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Dr. Robert T. Wheeler D.D.S.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
24400 Muirlands Blvd Suite C Lake Forest CA, 92630About
Dr. Robert Wheeler is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Lake Forest, CA. Dr. Wheeler specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Wheeler is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Wheeler are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant with increased virulence.
- A drug-sensitive genetic network masks fungi from the immune system.
- Regulation of progenitor cell proliferation and granulocyte function by microRNA-223.
- Dynamic, morphotype-specific Candida albicans beta-glucan exposure during infection and drug treatment.
- Linking high-resolution metabolic flux phenotypes and transcriptional regulation in yeast modulated by the global regulator Gcn4p.
- Live imaging of disseminated candidiasis in zebrafish reveals role of phagocyte oxidase in limiting filamentous growth.
- Zebrafish: a see-through host and a fluorescent toolbox to probe host-pathogen interaction.
- Non-invasive imaging of disseminated candidiasis in zebrafish larvae.
- Candida albicans induces arginine biosynthetic genes in response to host-derived reactive oxygen species.
- Mucosal candidiasis elicits NF-kappaB activation, proinflammatory gene expression
- NADPH oxidase-driven phagocyte recruitment controls Candida albicans filamentous growth and prevents mortality.
- Utilization of zebrafish for intravital study of eukaryotic pathogen-host interactions.
- The complex roles of NADPH oxidases in fungal infection.
- Masking of β(1-3)-glucan in the cell wall of Candida albicans from detection by innate immune cells depends on phosphatidylserine.
- Fungal Pathogens: Survival and Replication within Macrophages.
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