Janet M. Guthmiller

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University of Iowa
College of Dentistry
Periodontics
Associate Professor
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Mailing Address

S450 DSB
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 335-7238
janet-guthmiller@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 1993.
Certificate, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Periodontics, 1992.
D.D.S., University of Iowa, 1988.
B.A., Northwestern College, 1984.
A.A., University of South Dakota, Dental Hygiene, 1983.

Expertise and Research Interests

Research focuses on evaluating the expression and function of beta-defensins in common oral infections, and genetic studies of bacteria involved in periodontal disease.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Bacterial Infections, Periodontics.

Additional Terms:

Periodontics.

Previous Positions

1993-1997, Faculty, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Dental School

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Co-Investigator, Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research, Christopher Squier, PI, $1,974,737, Aug 10, 2002 to Jul 31, 2007.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Principal Investigator, Expression and Function of B-Defensins in Common Oral Infections, $963,171, Aug 1, 1999 to May 31, 2003.

Publications

  • Guthmiller JM, Hassebroek-Johnson JR, Weenig DR, Johnson GK, Kirchner HL, Kohout FJ, Hunter SK, Periodontal disease in pregnancy complicated by type 1 diabetes mellitus, Journal of Periodontology, 72(11), 1485-90, November 2001 Abstract
  • Guthmiller JM, Vargas KG, Srikantha R, Schomberg LL, Weistroffer PL, McCray PB Jr, Tack BF, Susceptibilities of oral bacteria and yeast to mammalian cathelicidins, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45(11), 3216-9, November 2001 Abstract
  • Alpha CX, Guthmiller JM, Cummings HE, Schomberg LL, Noorani SM, Molecular analysis of Peptostreptococcus micros isolates from patients with periodontitis, Journal of Periodontology, 72(7), 877-82, July 2001 Abstract
  • Guthmiller JM, Lally ET, Korostoff J, Beyond the specific plaque hypothesis: are highly leukotoxic strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans a paradigm for periodontal pathogenesis?, Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine : an Official Publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists, 12(2), 116-24, 2001 Abstract
  • Jia HP, Schutte BC, Schudy A, Linzmeier R, Guthmiller JM, Johnson GK, Tack BF, Mitros JP, Rosenthal A, Ganz T, McCray PB Jr, Discovery of new human beta-defensins using a genomics-based approach, Gene, 263(1-2), 211-8, Jan 2001 Abstract
  • Mathews M, Jia HP, Guthmiller JM, Losh G, Graham S, Johnson GK, Tack BF, McCray PB Jr, Production of beta-defensin antimicrobial peptides by the oral mucosa and salivary glands, Infection and Immunity, 67(6), 2740-5, June 1999 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 2/4/2003

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