Richard J. Lamont

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

Biography

Richard J. Lamont, Ph.D. is the Delta Dental Endowed Professor and director of the Research Group in Oral Health & Systemic Disease at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry.His research focuses on the molecular dialogue among oral bacteria and the means by which these bacteria manipulate host cells – this work has led to new insights into how bacteria thrive in humans.

Research Intrest

  inflammatory disease oral cavity 

List of Publications
Moffatt CE, Inaba H, Hirano T, Lamont RJ. Porphyromonas gingivalis SerB‐mediated dephosphorylation of host cell cofilin modulates invasion efficiency. Cellular microbiology. 2012 Apr 1;14(4):577-88.
Wang Q, Sztukowska M, Ojo A, Scott DA, Wang H, Lamont RJ. FOXO responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis in epithelial cells. Cellular microbiology. 2015 Nov 1;17(11):1605-17.
Sztukowska MN, Ojo A, Ahmed S, Carenbauer AL, Wang Q, Shumway B, Jenkinson HF, Wang H, Darling DS, Lamont RJ. Porphyromonas gingivalis initiates a mesenchymal‐like transition through ZEB1 in gingival epithelial cells. Cellular microbiology. 2016 Jun 1;18(6):844-58.