2020 - 2021

Fouillen A, Mary C, Ponce KJ, Moffatt P, Nanci A. A proline rich protein from the gingival seal around teeth exhibits antimicrobial properties against Porphyromonas gingivalis. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 27; 11:2353. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81791-7

Igelmann S, Lessard F, Fernandez-Ruiz A, Boiuchard J, Uchenunu O, Rowell MC, Lopes=Paciência S, Papadopoli D, Fouillen A, Ponce KJ, Huot G, Mignacca L, Benfdil M, Kalegari P, Wahba HM, Pencik J, Vuong N, Quenneville J, Bourdeau V, Hulea L, Gagnon E, Kenner L, Moriggl R, Nanci A, Pollak M, Omichinski J, Topisitrovic I, Ferbeyre G. A hydride transfer complex reprograms NAD metabolism preventing senescence. Molecular Cell 2021

Beskrovnaya P, Fakih D, Sexton D, Xing S, Golmohammadzadeh M, Morneau I, Guadarrama Bello D, Nanci A, Huan T, Tocheva. No endospore formation confirmed in members of the phylum proteobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020, 87: e02312-20

Ducrot C, Bourque MJ, Delmas C, Racine AS, Guadarrama Bello D, Delignat-Lavaud B, Lycas MD, Fallon A, Michaud-Tardif C, Burke Nanni S, Herborg F, Gether U, Nanci A, Takahashi H, Parent M, Trudeau LE. Dopaminergic neurons establish a distinctive axonal arbor with a majority of non-synaptic terminals. bioRxiv 2020, 1: 1

de Barros E Lima Bueno R, Ponce KJ, Dias AP, Guadarrama Bello D, Brunski JB, Nanci A. Influence of Nanotopography on Early Bone Healing during Controlled Implant Loading. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2020 Nov 3;10(11):2191. doi: 10.3390/nano10112191.

Guadarrama Bello D, Fouillen A, Badia A, Nanci A. Nanoporosity Stimulates Cell Spreading and Focal Adhesion Formation in Cells with Mutated Paxillin. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Apr 1;12(13):14924-14932. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c01172.

Camacho D, Frazao R, Fouillen A, Nanci A, Lang BF, Apte SC, Baron C, Warren LA. New Insights Into Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Sulfur Metabolism Through Coupled Gene Expression, Solution Chemistry, Microscopy, and Spectroscopy Analyses. Front Microbiol. 2020 Mar 13;11:411. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00411.

de Barros E Lima Bueno R, Dias AP, Ponce KJ, Brunski JB, Nanci A. System for application of controlled forces on dental implants in rat maxillae: Influence of the number of load cycles on bone healing. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2020 Apr;108(3):965-975. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34449.

Rodriguez-Contreras A, Nanci A. Nanocavitation of stainless steel improves its corrosion resistance and minimizes toxic effects on MC3T3-E1 osteogenic cellsSurf Coat Technol 2020 382:125225




2010 - 2019

Gourgas O, Muiznieks LD, Bello DG, Nanci A, Sharpe S, Cerruti M. Cross-linked elastin-like polypeptide membranes as a model for medial arterial calcification. Biomacromolecules. 2019: 20(7) 2625-2636. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00417

Fouillen A, Grenier D, Barbeau J, Baron C, Moffatt P, Nanci A. Selective bacterial degradation of the extracellular matrix attaching the gingiva to the tooth. European journal of Oral Sciences. 2019: 1-10. doi: 10.1111/eos.12623.

Ariganello MB, Guadarrama Bello D, Rodriguez-Contreras A, Sadeghi S, Isola G, Variola F, Nanci A. Surface nanocavitation of titanium modulates macrophage activity. International journal of Nanomedicine. 2018:13 8297-8308.

Bouvette J, Korkut DN, Fouillen A, Amellah S, Nanci A, Durocher Y, Omichinski JG, Legault P. Hight-yield production of human Dicer by transfection of human HEK293-EBNA1 cells grown in suspension. BMC Biotechnol. 2018 Dec 6. 18(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12896-018-0485-3.

Duval T, Saliani A, Nami H, Nanci A, Stikov N, Leblond H, Cohen-Adad J. Axons morphometry in the human spinal cord. Neuroimage. 2019 Jan 15. 185:119-128. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.033

Mary C, Fouillen A, Bessette B, Nanci A, Baron C. Interaction via the N terminus of the type IV secretion system (T4SS) protein VirB6 with VirB10 is required for VirB2 and VirB5 incorporation into T-pili and for T4SS function.J Biol Chem. 2018 July 5. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.002751

de Barros E Lima Bueno R, Dias AP, Ponce KJ, Wazen R, Brunski JB, Nanci A. Bone healing response in cyclically loaded implants: Comparing zero, one, and two loading sessions per day. J Mech Beav Biomed Mater. 2018 sept, 85:152-161. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.05.044

Casu B, Mary C, Sverzhinsky A, Fouillen A, Nanci A, Baron C. VirB8 homolog TraE from plasmid pKM101 forms a hexameric ring structure and interacts with the VirB6 homolog TraD. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018 jun 5, 115(23):5950-5955. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1802501115

Diomede F, Gugliandolo A, Cardelli P, Merciaro I, Ettorre V, Traini T, Bedini R , Scionti D, Bramanti A, Nanci A, Caputi S, Fontana A, Mazzon E, Trubiani O. Three-dimensional printed PLA scaffold and human gingival stem cell-derived extracellulat vesicles: a new tool for bone defect repair. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2018 apr 13, 9(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s13287-018-0850-0

Deshaies JE, Shrekta L, Moszczynski AJ, Sidibé H, Semmler S, Fouillen A, Bennett ER, Bekenstein U, Destroismaisons L, Toutant J, Delmotte Q, Volkening K, Stabile S, Aulas A, Khalfallah Y, Soreq H, Nanci A, Strong MJ, Chabot B, Vande Velde C. TDP-43 regulates the alternative splicing of hnRNP A1 to yield an aggregation-prone variant in amyotrophic lateral slerosis. Brain. 2018 may 1, 141(5):1320-1333. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy062

Rodriguez-Contreras A, Guadarrama Bello D, Flynn S, Variola F, Wuest JD, Nanci A. Chemical nanocavitation of surfaces to enhance the utility of stainless as a medical material. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2018 jan 1, 161:677-687. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.11.051

Guadarrama Bello D, Fouillen A, Badia A, Nanci A. A nanoporous titanium surface promotes the maturation of focal adhesions and formation of filopodia with distinctive nanoscale protusions by osteogenic cells. Acta Biomater. 2017 sept 15, 60:339-349. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.07.022

Fouillen A, Dos Santos Neves J, Mary C, Castonguay JD, Moffatt P, Baron C, Nanci A. Interactions of AMTN, ODAM and SCPPPQ1 proteins of a specialized basal lamina that attaches epithelial cells to tooth mineral. Sci Rep 2017 apr 24, 7:46683. doi: 10.1038/srep46683

Moffatt P, Geng Y, Lamplugh L, Nanci A, Roughley PJ. Absence of the dermatan sulfate chain of decorin does not affect mouse development. J Negat Results Biomed. 2017 Apr 17;16(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12952-017-0074-3.

Smart J, Fouillen A, Casu B, Nanci A, Baron C. Cag-delta (Cag3) protein from the Helicobacter pylori 26695 cag type IV secretion system forms ring-like supramolecular assemblies. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2017 Jan;364(1). pii: fnw280. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw280. Epub 2016 Dec 15.

Wazen RM, Viegas-Costa LC, Fouillen A, Moffatt P, Adair-Kirk TL, Senior RM, Nanci A. Laminin γ2 knockout mice rescued with the human protein exhibit enamel maturation defects. Matrix Biol. 2016 May-Jul;52-54:207-18. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.03.002. Epub 2016 Mar 5.

Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Ponce KJ, Kuroda S, Nishio C, Nanci A. Inactivation of the Odontogenic ameloblast-associated gene affects the integrity of the junctional epithelium and gingival healing. Eur Cell Mater. 2015 Sep 28;30:187-99.

Maeda Y, Kuroda S, Ganzorig K, Wazen RM, Nanci A, Tanaka E. Histomorphometric analysis of overloading on palatal tooth movement into the maxillary sinus. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2015 Sep;148(3):423-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.04.032.

Maia LP, Reino DM, Muglia VA, Almeida AL, Nanci A, Wazen RM, de Oliveira PT, Palioto DB, Novaes AB Jr. Influence of periodontal tissue thickness on buccal plate remodelling on immediate implants with xenograft. J Clin Periodontol. 2015 Jun;42(6):590-8. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.12405. Epub 2015 May 4.

Moffatt P, Wazen RM, Dos Santos Neves J, Nanci A. Characterisation of secretory calcium-binding phosphoprotein-proline-glutamine-rich 1: a novel basal lamina component expressed at cell-tooth interfaces. Cell Tissue Res. 2014 Dec;358(3):843-55. doi: 10.1007/s00441-014-1989-3. Epub 2014 Sep 6.

Ariganello MB, Omelon S, Variola F, Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Nanci A. Osteogenic cell cultures cannot utilize exogenous sources of synthetic polyphosphate for mineralization. J Cell Biochem. 2014 Dec;115(12):2089-102. doi: 10.1002/jcb.24886.

Variola F, Zalzal SF, Leduc A, Barbeau J, Nanci A . Oxidative nanopatterning of titanium generates mesoporous surfaces with antimicrobial properties. Int J Nanomedicine. 2014 May 13;9:2319-25. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S61333. eCollection 2014.

Omelon S, Ariganello M, Bonucci E, Grynpas M, Nanci A. A review of phosphate mineral nucleation in biology and geobiology. Calcif Tissue Int. 2013 Oct;93(4):382-96.

Nishio C, Wazen R, Moffatt P, Nanci A. Expression of odontogenic ameloblast-associated and amelotin proteins in the junctional epithelium. Periodontol 2000. 2013 Oct;63(1):59-66. doi: 10.1111/prd.12031.

Wazen RM, Currey JA, Guoc H, Brunski, JB, Helms JA, Nanci A.Micromotion-induced strain fields influence early stages of repair at bone-implant interfaces. Acta Biomaterialia.doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2013.01.014

Pereira KK, Alves OC, Novaes AB Jr, de Oliveira FS, Yi JH, Zaniquelli O, Wolf-Brandstetter C, Scharnweber D, Variola F, Nanci A, Rosa AL, de Oliveira PT. Progression of osteogenic cell cultures grown on microtopographic titanium coated with calcium phosphate and functionalized with a type I collagen-derived peptide. J Periodontol, doi:10.1902/jop.2012.120072 

Wazen RM, Kuroda S, Nishio C, Brunski JB, Nanci A. Gene expression profiling by DNA microarray and histomorphometric analyses of healing bone around nanotextured implants. Nanomedicine, doi:10.2217/NNM.12.167

Kuroda S, Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2013): Mechanical stress induces bone formation in the maxillary sinus in a short-term mouse model. Clin Oral Invest, 17: 131-137.

Lacruz RS, Smith CE, Moffatt P, Chang EH, Bromage TG, Bringas Jr P, Nanci A, Baniwal SK, Zabner J, Welsh MJ, Kurtz I, Paine ML (2012): Requirements for ion and solute transport, and pH regulation, during enamel maturation. J Cell Physiol, 227: 1776–1785. 

Dos Santos Neves J, Wazen RM, Kuroda S, Francis Zalzal S, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2012): Odontogenic ameloblast-associated and amelotin are novel basal lamina components. Histochem Cell Biol, 137:329–338.

Bartlett JD, Yamakoshi Y, Simmer JP, Nanci A, Smith CE (2011): MMP20 Cleaves E-Cadherin and influences ameloblast development. Cells Tissues Organs, 194: 222-226.

Bartlett JD, Skobe Z, Nanci A, Smith CE (2011): Matrix metalloproteinase 20 promotes a smooth enamel surface, a strong dentino–enamel junction, and a decussating enamel rod pattern. Eur J Oral Sci, 119 (Suppl. 1) : 199-205.

Kuroda S, Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2011): Ameloblastin is not implicated in bone remodeling and repair. Eur Cells Mater, 22: 56-67.

Duong A, Dubois M-A, Maris T, Métivaud V, Yi J-H, Nanci A, Rocherfort A, Wuest JD (2011): Engineering homologous molecular organization in 2D and 3D cocrystallization of pyridyl-substituted diaminotriazines with alkanecarboxylic acids. J Phys Chem C, 115: 12908–12919 

Bueno RBL, Adachi P, Castro-Raucci LMS, Rosa AL, Nanci A, Tambasco de Oliveira P (2011): Oxidative nanopatterning of titanium surfaces promotes production and extracellular accumulation of osteopontin. Braz Dent J, 22: 179-184.

Variola F, Brunski JB, Orsini G, Tambasco de Oliveira P, Wazen RM, Nanci A (2011): Nanoscale surface modifications of medically relevant metals: state-of-the art and perspectives. Nanoscale, 3:335-353.

Richert L, Variola F, Rosei F, Wuest JD, Nanci A (2010): Adsorption of proteins on nanoporous Ti surfaces. Surf Sci, 604:1445-1451.

Lacruz RS, Nanci A, White SN, Wen X, Wang HJ, Francis Zalzal S, Luong VQ, Schuetter VL, Conti PS, Kurtz I, Paine ML (2010): The sodium bicarbonate cotransporter (NBCe1) is essential for normal development of mouse dentition. J. Biol Chem, 285: 24432-24438.

Nishio C, Wazen RM, Kuroda S, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2010): Expression pattern of odontogenic ameloblast-associated and amelotin during formation and regeneration of the junctional epithelium. Eur Cell Mater, 20:393-402.

Nishio C, Wazen RM, Kuroda S, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2010): Disruption of periodontal integrity induces expression of APIN by epithelial cell rests of Malassez. J Periodontal Res,  45(6):709-13.

Trubiani O, Francis Zalzal S, Paganelli R, Marchisio M, Giancola R, Pizzicannella J, Bühring HJ, Piattelli M, Caputi S, Nanci A (2010): Expression profile of NANOG, OCT-4, SSEA-1, SSEA-4, embryonic markers and frizzled-9 receptor in human periodontal ligament mesenchymal stem cells. J Cell Physiol, 225:123-31 

Wazen RM, Lefebvre LP, Baril E, Nanci A (2010): Initial evaluation of bone ingrowth into novel porous titanium coating. J Biomed Mater Res, Part B: Appl Biomater, 94B: 64-71. 

Lacruz RS, Nanci A, Kurtz I, Wright JT, Paine ML (2010): Regulation of pH during amelogenesis. Calcif Tissue Int, 86: 91-103. 

2000 - 2009

Variola F, Lauria A, Nanci A, Rosei F (2009): Influence of Treatment Conditions on the Chemical Oxidative Activity of H2SO4/H2O2 Mixtures for Modulating the Topography of Titanium. Adv Eng Mat, 11: B227-B234. 

Trivellato AE, Campos Ribeiro M, Edvard Sverzut C, Bonucci E, Nanci A, Tambasco de Oliveira P (2009): Osteopetrosis Complicated by Osteomyelitis of the Maxilla and Mandible: Light and Electron Microscopic Findings. Head and Neck Pathol, 3:320–326. 

Variola F, Nanci A, Rosei F (2009): Assessment of the titanium dioxide absorption coefficient by grazing angle FT-IR and ellipsometric measurements. Appl Spectrosc, 63: 1187-1190. 

Vetrone F, Variola F, Tambasco de Oliveira P, Francis Zalzal S, Yi JH, Sam J, Bombonato-Prado KF, Sarkissian A, Perepichka DF, Wuest JD, Rosei F, Nanci A (2009): Nanoscale oxidative patterning of metallic surfaces to control cell activity and fate. Nano Letters, 11: 659-665. 

Smith CE, Wazen RM, Hu Y, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A, Simmer JP, Hu JCC (2009): Consequences to enamel development and mineralization resulting from loss of function of ameloblastin or enamelin. Eur J Oral Sci, 117: 485-497. 

Potvin-Lapointe S, Nishio C, Wazen RM, Macedo Crivelini M, Moffatt P, Nanci A (2009): L’étude du génome de la dent permet la découverte de deux protéines - Impact sur la santé parodontale. J Dent Que, 46: 13-15. 

Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Francis Zalzal S, Yamada Y, Nanci A (2009): A mouse model expressing a truncated form of ameloblastin exhibits dental and junctional epithelium defects. Mat Biol, 28: 292-303. 

Andrade de Oliva MA, Amarú Maximiano WM, Spínola de Castro LM, da Silva PE Jr, Fernandes RR, Ciancaglini P, Beloti MM, Nanci A, Rosa AL, Tambasco de Oliveira P (2009): Treatment with a growth factor-protein mixture inhibits formation of mineralized nodules in osteogenic cell cultures grown on titanium. J Histochem Cytochem, 57: 265-76. 

Variola F, Vetrone F, Richert L, Jedrzejowski P, Yi JH, Francis Zalzal S, Clair S, Sarkissian A, Perepichka DF, Wuest JD, Rosei F, Nanci A (2009): Improving biocompatibility of materials by nanoscale modification of surfaces: an overview of strategies, fabrication methods and challenges. Small, 5: 996-1006. 

Tambasco de Oliveira P, Andrade de Oliva M, Amarú Maximiano WM, Sebastião KE, Crippa GE, Ciancaglini P, Beloti MM, Nanci A, Rosa AL (2008): Effects of a Mixture of Growth Factors and Proteins on the Development of the Osteogenic Phenotype in Human Alveolar Bone Cell Cultures. J Histochem Cytochem, 56: 629–638. 

Clair S, Variola F, Kondratenko M, Jedrzejowski P, Nanci A, Rosei F, and Perepichka DF (2008): Self-assembled monolayer of alkanephosphoric acid on nanotextured Ti. J Chem Phys, 128:144705.1-144705.6. 

Hartikka J, Geall A, Bozoukova V, Kurniadi D, Rusalov D, Enas J, Yi JH, Nanci A, Rolland A (2008): Physical characterization and in vivo evaluation of poloxamer-based DNA vaccine formulations. J Gene Med, 10:770-782. 

Moffatt P, Gaumond MH, Salois P, Sellin K, Bessette MC, Godin E, Tambasco de Oliveira P, Atkins GJ, Nanci A, Thomas G (2008): Bril: a novel bone-specific modulator of mineralization. J Bone Miner Res, 23:1497-1508. 

Orsini G, Ruggeri A, Mazzoni A, Nato F, Falconi M, Putignano A, Di Lenarda R, Nanci A, Breschi L (2008): Immunohistochemical localization of dentin matrix protein 1 in human dentin. Eur J Histochem, 52:215-220. 

Nanci A, Wazen RM, Nishio C, Francis Zalzal S (2008): Immunocytochemistry of matrix proteins in calcified tissues: functional biochemistry on section. Eur. J. Histochem. 52: 201-14. 

Richert L, Vetrone F, Yi J H, Francis Zalzal S, Wuest JD, Rosei F, Nanci A (2008): Surface nanopatterning to control cell growth. Adv. Mater. 15:1-5. 

Francis Zalzal S, Smith CE, Nanci A (2008): Ameloblastin and amelogenin share a common secretory pathway and are co-secreted during enamel formation. Matrix Biology, 27:352-359. 

Trubiani O, Isgro A, Zini N, Antonucci I, Aiuti F, Di Primio R, Nanci A, Caputi S, Paganelli R (2008): Functional interleukin-7/interleukin-7Ralpha, and SDF-1alpha/CXCR4 are expressed by human periodontal ligament derived mesenchymal stem cells. J Cell Physiol, 214:706-713. 

Variola F, Yi JH, Richert, L, Wuest, J. D, Rosei F, Nanci A (2008): Tailoring the surface properties of Ti6Al4V by controlled chemical oxidation. Biomaterials, 29:1285-1298. 

Moffatt P, Smith CE, St-Arnaud, R. Nanci A (2008): Characterization of Apin, a secreted protein highly expressed in tooth associated epithelia. J Cell Biochem, 103: 941-956. 

Tambasco De Oliveira P, Francis Zalzal S, Beloti MM, Rosa AL, Nanci A (2007): Enhancement of in vitro osteogenesis on titanium by chemically produced nanotopography. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A, 80A:554-564. 

Leucht P, Kim J, Wazen, RM, Currey J, Nanci A, Brunski JB, Helms JA (2007): Effect of mechanical stimuli on skeletal regeneration around implants. Bone, 40: 919-930. 

Wazen RM, Tye CE, Goldberg HA, Hunter GK, Smith CE, Nanci A (2007): In Vivo Functional Analysis of Polyglutamic Acid Domains in Recombinant Bone Sialoprotein. J Histochem Cytochem, 55(1): 35-42. 

Colnot C, Romero D, Huang S, Rahman J, Currey J, Nanci A, Brunski JB, Helms JA (2007): Molecular analysis of healing at a bone-implant interface. J Dent, 86: 862-7. 

Dang H, Maris T, Yi JH, Rosei F, Nanci A, Wuest JD (2007): Ensuring homology between 2D and 3D molecular crystals. Langmuir, 23: 11980-85. 

Nath KG, Ivasenko O, MacLeod JM, Miwa JA, Wuest JD, Nanci A, Perepichka DF, Rosei F (2007): Crystal engineering in two dimensions: An approach to molecular nanopatterning. J Phys Chem C, 111:16996-17007. 

Zhou H, Dang H, Nanci A, Rochefort A and Wuest JD. Frustrated 2D molecular crystallization (2007): J Am Chem Soc; 129:13774-13775. 

Yi JH, Bernard C, Variola F, Fracis Zalzal S, Wuest JD, Rosei, F. Nanci A (2006): Characterization of a bioactive nanotextured surface created by controlled chemical oxidation of titanium. Surf. Sci, 600: 4613-4621. 

Lebel O, Perron ME, Maris T, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A, Wuest JD (2006): A new class of selective low-molecular-weight gelators based on salts of diaminotriazinecarboxylic acids. Chem. Mater, 18:3616-3626. 

Moffatt P, Smith CE, St-Arnaud R, Simmons C, Wright JT, Nanci A (2006): Cloning of rat amelotin and localization of the protein to the basal lamina of maturation stage ameloblasts and junctional epithelium. Biochem. J, 399: 37-46. 

Wazen RM, Moffatt P, Fracis Zalzal S, Daniel NG, Westerman KA, Nanci A (2006): Local gene transfer to calcified tissue cells using prolonged infusion of a lentiviral vector. Gene Ther,13: 1595-1602. 

Smith CE, Nanci A, Moffatt, P (2006): Evidence by signal peptide trap technology for the expression of carbonic anhydrase 6 in rat incisor enamel organs. Eur. J. Oral Sci, 114 (Suppl.1): 147-153. 

Moffatt P, Smith CE, Sooknanan, R, St-Arnaud, R. Nanci A (2006): Identification of secreted and membrane proteins in the rat incisor enamel organ using a signal-trap screening approach. Eur J Oral Sci, 114 (Suppl.1): 139-146. 

Nath KG, Ivasenko O, Miwa JA, Dang H, Wuest JD, Nanci A, Perepichka DF, Rosei F (2006): Rational modulation of the periodicity in linear hydrogen-bonded assemblies of trimesic acid on surfaces. J Am Soc Chem, 128: 4412-4413. 

Nanci A, Bosshardt DD (2006): Structure of periodontal tissues in health and disease. Periodontol. 2000, 40: 11-28. 

Nanci A, Wazen RM, Francis Zalzal S, Fortin M, Goldberg HA, Hunter GK, Ghitescu DL (2004): A Tracer Study with Systemically and Locally Administered Dinitrophenylated Osteopontin. J Histochem Cytochem, 52:1591-1600 

Laboux,O, Dion N, Arana-Chavez VE, Ste-Marie L-G, Nanci A (2004): Microwave irradiation of ethanol-fixed bone improves preservation, reduces procesing time and allows both light and electron micorscopy on a same sample. J Histochem Cytochem, 52:1267-1275. 

Bosshardt DD, Nanci A (2004): Hertwig's epithelial root sheath, enamel matrix proteins, and initiation of cementogenesis in procine teeth. J Clin Periodontol, 31:184-192. 

Tambasco De Oliveira P, Nanci A (2004): Nanotexturing of titanium-based surfaces upregulates expression of bone sialoprotein and osteopontin by cultured osteogenic cells. Biomaterials, 25:403-413. 

Bosshardt DD, Nanci A (2003): Immunocytochemical characterization of ectopic enamel deposits and cementicles in human teeth. Eur.J.Oral Sci, 111:51-59. 

Gascon-Barré M, Demers C, Mirshahi A, Neron S, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A (2003): The normal liver harbors the vitamin D nuclear receptor in nonparenchymal and biliary epithilial cells. Hepatology, 37:1034-1042. 

Laboux O, Ste-Marie L-G, Glorieux FH, Nanci A (2003): Quantitative immunogold labeling of bone sialoprotein and osteopontin in methylmethacrylate-embedded rat bone. J Histochem Cytochem, 51:61-67. 

Tambasco De Oliveira P, Francis Zalzal S, Irie K, Nanci A (2003): Early expression of bone matrix proteins in osteogenic cell cultures. J Histochem Cytochem, 51:633-641. 

Shimazu Y, Nanci A, Aoba T (2002): Immunodetection of osteopontin at sites of resorption in the pulp of rat molars. J Histochem Cytochem, 50:911-921. 

Arana-Chavez VE, Nanci A (2001): High-resolution immunocytochemistry of noncollagenous matrix proteins in rat mandibles processed with microwave irradiation. J Histochem Cytochem, 49:1099-1109. 

Bonucci E, Mocetti P, Silverstrini G, Ballanti P, Francis Zalzal S, Fortin M, Nanci A (2001): The osteoblastic phenotype in calcium-depleted and calcium-repleted rats: a structural and histomorphometric study. J Electron Microsc, 50:333-347. 

Kawaguchi H, Ogawa T, Kurihara H, Nanci A (2001): Immunodetection of noncollagenous matrix proteins during periodontal tissue regeneration. J Periodont Res, 36:205-213. 

Orsini,G, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A. (2001): Localized infusion of tunicamycin in rat hemimandibles: alteration of the basal lamina associated with maturation stage ameloblasts. J Histochem Cytochem, 49:165-176. 

Orsini G, Lavoie P, Smith C.E, Nanci A. (2001): Immunochemical characterization of a chicken egg yolk antibody to secretory forms of rat incisor amelogenin. J Histochem Cytochem, 49:285-292. 

Brunski JB, Puleo DA, Nanci A. (2000): Biomaterials and biomechanics of oral and maxillofacial implants: current status and future developments. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 15:15-46. 

Mocetti P, Ballanti P, Francis Zalzal S, Silvestrini G, Bonucci E, Nanci A (2000): A histomorphometric, structural, and immunocytochemical study of the effects of diet-induced hypocalcemia on bone in growing rats. J Histochem Cytochem, 48:1059-1077. 

Nanci A, Mocetti,P, Sakamoto,Y, Kunikata,M, Lozupone,E, and Bonucci,E. (2000): Morphological and immunocytochemical analyses on the effects of diet-induced hypocalcemia on enamel maturation in the rat incisor. J Histochem Cytochem, 48:1043-1057. 

Nguyen TN, Wang HJ, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A, Nabi IR (2000): Purification and characterization of beta-actin-rich tumor cell pseudopodia: role of glycolysis. Exp Cell Res, 258:171-183. 

1990-1999

Josephsen K, Smith CE, Nanci A (1999): Selective but nonspecific immunolabeling of enamel protein-associated compartments by a monoclonal antibody against vimentin. J Histochem Cytochem, 47:1237-1245. 

Nanci A (1999): Content and distribution of noncollagenous matrix proteins in bone and cementum: Relationship to speed of formation and collagen packing density. J Struct Biol, 126:256-269. 

Puleo DA, Nanci A (1999): Understanding and controlling the bone-implant interface. Biomaterials, 20:2311-2321. 

Vu D-D, Daniel NG, Nanci A (1999): In vivo model for the experimental manipulation of calcified tissues: A surgical approach for accessing the odontogenic organ and associated tissues in the rat incisor. J Histochem Cytochem, 47:1-14. 

Bosshardt DD, Francis Zalzal S, McKee MD, Nanci A (1998): Developmental appearance and distribution of bone sialoprotein and osteopontin in human and rat cementum. Anat Rec, 250:1-21. 

Bosshardt DD, Nanci A (1998): Immunolocalization of epithelial and mesenchymal matrix constituents in association with inner enamel epithelial cells. J Histochem Cytochem, 46:135-142. 

Irie K, Francis Zalzal S, Ozawa H, McKee MD, Nanci A (1998): Morphological and immunocytochemical characterization of primary osteogenic cell cultures derived from fetal rat cranial tissue. Anat Rec, 252:554-567.

Nanci A, Wuest JD, Péru L, Brunet P, Sharma V, Francis Zalzal S, McKee MD. (1998): Chemical modification of titanium surfaces for covalent attachment of biological molecules. J Biomed Mater Res, 40:324-335. 

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, Lavoie P, Kunikata M, Chen W-Y, Krebsbach PH, Yamada Y, Hammarström L, Simmer JP, Fincham AG, Snead ML, and Smith CE (1998): Comparative immunochemical analyses of the developmental expression and distribution of ameloblastin and amelogenin in rat incisors. J Histochem Cytochem, 46:911-934. 

Rittling SR, Matsumoto HN, McKee MD, Nanci A, An X-R, Novick KE, Kowalski AJ, Noda M, and Denhardt DT (1998): Mice lacking osteopontin show normal development and bone structure but display altered osteoclast formation in vitro. J Bone Miner Res, 13:1101-1111. 

Bosshardt DD, Nanci A (1997): Immunodetection of enamel- and cementum-related (bone) proteins at the enamel-free area and cervical portion of the tooth in rat molars. J Bone Miner Res, 12:367-379. 

Zylberberg L, Sire J-Y, Nanci A (1997): Immunodetection of amelogenin-like proteins in the ganoine of experimentally regenerating scales of Calamoichthys calabaricus, a primitive actinopterygian fish. Anat Rec, 249:86-95. 

Berdal A, Hotton D, Saffar JL, Thomasset M, Nanci A (1996): Calbindin-D 9K and calbindin-D 28K expression in rat mineralized tissues in vivo. J Bone Miner Res, 11:768-779. 

Hashimoto J, Nanci A (1996): Disassembly and reformation of the Golgi apparatus in rat incisor secretory stage ameloblasts after brefeldin A treatment: A dynamic in vivo analysis. Acta Histochem Cytochem, 29:188-189. 

Lee S-K, Krebsbach PH, Matsuki Y, Nanci A, Yamada K Yamada Y (1996): Ameloblastin expression in rat incisors and human tooth germs. Int J Dev Biol, 40:1141-1150. 

McKee MD, Nanci A (1996): Osteopontin: An interfacial extracellular matrix protein in mineralized tissues. Connect Tissue Res, 35:197-205. 

McKee MD, Nanci A (1996): Secretion of osteopontin by macrophages and its accumulation at tissue surfaces during wound healing in mineralized tissues: A potential requirement for macrophage adhesion and phagocytosis. Anat Rec, 245:394-409. 

McKee,M.D. Nanci A. (1996): Osteopontin at mineralized tissue interfaces in bone, teeth and osseointegrated implants: ultrastructural distribution and implications for mineralized tissue formation, turnover and repair. Microsc.Res.Tech, 33:141-164. 

McKee MD, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A (1996): Extracellular matrix in tooth cementum and mantle dentin: Localization of osteopontin and other noncollagenous proteins, plasma proteins and glycoconjugates by electron microscopy. Anat Rec, 245:293-312. 

Nanci A, Hashimoto J, Francis Zalzal S, Smith CE (1996): Transient accumulation of proteins at interrod and rod enamel growth sites. Adv.Dent.Res, 10:135-149.

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, Gotoh Y, and McKee, MD (1996): Ultrastructural characterization and immunolocalization of osteopontin in rat calvarial osteoblast primary cultures. Microsc Res Tech, 33:214-231. 

Nanci A, Fortin M, Ghitescu L (1996): Endocytotic functions of ameloblasts and odontoblasts: Immunocytochemical and tracer studies on the uptake of plasma proteins. Anat Rec, 245:219-234. 

Smith CE, Nanci A (1996): The protein dynamics of amelogenesis. Anat.Rec, 245:186-207.

Chen W-Y, Nanci A, Smith, CE (1995): Immunoblotting studies on artifactual contamination of enamel homogenates by albumin and other proteins. Calcif Tissue Int, 57:145-151.

McKee MD, Nanci A, Khan,SR (1995): Ultrastructural immunodetection of osteopontin and osteocalcin as major matrix components of renal calculi. J Bone Miner Res, 10:1913-1929. 

McKee MD, Nanci A (1995): Post-embedding colloidal-gold immunocytochemistry of non-collagenous extracellular matrix proteins in mineralized tissues. Microsc Res Tech, 31:44-62. 

Sawada T, Nanci A (1995): Spatial distribution of enamel proteins and fibronectin at early stages of rat incisor tooth formation. Archs Oral Biol, 40:1029-1038. 

Smith CE, Nanci A (1995): Overview of morphological changes in enamel organ cells associated with major events in amelogenesis. Int J Dev Biol, 39:153-161.

Chen J, McKee MD, Nanci A, Sodek J (1994): Bone sialoprotein mRNA expression and ultrastructural localization in fetal porcine calvarial bone: comparisons with osteopontin. Histochem J, 26:67-78. 

Kan FWK, Francis Zalzal S, Roux E, Nanci A (1994): Homogeneity in the distribution of matrix components in the hamster zona pellucida as revealed by backscattered electron imaging fracture-label. Anat Rec, 239:35-46. 

Marks SC Jr, McKee MD, Francis Zalzal S, Nanci A (1994): The epithelial attachment and the dental junctional epithelium: Ultrastructural features in porcine molars. Anat.Rec, 238:1-14. 

Nakamura,M, Bringas P Jr, Nanci A, Zeichner-David M, Ashdown B, Slavkin HC (1994): Translocation of enamel proteins from inner enamel epithelia to odontoblasts during mouse tooth development. Anat.Rec, 238:383-396. 

Nanci A, Kawaguchi H, KogayaY (1994): Ultrastructural studies and immunolocalization of enamel proteins in rodent secretory stage ameloblasts processed by various cryofixation methods. Anat Rec, 238:425-436. 

Nanci A, McCarthy GF, Francis Zalzal S, Clokie CML, Warshawsky H, McKee MD (1994): Tissue response to titanium implants in the rat tibia: ultrastructural, immunocytochemical and lectin-cytochemical characterization of the bone-titanium interface. Cells Mater, 4:1-30. 

Grenier D, Groleau D, Nanci A (1993): Characterization of the wheat germ agglutinin-binding property of Treponema denticola. J Periodont Res, 28:211-218. 

Kawaguchi H, McKee MD, Okamoto H, Nanci A (1993): Immunocytochemical and lectin-gold characterization of the interface between alveolar bone and implanted hydroxyapatite in the rat. Cells Mater, 3:337-350. 

McKee MD, Farach-Carson MC, Butler WT, Hauschka PV, Nanci A (1993): Ultrastructural immunolocalization of noncollagenous (osteopontin and osteocalcin) and plasma (albumin and a 2 HS-glycoprotein) proteins in rat bone. J Bone Miner Res, 8:485-496. 

McKee MD, Nanci A (1993): Ultrastructural, cytochemical and immunocytochemical studies on bone and its interfaces. Cells Mater, 3:219-243. 

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, Kan, FWK (1993): High-resolution scanning electron microscopy of rat incisor ameloblasts. Scan Microsc, 7:165-175. 

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, Kogaya Y (1993): Cytochemical characterization of basement membranes in the enamel organ of the rat incisor. Histochemistry, 99:321-331. 

Smith CE, Nanci A, DenBesten PK (1993): Effects of chronic fluoride exposure on morphometric parameters defining the stages of amelogenesis and ameloblast modulation in rat incisors. Anat Rec, 237:243-258.

Kogaya Y. Nanci A. (1992): Post-embedding staining with high-iron diamine-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate and its application to visualizing sulfated glycoconjugates in cryo-fixed kidney and cartilage. J Histochem Cytochem, 40:1257-1267. 

Landis WJ, Hodgens KJ, McKee MD, Nanci A, Song MJ, Kiyonaga,S, Arena J, McEwen B (1992): Extracellular vesicles of calcifying turkey leg tendon characterized by immunocytochemistry and high voltage electron microscopic tomography and 3-D graphic image reconstruction. Bone Miner, 17:237-241. 

McKee MD, Glimcher MJ, Nanci A (1992): High-resolution immunolocalization of osteopontin and osteocalcin in bone and cartilage during endochondral ossification in the chicken tibia. Anat Rec, 234:479-492. 

Nanci A, McKee MD, Smith CE (1992): Immunolocalization of enamel proteins during amelogenesis in the cat. Anat Rec, 233:335-349.

Nanci A, Mazariegos M, Fortin M. (1992): The use of osmicated tissues for Lowicryl K4M embedding. J Histochem Cytochem, 40:869-874. 

Smith CE, Dahan S, Fazel A, Lai W, Nanci A (1992): Correlated biochemical and radioautographic studies of protein turnover in developing rat incisor enamel following pulse-chase labeling with L- [ 35S] - and L- [methyl- 3H] -methionine. Anat Rec, 232:1-14.

Berdal A, Nanci A, Smith CE, Ahluwalia JP, Thomasset M, Cuisinier-Gleizes P, MathieuH. (1991): Differential expression of calbindin-D 28 kDa in rat incisor ameloblasts throughout enamel development. Anat Rec, 230:149-163.

McKee MD, Nanci A, Landis WJ, Gotoh Y, Gerstenfeld LC, Glimcher MJ (1991): Effects of fixation and demineralization on the retention of bone phosphoprotein and other matrix components as evaluated by biochemical analyses and quantitative immunocytochemistry. J Bone Miner Res, 6:937-945. 

Gerstenfeld LC, Gotoh Y, McKee MD, Nanci A, Landis WJ, Glimcher MJ (1990): Expression and ultrastructural immunolocalization of a major 66 kDa phosphoprotein synthesized by chicken osteoblasts during mineralization in vitro. Anat Rec, 228:93-103. 

McKee MD, Nanci A, Landis WJ, Gotoh Y, Gerstenfeld LC, Glimcher MJ (1990): Developmental appearance and ultrastructural immunolocalization of a major 66 kDa phosphoprotein in embryonic and post-natal chicken bone. Anat Rec, 228:77-92. 

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, Smith CE (1990): Routine use of backscattered electron imaging to visualize cytochemical and autoradiographic reactions in semi-thin plastic sections. J Histochem Cytochem, 38:403-414.

1980-1989

Gerstenfeld LC, Lian JB, Gotoh Y, Lee DD, Landis WJ, McKee MD, Nanci A, Glimcher MJ. (1989): Use of cultured embryonic chicken osteoblasts as a model of cellular differentiatiom and bone mineralization. Connect.Tissue Res, 21:215-225. 

McKee MD, Nanci A, Landis WJ, Gerstenfeld LC, Gotoh Y, Glimcher MJ (1989): Ultrastructural immunolocalization of a major phosphoprotein in embryonic chick bone. Connect Tissue Res, 21:21-29. 

McKee MD, Warshawsky H, Nanci A (1989): Cyclical incorporation of 33P into rat incisor enamel in vivo as visualized by whole-mount radioautography. Arch.Oral Biol, 34:989-993. 

Nanci A, Ahluwalia JP, Pompura JR, Smith CE (1989): Biosynthesis and secretion of enamel proteins in the rat incisor. Anat.Rec, 224:277-291.

Nanci A, Ahluwalia JP, Francis Zalzal S, Smith, CE (1989): Cytochemical and biochemical characterization of glycoproteins in forming and maturing enamel of the rat incisor. J Histochem Cytochem, 37:1619-1633.

Smith CE, Pompura JR, Borenstein S, Fazel A, Nanci A (1989): Degradation and loss of matrix proteins from developing enamel. Anat Rec, 224:292-316.

Smith CE, Nanci A (1989): A method for sampling the stages of amelogenesis on mandibular rat incisors using the molars as a reference for dissection. Anat Rec, 225:257-266.

Smith CE, Nanci A (1989): Secretory activity as a function of the development and maturation of ameloblasts. Connect Tissue Res, 22:147-156.

Kan FWK, Nanci A (1988): Backscattered electron imaging of lectin binding sites in tissues following freeze-fracture cytochemistry. J Electron Microsc Tech, 8:363-370. 

Landis WJ, Burke G.Y, Neuringer JR, Paine M.C, Nanci A, Bai P, Warshawsky H (1988): Earliest enamel deposits of the rat incisor examined by electron microscopy, electron diffraction, and electron probe microanalysis. Anat Rec, 220:233-238. 

McKee MD, Wedlich L, Pompura JR, Nanci A, Smith CE, Warshawsky H. (1988): Demonstration by staining and autoradiography of cyclical distributions of protein at the enamel surface in rat incisors. Arch.Oral Biol, 33:413-423.

Nanci A, Smith CE (1988): Les protéines de l'émail dentaire. Etude immunocytochimique de l'amélogenèse. M/S , 4:42-45.

Slavkin HC, Bessem C, Bringas P Jr, Zeichner-David M, Nanci A, Snead ML (1988): Sequential expression and differential function of multiple enamel proteins during fetal, neonatal, and early postnatal stages of mouse molar organogenesis. Differentiation, 37:26-39. 

Bendayan M, Nanci A, Kan FWK (1987): Effect of tissue processing on colloidal gold cytochemistry. J Histochem Cytochem, 35:983-996. 

Camarda AJ, Butler WT, Finkelman RD, Nanci A (1987): Immunocytochemical localization of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing proteins (osteocalcin) in rat bone and dentin. Calcif Tissue Int, 40:349-355. 

McKee MD, Warshawsky H, Nanci A (1987): Use of backscattered electron imaging on developed radioautographic emulsions: Application to viewing rat incisor enamel maturation pattern following 45calcium injection. J Electron Microsc Tech, 5:357-365. 

Nanci A, Francis Zalzal S, and Smith,C.E. (1987): Application of backscattered electron imaging and lectin-gold cytochemistry to visualize the distribution of glycoconjugates in a basal lamina. Scan.Microsc, 1:1963-1970.

Nanci A, Slavkin HC, Smith CE (1987): Immunocytochemical and radioautographic evidence for secretion and intracellular degradation of enamel proteins by ameloblasts during the maturation stage of amelogenesis in rat incisors. Anat Rec, 217:107-123.

Nanci A, Slavkin HC, Smith CE (1987): Application of high-resolution immunocytochemistry to the study of the secretory, resorptive, and degradative functions of ameloblasts. Adv Dent Res, 1:148-161.

Nanci A, Uchida T, Warshawsky H (1987): The effects of vinblastine on the secretory ameloblasts: An ultrastructural, cytochemical, and immunocytochemical study in the rat incisor. Anat Rec, 219:113-126. 

Smith CE, McKee MD, Nanci A (1987): Cyclic induction and rapid movement of sequential waves of new smooth-ended ameloblast modulation bands in rat incisors as visualized by polychrome fluorescent labeling and GBHA-staining of maturing enamel. Adv Dent Res, 1:162-175.

Warshawsky,H, Bai,P, Nanci A (1987): Analysis of crystallite shape in rat incisor enamel. Anat.Rec, 218:380-390. 

Babaï F, Nanci A, Affoyon F (1986): Caractères ultrastructuraux de la régression de l'hépatome de Novikoff transplanté chez des rats immunisés. Ann Pathol, 6:305-312. 

Bendayan M, Nanci A, Herbener GH, Grégoire S, Duhr M-A (1986): A review of the study of protein secretion applying the protein A-gold immunocytochemical approach. Am J Anat, 175:379-400. 

Nanci A, Bendayan M Slavkin HC (1985): Enamel protein biosynthesis and secretion in mouse incisor secretory ameloblasts as revealed by high-resolution immunocytochemistry. J.Histochem.Cytochem, 33:1153-1160. 

Nanci A, Warshawsky H (1984): Characterization of putative secretory sites on ameloblasts of the rat incisor. Am.J.Anat, 171:163-189. 

Nanci A, Warshawsky H (1984): Relationship between the quality of fixation and the presence of stippled material in newly formed enamel of the rat incisor. Anat Rec, 208:15-31. 

Nanci A, Bai P, Warshawsky H (1983): The effect of osmium postfixation and uranyl and lead staining on the ultrastructure of young enamel in the rat incisor. Anat.Rec, 207:1-16. 

Nanci A, Bringas P Jr, Samuel N, Slavkin HC (1983): Selachian tooth development: III Ultrastructural features of secretory amelogenesis in squalus acanthias. J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol, 3:53-73. 

Slavkin HC, Samuel N, Bringas P Jr, Nanci A, Santos V (1983): Selachian tooth development: II. Immunolocalization of amelogenin polypeptides in epithelium during secretory amelogenesis in squalus acanthias. J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol, 3:43-52. 

Samuel N, Bringas P Jr, Santos V, Nanci A, Slavkin, HC (1983): Selachian tooth development: I. Histogenesis, morphogenesis, and anatomical features in squalus acanthias. J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol, 3:29-41. 

Warshawsky H, Nanci A (1982): Stereo electron microscopy of enamel crystallites. J Dent Res, 61:1504-1514. 

Nanci A, Babaï F, Dumont A (1980): Quantitative and ultrastructural changes of peritoneal macrophages in immunized rats after intraperitoneal injection of Novikoff hepatoma. J Nat Cancer Inst, 65:1273-1283.