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Samantha E. Heron
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 2
Citations - 74
Samantha E. Heron is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Oral Microbiome & Transmission (medicine). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 38 citations.
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HIV Infection and Compromised Mucosal Immunity: Oral Manifestations and Systemic Inflammation.
TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to examine existing evidence regarding the role of innate and cellular components of the oral cavity in HIV infection and how HIV infection may drive systemic hyper-immune activation in these patients.
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Differential Signature of the Microbiome and Neutrophils in the Oral Cavity of HIV-Infected Individuals.
Eliana Perez Rosero,Samantha E. Heron,Juan Jovel,Conar R. O’Neil,Shannon L. Turvey,Pallavi Parashar,Shokrollah Elahi +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the oral microbiome in relationship to oral neutrophils in HIV-infected compared to healthy individuals using 16S-rRNA gene sequencing and found differential β-diversity using Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) with Bray-Curtis distances.