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Tan Kai Soo

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Professor Dentistry
Biography

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Academic Qualifications  PhD, Microbiology, National University of Singapore  BSc (Honors) 2nd Upper Division, Microbiology, National University of Singapore

Research Intrest

Oral-systemic links, Host-pathogen interactions in oral infections, Endodontic Microbiology, Periodontal Microbiology, Oral biofilms,

List of Publications
K.S. Tan, K.O. Lee, K.C. Low, A.M. Gamage, Y. Liu, G.Y.G. Tan, H.Q.V. Koh, S. Alonso, Y.H. Gan (2012). Glutathione deficiency in Type 2 diabetes impairs cytokine responses and control of intracellular bacteria. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 122:2289-300. (IF = 13.7)
S.Y. Quah, S. Wu, J.N. Lui, C.P. Sum and K.S. Tan (2012). N-acetylcysteine inhibits growth and eradicates biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis. Journal of Endodontics, 38:81-5. (IF =3.1)
P. Lee and K.S. Tan (2014). Fusobacterium nucleatum activates immune response through Retinoic Acid–Inducible Gene I. Journal of Dental Research 93(2): 162-168. (Featured on Journal Cover Page). (IF = 4.1)
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