Christopher G. Engeland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Periodontics
Disease/Therapeutics, Cellular/Molecular
Effects of stress, age, gender and hormones (e.g., corticosteroids) on inflammation, wound healing, bacterial infection. Biomarkers as predictors of breast cancer, mucositis and preterm birth. Proteomics/genomics.
Selected references
- Engeland CG, Bosch JA, Cacioppo JT and Marucha PT. Mucosal wound healing: The roles of age and gender. Archives of Surgery. 2006; 141(12): 1193-1197; discussion 1198.
- Bosch JA, Engeland CG, Cacioppo JT and Marucha PT. Depressive symptoms predict mucosal wound healing. Psychosomatic Med. 2007; 69(7): 597-605.
- Engeland CG, Kavaliers M and Ossenkopp K-P. Influence of the estrous cycle on tolerance development to LPS-induced sickness behaviors in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2006; 31(4): 510-525.