College of Dentistry
Wallet Lab
Led by Shannon M Wallet · Oral Biology
What we study
The Wallet Lab studies how epithelial cells affect immune responses in diseases like COVID-19, burns, and diabetes. They use human and animal cell cultures to explore immune dysfunction.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Cells in a dish
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
SARS-CoV2 & COVID-19 pathogenesis
Investigating how immune responses lead to mild or severe COVID-19.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Wavelength-dependent cytokine modulation in metabolically stressed fibroblasts
2026 · Journal of Applied Oral Science
Compares how blue and red light affect stressed cells, measuring cell survival and cytokine release.
- Potential to modulate corneal epithelial repair via nitric oxide-releasing glycosaminoglycans
2026 · RSC Pharmaceutics
Shows how nitric oxide-releasing glycosaminoglycans can speed up corneal wound healing.
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- Treatment of periodontal biofilms via nitric oxide-augmented phototherapy
2026 · Journal of Oral Microbiology
Tests whether nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles can kill periodontal bacteria and biofilms.
- Blue Light‐Mediated Nitric Oxide‐Releasing Formulation for the Multimodal Treatment of Acne Vulgaris
2026 · Advanced Healthcare Materials
Builds a blue-light treatment for acne that releases nitric oxide for anti-inflammatory effects.
- The association between self-reported oral health and metabolic syndrome among cancer survivors: Findings from the UK Biobank
2026 · Periodontology Journal
Links poor oral health to metabolic syndrome in cancer survivors using UK Biobank data.
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