J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;202 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S333-8. doi: 10.1086/655967. Review. PubMed PMID: 20887220; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3184646.
McCormick TS, Weinberg A. Epithelial cell-derived antimicrobial peptides are multifunctional agents that bridge innate and adaptive immunity. Periodontol 2000. 2010 Oct;54(1):195-206. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2010.00373.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 20712640; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3816379.
Jin G, Kawsar HI, Hirsch SA, Zeng C, Jia X, Feng Z, Ghosh SK, Zheng QY, Zhou A, McIntyre TM, Weinberg A. An antimicrobial peptide regulates tumor-associated macrophage trafficking via the chemokine receptor CCR2, a model for tumorigenesis. PLoS One. 2010 Jun 8;5(6):e10993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010993. PubMed PMID: 20544025; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2882331.
Kawsar HI, Ghosh SK, Hirsch SA, Koon HB, Weinberg A, Jin G. Expression of human beta-defensin-2 in intratumoral vascular endothelium and in endothelial cells induced by transforming growth factor beta. Peptides. 2010 Feb;31(2):195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.12.008. Epub 2009 Dec 16. PubMed PMID: 20006664.
Vernon LT, Demko CA, Whalen CC, Lederman MM, Toossi Z, Wu M, Han YW, Weinberg A. Characterizing traditionally defined periodontal disease in HIV+ adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;37(5):427-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00485.x. Epub 2009 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 19624697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2778275.
Kawsar HI, Weinberg A, Hirsch SA, Venizelos A, Howell S, Jiang B, Jin G. Overexpression of human beta-defensin-3 in oral dysplasia: potential role in macrophage trafficking. Oral Oncol. 2009 Aug;45(8):696-702. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.10.016. Epub 2008 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 19097930.
Diamond G, Beckloff N, Weinberg A, Kisich KO. The roles of antimicrobial peptides in innate host defense. Curr Pharm Des. 2009;15(21):2377-92. doi: 10.2174/138161209788682325. Review. PubMed PMID: 19601838; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2750833.
Funderburg N, Lederman MM, Feng Z, Drage MG, Jadlowsky J, Harding CV, Weinberg A, Sieg SF. Human -defensin-3 activates professional antigen-presenting cells via Toll-like receptors 1 and 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18631-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702130104. Epub 2007 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 18006661; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2141828.
Ghosh SK, Gerken TA, Schneider KM, Feng Z, McCormick TS, Weinberg A. Quantification of human beta-defensin-2 and -3 in body fluids: application for studies of innate immunity. Clin Chem. 2007 Apr;53(4):757-65. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.081430. Epub 2007 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 17317882; NIHMSID:NIHMS377864.
Feng Z, Dubyak GR, Lederman MM, Weinberg A. Cutting edge: human beta defensin 3--a novel antagonist of the HIV-1 coreceptor CXCR4. J Immunol. 2006 Jul 15;177(2):782-6. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.2.782. PubMed PMID: 16818731.
What would you like to do?