Department of Periodontics
Hebrew University – Hadassah
Faculty of Dental Medicine
P. O. Box 12272
Jerusalem, Israel
E-mail: asafw@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Tel: +972-2- 6778345
Fax: +972-2-643-8705
Born 1974 , Israel
DMD 2002, Israel
Research Interests
§ The effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis' gingipains on the host immune response.
§ The oral cavity as a site for mucosal and systemic immunity by DNA immunization.
§ Cytokine responses to periodontal pathogens.
§ The mechanisms of bisphosphonates-induced osteonecrosis.
Recent Publications
T cells phenotype as risk factor for periodontal disease. Houri-Haddad Y, Wilensky A, Shapira L. Periodontology 2000. 2007;45:67-75. Review.
VEGF facilitates periosteal distraction-induced osteogenesis in rabbits: A micro-computerized tomography study. Casap N, Blau-Venezia N, Wilensky A, Samuni Y. Tissue Eng. Part A. 2008 ;14(2), 247-53.
Effect of niobium-containing titanium alloy on osteoblast behavior in culture. Shapira L, Klinger A, Tadir A, Wilensky A, Halabi A. Clinical Oral Implants Research. 2009; 20, 578–582
Mouse model of experimental periodontitis induced by P. gingivalis/ F. nucleatum infection: bone loss and host response. Polak D, Wilensky A, Shapira L, Halabi A, Goldstein D, Weiss EI, Houri-Haddad Y. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 2009;36(5), 406-10.
Immunization of mice with P. gingivalis or F. nucleatum modulates the inflammatory response, but fails to prevent experimental periodontitis. David Polak, Asaf Wilensky, Lior Shapira, Ervin I Weiss, and Yael Houri-Haddad.
Journal of Clinical Periodontology (Accepted).
Strain-Dependent Activation of the Mouse Immune Response is Correlated with P. gingivalis-Induced Experimental Periodontitis. Asaf Wilensky, David Polak, Suhair Awawdi, Amal Halabi, Lior Shapira and Yael Houri-Haddad. Journal of Clinical Periodontology (Accepted).