Zackary R. Fitzsimonds

Dentistry · University of Michigan

Early career · publishing since 2019

Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oral Health Pathology and Treatment Immune Response and Inflammation interferon and immune responses

Publications

Citations

502

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2019

In context

Among 37 early career Dentistry PIs within our index

Citations: 502cohort median 223

Publications / year (recent): 2.0cohort median 3.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 20% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 8 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently

Recent publications

Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis in oral and orodigestive squamous cell carcinoma
Periodontology 2000 · 2022
Treponema denticola Induces Interleukin-36γ Expression in Human Oral Gingival Keratinocytes via the Parallel Activation of NF-κB and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways
Infection and Immunity · 2022
A bacterial tyrosine phosphatase modulates cell proliferation through targeting RGCC
PLoS Pathogens · 2021
Identification and characterization of a UbK family kinase in Porphyromonas gingivalis that phosphorylates the RprY response regulator
Molecular Oral Microbiology · 2021
Role of the RprY response regulator in P. gingivalis community development and virulence
Molecular Oral Microbiology · 2020
Stereoselective cyclopropanations of amino-acid derived enones
Tetrahedron Letters · 2020
Epithelial responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis in the community context.
2020
Streptococcus gordonii programs epithelial cells to resist ZEB2 induction by Porphyromonas gingivalis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019
Metabolic Signaling and Spatial Interactions in the Oral Polymicrobial Community
Journal of Dental Research · 2019
Porphyromonas gingivalis Tyrosine Phosphatase Php1 Promotes Community Development and Pathogenicity
mBio · 2019

Publishes in

Journal of Dental Research×2
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×2
Molecular Oral Microbiology×2
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
Periodontology 2000×1

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