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Ligtenberg, A.J.M.

Telephone:+31 20 59 80896
Room nr:12n-37
E-mail:a.ligtenberg@acta.nl
Unit:acta (conserverende en preventieve tandheelk)
Position:Assistant professor (Oral Biochemistry)

Expertise

Oral biochemistry
Saliva diagnostics
Microbial adhesion

Professional interests

Oral microbiology
Innate immunity
Dental erosion

Professional employment history

Year	Occupation
1992	Assistant Professor Oral Biochemistry, ACTA
1988	PhD student Oral Biochemistry, ACTA
1986	Technician Medical Microbiology at the Free University

Selected scientific publications

Leito JT, Ligtenberg AJ, Nazmi K, Veerman EC.
Identification of salivary components that induce transition of hyphae to yeast in Candida albicans. FEMS. Yeast Res. 2009 Oct;9(7):1102-10.
Ligtenberg AJ, Veerman EC, Nieuw Amerongen AV, Mollenhauer J.
Salivary agglutinin/glycoprotein-340/DMBT1: a single molecule with variable composition
and with different functions in infection, inflammation and cancer. Biol Chem.
2007 Dec;388(12):1275-89. Review.
Ligtenberg AJ, de Soet JJ, Veerman EC, Amerongen AV.
Oral diseases: from detection to diagnostics. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Mar;1098:200-3. Review.
Ligtenberg AJ, Bikker FJ, De Blieck-Hogervorst JM, Veerman EC, Nieuw Amerongen
AV.
Binding of salivary agglutinin to IgA. Biochem J. 2004 Oct 1;383(Pt
1):159-64.
Ligtenberg TJ, Bikker FJ, Groenink J, Tornoe I, Leth-Larsen R, Veerman EC,
Nieuw Amerongen AV, Holmskov U.
Human salivary agglutinin binds to lung surfactant protein-D and is identical with scavenger receptor protein gp-340. Biochem J. 2001 Oct 1;359(Pt 1):243-8

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (from 1999 until now)

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