David A. Scott

Professor
Oral Immunology & Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville
United States of America

Biography

David A Scott is a Professor of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the School of Dentistry, University of Louisville. He received a BSc in Microbiology from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is past President of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases and a member of the International Association for Dental Research and the Society for Leukocyte Biology.

Research Intrest

Tobacco, Marijuana, Inflammation and Periodontal diseases

List of Publications
Gu Z, Lamont GJ, Lamont RJ, Uriarte SM, Wang H, Scott DA. Resolvin D1, resolvin D2 and maresin 1 activate the GSK3β anti-inflammatory axis in TLR4-engaged human monocytes. Innate immunity. 2016 Apr;22(3):186-95.
Yin H, Zhou H, Kang Y, Zhang X, Duan X, Alnabhan R, Liang S, Scott DA, Lamont RJ, Shang J, Wang H. Syk negatively regulates TLR4-mediated IFNβ and IL-10 production and promotes inflammatory responses in dendritic cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects. 2016 Mar 31;1860(3):588-98.
Hutcherson JA, Gogeneni H, Yoder‐Himes D, Hendrickson EL, Hackett M, Whiteley M, Lamont RJ, Scott DA. Comparison of inherently essential genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis identified in two transposon‐sequencing libraries. Molecular oral microbiology. 2016 Aug 1;31(4):354-64.
Goulas T, Garcia‐Ferrer I, Hutcherson JA, Potempa BA, Potempa J, Scott DA, Xavier Gomis‐Rüth F. Structure of RagB, a major immunodominant outer‐membrane surface receptor antigen of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Molecular oral microbiology. 2016 Dec 1;31(6):472-85.