Alessandro Villa, DDS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Orofacial Sciences
School of Dentistry

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2021
• Residency Oral Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University 2013
• PhD Preventative Stomatology University of Sassari 2013
• MPH Public Health AT Still University 2011
• Fellowship Cancer Epidemiology National Cancer Institute 2010
• DDS Dentistry University of Milan 2008

Publications (153)

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Papillomavirus VaccinesDental CareMouth DiseasesMouth NeoplasmsXerostomiaLeukoplakia, OralBurning Mouth SyndromeDentistsClonazepamOral HealthStomatitisOral MedicineOropharyngeal NeoplasmsLichen Planus, OralPapillomavirus Infections

• Design and validation of a reporter mouse to study the dynamic regulation of TFEB and TFE3 activity through in vivo imaging techniques.
  Autophagy 2024 Brunialti E, Rizzi N, Pinto-Costa R, Villa A, Panzeri A, Meda C, Rebecchi M, Di Monte DA, Ciana P
• Common Oral Conditions: A Review.
  JAMA 2024 Stoopler ET, Villa A, Bindakhil M, Díaz DLO, Sollecito TP
• Characterization of orofacial features in sclerodermatous chronic graft-versus-host disease.
  Oral diseases 2024 Bajonaid A, Guntaka PK, Harper M, Cutler C, Duncan C, Villa A, Sroussi HY, Woo SB, Treister NS
• Comparisons of Non-Oral Immune-Related Adverse Events Among Patients With Cancer With Different Oral Toxicity Profiles.
  The oncologist 2024 Xu Y, Wen N, Haddad RI, Sonis ST, Villa A
• Canine glioblastoma-derived extracellular vesicles as precise carriers for glioblastoma imaging: Targeting across the blood-brain barrier.
  Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2024 Villa A, De Mitri Z, Vincenti S, Crippa E, Castiglioni L, Gelosa P, Rebecchi M, Tosi D, Brunialti E, Oevermann A, Falleni M, Sironi L, Bello L, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P

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• Orofacial complications from immune checkpoint inhibitors: A retrospective analysis from two academic medical centers.
  Head & neck 2024 Al-Eryani K, Epstein JB, Monreal AV, Villa A
• Correction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education and Knowledge among Medical and Dental Trainees.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2024 Thanasuwat B, Leung SOA, Welch K, Duffey-Lind E, Pena N, Feldman S, Villa A
• Nivolumab for Patients With High-Risk Oral Leukoplakia: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.
  JAMA oncology 2024 Hanna GJ, Villa A, Nandi SP, Shi R, ONeill A, Liu M, Quinn CT, Treister NS, Sroussi HY, Vacharotayangul P, Goguen LA, Annino DJ, Rettig EM, Jo VY, Wong KS, Lizotte P, Paweletz CP, Uppaluri R, Haddad …
• A New Hypothesis Describing the Pathogenesis of Oral Mucosal Injury Associated with the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitors.
  Cancers 2023 Sonis ST, Villa A
• Oral Toxicities of PSMA-Targeted Immunotherapies for The Management of Prostate Cancer.
  Clinical genitourinary cancer 2023 Emperumal CP, Villa A, Hwang C, Oh D, Fong L, Aggarwal R, Keenan BP
• Topical gabapentin solution for the management of burning mouth syndrome: A retrospective study.
  PloS one 2023 Gramacy A, Villa A
• Ofatumumab in Rituximab-Resistant and Rituximab-Intolerant Patients With Primary Membranous Nephropathy: A Case Series.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023 Podestà MA, Trillini M, Portalupi V, Gennarini A, Tomatis F, Villa A, Perna A, Rubis N, Remuzzi G, Ruggenenti P
• Oral health care practitioners as vaccine administrators: The scenario in the United States.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2023 Villa A, Saremi M, Klausner JD, Murphy ME
• Specific Oral Microbial Differences in Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes Are Associated with Distinct Sites When Moving from Healthy Mucosa to Oral Dysplasia-A Microbiome and Gene Profiling Study and Focused Review.
  Microorganisms 2023 Radaic A, Shamir ER, Jones K, Villa A, Garud NR, Tward AD, Kamarajan P, Kapila YL
• An Interactive Educational Tool to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Knowledge and Recommendation Among Nurses.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2023 Leung SOA, Villa A, Duffey-Lind E, Welch K, Jabaley T, Hammer M, Feldman S
• Dexamethasone solution and dexamethasone in Mucolox™ for the treatment of oral inflammatory ulcerative diseases: A phase II randomized clinical trial.
  Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology 2023 Lodolo M, Thanasuwat B, Veluppillai P, Bassani G, Villa A
• Total RNA sequencing reveals gene expression and microbial alterations shared by oral pre-malignant lesions and cancer.
  Human genomics 2023 Khan MM, Frustino J, Villa A, Nguyen BC, Woo SB, Johnson WE, Varelas X, Kukuruzinska M, Monti S
• Pathogenesis of Oral Toxicities Associated with Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy.
  International journal of molecular sciences 2023 Villa A, Kuten-Shorrer M
• Total RNA sequencing reveals gene expression and microbial alterations shared by oral pre-malignant lesions and cancer.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Khan MM, Frustino J, Villa A, Nguyen BC, Woo SB, Johnson WE, Varelas X, Kukuruzinska M, Monti S
• Radiotherapy-induced severe oral mucositis: pharmacotherapies in recent and current clinical trials.
  Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2023 Villa A, Sonis ST
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a systematic review of outcome domains for xerostomia.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2023 Wiriyakijja P, Niklander SE, Santos-Silva AR, Shorrer MK, Simms ML, Villa A, Sankar V, Kerr AR, Riordain RN, Jensen SB, Delli K
• The World Workshop on Oral Medicine Outcomes Initiative for the Direction of Research Project.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2023 Ni Riordain R, Farag AM, Villa A, Robledo-Sierra J, Delli K, Taylor J
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a systematic review of outcome domains for salivary hypofunction.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2023 Simms ML, Kuten-Shorrer M, Wiriyakijja P, Niklander SE, Santos-Silva AR, Sankar V, Kerr AR, Jensen SB, Riordain RN, Delli K, Villa A
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: the patient perspective.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2023 Santos-Silva AR, Villa A, Kerr AR, Delli K, Simms ML, Shorrer MK, Wiriyakija P, Jensen SB, Niklander SE, Sankar V, Ni Riordain R
• Quantifying Costs Associated With Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2023 Sonis S, Saunders D, Villa A
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a consensus study.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2023 Niklander SE, Simms ML, Wiriyakijja P, Santos-Silva AR, Kuten-Shorrer M, Sankar V, Kerr AR, Jensen SB, Riordain RN, Villa A, Delli K
• Oral complications in a paediatric graft versus host disease (GVHD) clinic: A retrospective study.
  Oral diseases 2023 Emperumal CP, Weller B, Okane S, Joseph R, Kharbanda S, Ling Z, Villa A
• Assessment of human papillomavirus vaccination rates of adolescents in California, 2018-2019.
  Preventive medicine reports 2023 Warren BR, Gillette-Walch H, Adler J, Arias R, Klausner JD, Ashing KT, Villa A
• Burnout in oral medicine and orofacial pain residents.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2023 Sandhu S, Alsafwani Z, Sankar V, Handa S, Villa A
• Sex-Specific Microglial Responses to Glucocerebrosidase Inhibition: Relevance to GBA1-Linked Parkinson's Disease.
  Cells 2023 Brunialti E, Villa A, Toffoli M, Lucas Del Pozo S, Rizzi N, Meda C, Maggi A, Schapira AHV, Ciana P
• Oral manifestations of delusional infestation: a case series.
  BMC oral health 2022 Alsafwani Z, Aljishi M, Shiboski C, Jordan R, Villa A
• Increased Sensitivity of Computed Tomography Scan for Neoplastic Tissues Using the Extracellular Vesicle Formulation of the Contrast Agent Iohexol.
  Pharmaceutics 2022 Vincenti S, Villa A, Crescenti D, Crippa E, Brunialti E, Shojaei-Ghahrizjani F, Rizzi N, Rebecchi M, Dei Cas M, Del Sole A, Paroni R, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P
• Could oral health care professionals help increase human papillomavirus vaccination rates by engaging patients in discussions?
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2022 Casey SM, Paiva T, Perkins RB, Villa A, Murray EJ
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education and Knowledge Among Medical and Dental Trainees.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2022 Thanasuwat B, Leung SOA, Welch K, Duffey-Lind E, Pena N, Feldman S, Villa A
• Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy: Review of orofacial adverse events and role of the oral healthcare provider.
  Frontiers in oral health 2022 Klein BA, Shazib MA, Villa A, de Abreu Alves F, Vacharotayangul P, Sonis S, Fedele S, Treister NS
• Assessing knowledge of human papillomavirus among men who have sex with men (MSM) using targeted dating applications.
  Vaccine 2022 Pham D, Shukla A, Welch K, Villa A
• Efficacy of antiseptic mouthrinses against SARS-CoV-2: A prospective randomized placebo-controlled pilot study.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2022 Fantozzi PJ, Pampena E, Pierangeli A, Oliveto G, Sorrentino L, Di Vanna D, Pampena R, Lazzaro A, Gentilini E, Mastroianni CM, D'Ettorre G, Polimeni A, Romeo U, Villa A
• Salivary Gland Dysfunction Secondary to Cancer Treatment.
  Frontiers in oral health 2022 Vistoso Monreal A, Polonsky G, Shiboski C, Sankar V, Villa A
• Correction: Comprehensive Immunoprofiling of High-risk Oral Proliferative and Localized Leukoplakia.
  Cancer research communications 2022 Hanna GJ, Villa A, Mistry N, Jia Y, Quinn CT, Turner MM, Felt KD, Pfaff K, Haddad RI, Uppaluri R, Rodig SJ, Woo SB, Egloff AM, Hodi FS
• Assessment of the willingness of dentists in the state of Indiana to administer vaccines.
  PloS one 2022 Shukla A, Welch K, Villa A
• Oral-systemic health considerations in dental settings: An American Dental Association Clinical Evaluators Panel survey.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2022 Villa A, da Costa J, Duong ML, Frazier K, Urquhart O, Council on Scientific Affairs
• The role of telemedicine for symptoms management in oral medicine: a retrospective observational study.
  BMC oral health 2022 Alsafwani Z, Shiboski C, Villa A
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Web-Based Modules on Human Papillomavirus Among Dental and Dental Hygiene Students.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2022 Shukla A, Chintapalli A, Ahmed MKAB, Welch K, Villa A
• Caphosol tolerability in oral mucositis patients induced by bone marrow transplantation.
  Oral diseases 2022 Chirravur P, Sroussi H, Villa A
• Characterization of initial/early histologic features of proliferative leukoplakia and correlation with malignant transformation: a multicenter study.
  Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2022 Alabdulaaly L, Villa A, Chen T, Kerr A, Ross N, Abreu Alves F, Guollo A, Woo SB
• Oral medicine education in predoctoral programs in US dental schools.
  Journal of dental education 2022 Bajonaid AM, Park SE, Villa A
• Dentist-administered vaccines: An American Dental Association Clinical Evaluators Panel survey.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2022 Duong ML, Villa A, Patton L, Frazier K, Khajotia S, Kumar P, Urquhart O, Council on Scientific Affairs
• Increasing HPV vaccination coverage to prevent oropharyngeal cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis.
  Tumour virus research 2021 Choi SE, Choudhary A, Huang J, Sonis S, Giuliano AR, Villa A
• The role of family history of Cancer in Oral Cavity Cancer.
  Head & face medicine 2021 Fantozzi PJ, Bavarian R, Tamayo I, Bind MA, Woo SB, Villa A
• Topical clonazepam for burning mouth syndrome: Is it efficacious in patients with anxiety or depression?
  Journal of oral rehabilitation 2021 Rossella I, Alessandro V, Naman R, Gary K, Hervé SY
• Head and Neck Cancer among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations in California, 2009-2018.
  Cancers 2021 Warren BR, Grandis JR, Johnson DE, Villa A
• Comprehensive Immunoprofiling of High-Risk Oral Proliferative and Localized Leukoplakia.
  Cancer research communications 2021 Hanna GJ, Villa A, Mistry N, Jia Y, Quinn CT, Turner MM, Felt KD, Pfaff K, Haddad RI, Uppaluri R, Rodig SJ, Woo SB, Egloff AM, Hodi FS
• Effect of COVID-19 on training and mental health of oral medicine residents in North America.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2021 Sandhu S, Sankar V, Sroussi HY, Villa A
• Inhibition of microglial β-glucocerebrosidase hampers the microglia-mediated antioxidant and protective response in neurons.
  Journal of neuroinflammation 2021 Brunialti E, Villa A, Mekhaeil M, Mornata F, Vegeto E, Maggi A, Di Monte DA, Ciana P
• Oral manifestations of immune-related adverse events in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
  Oral diseases 2021 Klein BA, Alves FA, de Santana Rodrigues Velho J, Vacharotayangul P, Hanna GJ, LeBoeuf NR, Shazib MA, Villa A, Woo SB, Sroussi H, Sonis S, Treister NS
• Vitamin D status in patients with oropharyngeal cancer: Association with HPV status and prognosis.
  Oral diseases 2021 Wilson Westmark NL, Sroussi H, Tamayo I, Villa A
• Exceptional toxicity resistance.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2021 Sonis S, Villa A, Epstein J
• Oral myeloid sarcoma as an uncommon manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia: A case series and review of the literature.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2021 Wang D, He K, Sroussi H, Treister N, Luskin M, Villa A, Woo SB, Shazib MA
• Concordance of the WHO, RTOG, and CTCAE v4.0 grading scales for the evaluation of oral mucositis associated with chemoradiation therapy for the treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2021 Villa A, Vollemans M, De Moraes A, Sonis S
• The Cupola: an additional layer of protection for providers working in the oropharyngeal region.
  BMC research notes 2021 Villa A, Grenon M
• Use of Prescription Sialagogues for Management of Xerostomia in Chronic Graft-versus-Host-Disease.
  Transplantation and cellular therapy 2021 Mousavian M, Sroussi H, Villa A, Cutler C, Treister N
• Oral side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICIT): An analysis of 4683 patients receiving ICIT for malignancies at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2011 to 2019.
  Cancer 2021 Xu Y, Wen N, Sonis ST, Villa A
• Benefits of the Involvement of Dentists in Managing Oral Complications Among Patients With Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer: An Analysis of Claims Data.
  JCO oncology practice 2021 Choi SE, Choudhary A, Sonis S, Villa A
• Healthcare-associated infections among patients hospitalized for cancers of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx.
  Infection prevention in practice 2021 Sankaran SP, Villa A, Sonis S
• Including vaccinations in the scope of dental practice: The time has come.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2021 Villa A, Chmieliauskaite M, Patton LL
• Cancer-derived EVs show tropism for tissues at early stage of neoplastic transformation.
  Nanotheranostics 2021 Garofalo M, Villa A, Brunialti E, Crescenti D, Dell'Omo G, Kuryk L, Vingiani A, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P
• Transplantation of autologous extracellular vesicles for cancer-specific targeting.
  Theranostics 2021 Villa A, Garofalo M, Crescenti D, Rizzi N, Brunialti E, Vingiani A, Belotti P, Sposito C, Franzè S, Cilurzo F, Pruneri G, Recordati C, Giudice C, Giordano A, Tortoreto M, Beretta G, Stefanello D, …
• Patient and providers' satisfaction with tele(oral)medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Oral diseases 2020 Villa A, Sankar V, Shazib MA, Ramos D, Veluppillai P, Wu A, Shiboski C
• Acute Oral Lesions.
  Dermatologic clinics 2020 France K, Villa A
• Xerostomia, gustatory and olfactory dysfunctions in patients with COVID-19.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2020 Fantozzi PJ, Pampena E, Di Vanna D, Pellegrino E, Corbi D, Mammucari S, Alessi F, Pampena R, Bertazzoni G, Minisola S, Mastroianni CM, Polimeni A, Romeo U, Villa A
• Educational Interventions on Human Papillomavirus for Oral Health Providers.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2020 Pampena E, Vanucci R, Johnson LB, Bind MA, Tamayo I, Welch K, Lind E, Wagner R, Villa A
• Osteonecrosis of the jaw and dental extractions: A single-center experience.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2020 Sandhu S, Salous MH, Sankar V, Margalit DN, Villa A
• An educational intervention on HPV knowledge and comfortability discussing vaccination among oral health care professionals of the American Indian and Alaskan Native population.
  Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2020 Salous MH, Bind MA, Granger L, Johnson LB, Welch K, Villa A
• Tele(oral)medicine: A new approach during the COVID-19 crisis.
  Oral diseases 2020 Villa A, Sankar V, Shiboski C
• Oral health in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplantation survivors.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2020 Fantozzi PJ, Treister NS, Cutler CS, Villa A
• Regression of oral proliferative leukoplakia following initiation of ibrutinib therapy in two allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2020 Fantozzi PJ, Villa A, Antin JH, Treister N
• An American Dental Association Clinical Evaluators Panel survey.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2020 Patton LL, Villa A, Bedran-Russo AK, Frazier K, Khajotia S, Lawson NC, Park J, Lipman RD, Urquhart O, Council on Scientific Affairs
• The Role of Sex and Sex Hormones in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
  Endocrine reviews 2020 Vegeto E, Villa A, Della Torre S, Crippa V, Rusmini P, Cristofani R, Galbiati M, Maggi A, Poletti A
• Site and sex-specific differences in the effect of vitamin D on human papillomavirus infections: analyses of NHANES 2009-2014.
  Sexually transmitted infections 2020 Gupta A, Villa A, Feldman S, Citow B, Sroussi H
• Dexamethasone solution and dexamethasone in Mucolox for the treatment of oral lichen planus: a preliminary study.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2020 Villa A, Sankar V, Bassani G, Johnson LB, Sroussi H
• Corrigendum to "Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Therapy for Inflammatory Oral Ulcers". Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, Volume 128, Issue 5, 485 - 490.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2020 Fantozzi PJ, Treister N, Shekar R, Woo SB, Villa A
• An update on pharmacotherapies in active development for the management of cancer regimen-associated oral mucositis.
  Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy 2020 Villa A, Sonis ST
• Bleeding risk in thrombocytopenic patients after dental extractions: a retrospective single-center study.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2020 Sandhu S, Sankar V, Villa A
• Summary of the evidence on the safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccines: Umbrella review of systematic reviews.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2020 Villa A, Patton LL, Giuliano AR, Estrich CG, Pahlke SC, O'Brien KK, Lipman RD, Araujo MWB
• Oral immune-related adverse events associated with PD-1 inhibitor therapy: A case series.
  Oral diseases 2020 Shazib MA, Woo SB, Sroussi H, Carvo I, Treister N, Farag A, Schoenfeld J, Haddad R, LeBoeuf N, Villa A
• Oral submucous fibrosis: a contemporary narrative review with a proposed inter-professional approach for an early diagnosis and clinical management.
  Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale 2020 Rao NR, Villa A, More CB, Jayasinghe RD, Kerr AR, Johnson NW
• Burning mouth syndrome: a diagnostic challenge.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2019 Freilich JE, Kuten-Shorrer M, Treister NS, Woo SB, Villa A
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Educational Intervention among Oral Health Professionals.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2019 Shukla A, Nyambose J, Vanucci R, Johnson LB, Welch K, Lind E, Villa A
• Response to "prognostic biomarkers in oral leukoplakia".
  Oral diseases 2019 Villa A, Celentano A, Glurich I, Borgnakke WS, Jensen SB, Peterson DE, Delli K, Ojeda D, Vissink A, Farah CS
• Disparities in Oral Cancer Screening Among Dental Professionals: NHANES 2011-2016.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2019 Gupta A, Sonis S, Uppaluri R, Bergmark RW, Villa A
• Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide therapy for inflammatory oral ulcers.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2019 Fantozzi PJ, Treister N, Shekar R, Woo SB, Villa A
• Predictors of dental care use, unmet dental care need, and barriers to unmet need among women: results from NHANES, 2011 to 2016.
  Journal of public health dentistry 2019 Gupta A, Feldman S, Perkins RB, Stokes A, Sankar V, Villa A
• Heterologous and cross-species tropism of cancer-derived extracellular vesicles.
  Theranostics 2019 Garofalo M, Villa A, Crescenti D, Marzagalli M, Kuryk L, Limonta P, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P
• Oral keratosis of unknown significance shares genomic overlap with oral dysplasia.
  Oral diseases 2019 Villa A, Hanna GJ, Kacew A, Frustino J, Hammerman PS, Woo SB
• Persistent Pain and Gingival Swelling in a Middle-aged Woman.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2019 Almazyad A, Woo SB, Villa A
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VII: Biomarkers predicting lymphoma in the salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome-A systematic review.
  Oral diseases 2019 Delli K, Villa A, Farah CS, Celentano A, Ojeda D, Peterson DE, Jensen SB, Glurich I, Vissink A
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VII: Prognostic biomarkers in oral leukoplakia: A systematic review of longitudinal studies.
  Oral diseases 2019 Villa A, Celentano A, Glurich I, Borgnakke WS, Jensen SB, Peterson DE, Delli K, Ojeda D, Vissink A, Farah CS
• A mobile molar with furcation involvement.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2019 Sandhu S, Villa A, Treister NS
• Evaluation of a community-based dental screening program prior to radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: a single-center experience.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2019 Waring E, Mawardi H, Woo SB, Treister N, Margalit DN, Frustino J, Villa A
• Barrier use during oro-genital sex and oral Human Papillomavirus prevalence: Analysis of NHANES 2009-2014.
  Oral diseases 2018 Gupta A, Perkins RB, Ortega G, Feldman S, Villa A
• Sexual differentiation of microglia.
  Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 2018 Villa A, Della Torre S, Maggi A
• Identification of new molecular targets for PET imaging of the microglial anti-inflammatory activation state.
  Theranostics 2018 Villa A, Klein B, Janssen B, Pedragosa J, Pepe G, Zinnhardt B, Vugts DJ, Gelosa P, Sironi L, Beaino W, Damont A, Dollé F, Jego B, Winkeler A, Ory D, Solin O, Vercouillie J, Funke U, Laner-Plamberger S…
• Systemic Administration and Targeted Delivery of Immunogenic Oncolytic Adenovirus Encapsulated in Extracellular Vesicles for Cancer Therapies.
  Viruses 2018 Garofalo M, Villa A, Rizzi N, Kuryk L, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P
• A persistent swelling of the lower lip.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2018 Bavarian R, Sultan AS, Villa A
• Human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer.
  Current problems in cancer 2018 Villa A, Hanna GJ
• Sex-Specific Features of Microglia from Adult Mice.
  Cell reports 2018 Villa A, Gelosa P, Castiglioni L, Cimino M, Rizzi N, Pepe G, Lolli F, Marcello E, Sironi L, Vegeto E, Maggi A
• Employment Type and Career Satisfaction Among Oral Medicine Specialists.
  Journal of dental education 2018 Villa A, Stoopler ET, Napenas J
• A SIMPL application to assess oral medicine residents' performance and level of autonomy.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2018 Shekar R, George BC, Bohnen JD, Villa A
• Identification of the allosteric P2X7 receptor antagonist [11C]SMW139 as a PET tracer of microglial activation.
  Scientific reports 2018 Janssen B, Vugts DJ, Wilkinson SM, Ory D, Chalon S, Hoozemans JJM, Schuit RC, Beaino W, Kooijman EJM, van den Hoek J, Chishty M, Doméné A, Van der Perren A, Villa A, Maggi A, Molenaar GT, Funke U, …
• Phase II investigational oral drugs for the treatment of radio/chemotherapy induced oral mucositis.
  Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2018 Sonis ST, Villa A
• Selective proliferative response of microglia to alternative polarization signals.
  Journal of neuroinflammation 2017 Pepe G, De Maglie M, Minoli L, Villa A, Maggi A, Vegeto E
• Impact of the insurance type of head and neck cancer patients on their hospitalization utilization patterns.
  Cancer 2017 Gupta A, Sonis ST, Schneider EB, Villa A
• The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen for the Prevention and Management of Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw: A Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center Multidisciplinary Guideline.
  The oncologist 2017 Sultan A, Hanna GJ, Margalit DN, Chau N, Goguen LA, Marty FM, Rabinowits G, Schoenfeld JD, Sonis ST, Thomas T, Tishler RB, Treister NS, Villa A, Woo SB, Haddad R, Mawardi H
• Dental Management of Patients Who Have Undergone Oral Cancer Therapy.
  Dental clinics of North America 2017 Villa A, Akintoye SO
• Oral Manifestations of Immunodeficiencies and Transplantation Medicine.
  Atlas of the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America 2017 Waring E, Villa A
• HPV-16 in a distinct subset of oral epithelial dysplasia.
  Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2017 Lerman MA, Almazrooa S, Lindeman N, Hall D, Villa A, Woo SB
• Topical Clonazepam Solution for the Management of Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Retrospective Study.
  Journal of oral & facial pain and headache 2017 Kuten-Shorrer M, Treister NS, Stock S, Kelley JM, Ji YD, Woo SB, Lerman MA, Palmason S, Sonis ST, Villa A
• Safety and tolerability of topical clonazepam solution for management of oral dysesthesia.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2017 Kuten-Shorrer M, Treister NS, Stock S, Kelley JM, Ji YD, Woo SB, Lerman MA, Palmason S, Sonis ST, Villa A
• Self-renewal and phenotypic conversion are the main physiological responses of macrophages to the endogenous estrogen surge.
  Scientific reports 2017 Pepe G, Braga D, Renzi TA, Villa A, Bolego C, D'Avila F, Barlassina C, Maggi A, Locati M, Vegeto E
• A Guide to Medications Inducing Salivary Gland Dysfunction, Xerostomia, and Subjective Sialorrhea: A Systematic Review Sponsored by the World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI.
  Drugs in R&D 2017 Wolff A, Joshi RK, Ekström J, Aframian D, Pedersen AM, Proctor G, Narayana N, Villa A, Sia YW, Aliko A, McGowan R, Kerr AR, Jensen SB, Vissink A, Dawes C
• The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen for the Prevention and Management of Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw: A Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center Multidisciplinary Guideline.
  The oncologist 2017 Sultan A, Hanna GJ, Margalit DN, Chau N, Goguen LA, Marty FM, Rabinowits G, Schoenfeld JD, Sonis ST, Thomas T, Tishler RB, Treister NS, Villa A, Woo SB, Haddad R, Mawardi H
• Oral Human Papilloma Virus Infections and the Role of the Dental Professional.
  Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society 2017 Wagner R, Villa A
• Osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with ziv-aflibercept.
  Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 2016 Mawardi H, Enzinger P, McCleary N, Manon R, Villa A, Treister N, Woo SB
• Leukoplakia-A Diagnostic and Management Algorithm.
  Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2016 Villa A, Woo SB
• Everolimus-associated stomatitis in a patient who had renal transplant.
  BMJ case reports 2016 Ji YD, Aboalela A, Villa A
• Possible pathogenic engagement of soluble Semaphorin 4D produced by γδT cells in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ).
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2016 Movila A, Mawardi H, Nishimura K, Kiyama T, Egashira K, Kim JY, Villa A, Sasaki H, Woo SB, Kawai T
• Pharmacotherapy for the management of cancer regimen-related oral mucositis.
  Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy 2016 Villa A, Sonis ST
• Toxicities associated with head and neck cancer treatment and oncology-related clinical trials.
  Current problems in cancer 2016 Villa A, Sonis S
• Estrogens, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration.
  Endocrine reviews 2016 Villa A, Vegeto E, Poletti A, Maggi A
• Early pathologic amyloid induces hypersynchrony of BOLD resting-state networks in transgenic mice and provides an early therapeutic window before amyloid plaque deposition.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016 Shah D, Praet J, Latif Hernandez A, Höfling C, Anckaerts C, Bard F, Morawski M, Detrez JR, Prinsen E, Villa A, De Vos WH, Maggi A, D'Hooge R, Balschun D, Rossner S, Verhoye M, Van der Linden A
• Benign Jaw Lesions.
  Dental clinics of North America 2016 Gohel A, Villa A, Sakai O
• A risk prediction model for xerostomia: a retrospective cohort study.
  Gerodontology 2015 Villa A, Nordio F, Gohel A
• Estrogen accelerates the resolution of inflammation in macrophagic cells.
  Scientific reports 2015 Villa A, Rizzi N, Vegeto E, Ciana P, Maggi A
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI: a systematic review of medication-induced salivary gland dysfunction: prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment.
  Clinical oral investigations 2015 Villa A, Wolff A, Aframian D, Vissink A, Ekström J, Proctor G, McGowan R, Narayana N, Aliko A, Sia YW, Joshi RK, Jensen SB, Kerr AR, Dawes C, Pedersen AM
• Ovariectomy shortens the life span of female mice.
  Oncotarget 2015 Benedusi V, Martini E, Kallikourdis M, Villa A, Meda C, Maggi A
• Mucositis: pathobiology and management.
  Current opinion in oncology 2015 Villa A, Sonis ST
• World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI: clinical implications of medication-induced salivary gland dysfunction.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2015 Aliko A, Wolff A, Dawes C, Aframian D, Proctor G, Ekström J, Narayana N, Villa A, Sia YW, Joshi RK, McGowan R, Beier Jensen S, Kerr AR, Lynge Pedersen AM, Vissink A
• Oral Medicine referrals at a hospital-based practice in the United States.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2015 Villa A, Stock S, Aboalela A, Lerman MA, Woo SB, Sonis ST, Treister NS
• Diagnosis and management of xerostomia and hyposalivation.
  Therapeutics and clinical risk management 2014 Villa A, Connell CL, Abati S
• Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor-associated stomatitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients receiving sirolimus prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease.
  Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2014 Villa A, Aboalela A, Luskin KA, Cutler CS, Sonis ST, Woo SB, Peterson DE, Treister NS
• Oral potentially malignant disorders in a large dental population.
  Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB 2014 Villa A, Gohel A
• Oral ulceration with mandibular necrosis.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2014 Villa A, Gohel A
• Cell cycle dependent oscillatory expression of estrogen receptor-α links Pol II elongation to neoplastic transformation.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014 Vantaggiato C, Tocchetti M, Cappelletti V, Gurtner A, Villa A, Daidone MG, Piaggio G, Maggi A, Ciana P
• Intraoral herpes simplex virus infection in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2013 Villa A, Treister NS
• In vivo dynamics of estrogen receptor activity: the ERE-Luc model.
  The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology 2012 Maggi A, Villa A
• Tetradian oscillation of estrogen receptor α is necessary to prevent liver lipid deposition.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012 Villa A, Della Torre S, Stell A, Cook J, Brown M, Maggi A
• Self-reported oral hygiene habits among dental patients in Italy.
  Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre 2012 Villa A, Kreimer AR, Polimeni A, Cicciù D, Strohmenger L, Gherlone E, Abati S
• Oral cancer knowledge: a survey administered to patients in dental departments at large Italian hospitals.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2011 Villa A, Kreimer AR, Pasi M, Polimeni A, Cicciù D, Strohmenger L, Gherlone E, Abati S
• Dental patients' self-reports of xerostomia and associated risk factors.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2011 Villa A, Polimeni A, Strohmenger L, Cicciù D, Gherlone E, Abati S
• Hypodontia and microdontia: clinical features of a rare syndrome.
  Journal (Canadian Dental Association) 2011 Villa A, Albonico A, Villa F
• The epidemiology of oral HPV infection among a multinational sample of healthy men.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2010 Kreimer AR, Villa A, Nyitray AG, Abrahamsen M, Papenfuss M, Smith D, Hildesheim A, Villa LL, Lazcano-Ponce E, Giuliano AR
• Oxidative stress and alterations in actin cytoskeleton trigger glutathione efflux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
  Biochimica et biophysica acta 2010 Bradamante S, Villa A, Versari S, Barenghi L, Orlandi I, Vai M
• Reversible deactivation of cerebral network components.
  Trends in neurosciences 1996 Payne BR, Lomber SG, Villa AE, Bullier J