Kristopher A Kerns

13PUBLICATIONS
40CO-AUTHORS
PeriodonticsInnate immunityPaedodonticsMicrobial geneticsMicrobial taxonomy
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Publications (13)

|Jul 31, 2026
Zinc-stabilized stannous fluoride modulates the periodontal microbiome, reducing Fusobacteria, key Gram-negative species, and overall inflammation within an experimental gingivitis clinical trial.

|Mar 28, 2026
Ultrasmall oral Saccharibacteria modulate gingival immunoactivation through type IV pili and TLR2-dependent endocytosis.

Deepak Chouhan, Alex S Grossman, Kristopher A Kerns

|Feb 23, 2026
DNA and RNA-based amplicon sequencing of paired supragingival and dentin lesion plaque in children with severe early childhood caries.

Allison A Naumann, Elissa M Elmorr, Eleanor I Lamont

|Dec 29, 2025
Ultrasmall episymbiont Nanosynbacter lyticus employs multiple ATP-generating metabolic pathways during horizontal transmission.

Nusrat Nahar, Pu-Ting Dong, Jing Tian

|Aug 01, 2025
Identifying essential genes in Schaalia odontolytica using a saturated transposon library.

Joseph K Bedree, Jacob Bourgeois, Pooja Balani

|Jun 12, 2025
Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria suppresses epithelial immunoactivation through Type IV pili and TLR2 dependent endocytosis.

Deepak Chouhan, Alex S Grossman, Kristopher A Kerns

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Jeffrey S McLean

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Erik L Hendrickson

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