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Tara Aghaloo, DDS, MD, PhD
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Dr. Tara Aghaloo's research interests are in cancer biology, especially primary and metastatic disease to bone and complications related to cancer therapy. She is also interested in signaling pathways involved in primary and metastasis to bone.
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Aghaloo TL, Chaichanasakul T, Bezouglaia O, Kang B, Franco R, Dry SM, Atti E, Tetradis S. Osteogenic potential of mandibular vs. long-bone marrow stromal cells. J Dent Res. 2010 Nov;89(11):1293-8. Epub 2010 Sep 1.
Aghaloo TL, Felsenfeld AL, Tetradis S. Osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient on Denosumab. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 May;68(5):959-63. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
Aghaloo T, Cowan CM, Zhang X, Freymiller E, Soo C, Wu B, Ting K, Zhang Z. The effect of NELL1 and bone morphogenetic protein-2 on calvarial bone regeneration. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Feb;68(2):300-8.
Aghaloo T, Jiang X, Soo C, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Hu J, Pan H, Hsu T, Wu B, Ting K, Zhang X. A study of the role of nell-1 gene modified goat bone marrow stromal cells in promoting new bone formation. Mol Ther. 2007 Oct;15(10):1872-80. Epub 2007 Jul 24.
Aghaloo TL, Amantea CM, Cowan CM, Richardson JA, Wu BM, Parhami F, Tetradis S. Oxysterols enhance osteoblast differentiation in vitro and bone healing in vivo. J Orthop Res. 2007 Nov;25(11):1488-97.