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Juliet Akkaoui

PhD Student Florida International University
Verified email at fiu.edu
Cited by 125

[HTML][HTML] From alpha to omicron: how different variants of concern of the SARS-Coronavirus-2 impacted the world

…, J Ramelow, F Owens, J Souchak, J Akkaoui… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review article comprehensively discussed the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2
virus since its initial outbreak in 2019. Specifically, we have provided insights into the …

[HTML][HTML] Elusive roles of the different ceramidases in human health, pathophysiology, and tissue regeneration

C Duarte, J Akkaoui, C Yamada, A Ho, C Mao, A Movila - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ceramide and sphingosine are important interconvertible sphingolipid metabolites which
govern various signaling pathways related to different aspects of cell survival and senescence. …

[HTML][HTML] IL-34 exacerbates pathogenic features of Alzheimer's disease and calvaria osteolysis in triple transgenic (3x-Tg) female mice

…, C Yamada, C Garcia, C Duarte, J Akkaoui… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) include elevated accumulation of aggregated
Aβ40 and Aβ42 peptides, hyperphosphorylated Tau (p-Tau), and neuroinflammation. …

Contribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide to experimental periodontitis in relation to aging

J Akkaoui, C Yamada, C Duarte, A Ho… - GeroScience, 2021 - Springer
Aging is associated with increased prevalence and severity of pathogenic outcomes of
periodontal disease, including soft tissue degeneration and bone loss around the teeth. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Potential Role of Phosphoglycerol Dihydroceramide Produced by Periodontal Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's …

C Yamada, J Akkaoui, A Ho, C Duarte, R Deth… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… The signal intensity of Western blots was quantified using Image J. … The signal quantification
was carried out using Image J. ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test was used to evaluate the …

Brand experience on the pitch: How the sponsors fared in the world cup

J Akaoui - Journal of advertising research, 2007 - journalofadvertisingresearch.com
Brands see major live events as opportunities to connect with consumers and to build brand
equity and sales. In this article, we describe how the classical MCA® methodology was …

[HTML][HTML] Glycyrrhizin mitigates inflammatory bone loss and promotes expression of senescence-protective sirtuins in an aging mouse model of periprosthetic osteolysis

C Yamada, A Ho, J Akkaoui, C Garcia, C Duarte… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although periprosthetic osteolysis induced by wear debris particles is significantly elevated
in senior (65+ years old) patients, most of the published pre-clinical studies were performed …

Age-dependent effects of the recombinant spike protein/SARS-CoV-2 on the M–CSF–and IL-34-differentiated macrophages in vitro

C Duarte, J Akkaoui, A Ho, C Garcia, C Yamada… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes elevated production of senescence-associated secretory
phenotype (SASP) markers by macrophages. SARS-CoV-2 enters macrophages through its …

Crosstalk between dihydroceramides produced by Porphyromonas gingivalis and host lysosomal cathepsin B in the promotion of osteoclastogenesis

…, C Yamada, C Garcia, J Akkaoui… - Journal of Cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging studies indicate that intracellular eukaryotic ceramide species directly activate
cathepsin B (CatB), a lysosomal‐cysteine‐protease, in the cytoplasm of osteoclast precursors (…

[HTML][HTML] LRRC25 expression during physiological aging and in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and iPSC-derived neurons

D Devadoss, J Akkaoui, M Nair… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 25 (LRRC25) is relatively a novel protein with no
information on its role in neuronal or brain function. A recent study suggested LRRC25 is a …