Adriana is a Sr. Research Associate for Dr. D'Souza for the Dental Branch in the Department of Orthodontics. She is a Chief Administrator of research laboratory for Dr. Rena D'Souza and provides hands-on technical support. She assists in pre-doctoral and graduate student research projects.

Education:
B.A. 1984 - Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Publications

MacDougall M, Nydegger J, Gu TT, Simmons D, Luan X, Cavender AC and D'Souza R (in press).  Developmental regulation of dentin sialophosphoprotein during ameloblast differentiation: A potential enamel matrix nucleator.  Connective Tissue Res.

D'Souza R, Åberg T, Gaikwad J, Cavender AC, Owen M, Karsenty G and Thesleff I (1999).  Cbfa 1 is required for epithelial-mesenchymal interactions regulating tooth development in mice.  Development, 126, 2911-2920.

Gaikwad J, Cavender AC, Kapadia H, MacDougall M, and D'Souza R (1998).   Global expression patterns of dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1) during mouse development.  Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Eruption, Resorption and Replacement by Implants, Davidovitch Z and Mah J, HSAO (Eds.), 17-21.

D'Souza R, Cavender AC, Sood R, Tarnuzzer R, Dickinson D,  Roberts A and Letterio J (1998).  Dental abnormalities in mice lacking a functional transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TFG-b1) gene indicate a role for TGF-b1 in biomineralization.  International Journal of Oral Biology, 23(3), 119-131.

D'Souza R, Cavender AC, Dickinson D, Roberts A and Letterio J (1998).  TGF-b1 is essential for the homeostasis of the dentin-pulp complex.   European J Oral Science, 106(Suppl. 1), 185-191.

D'Souza R, Cavender AC, Sunavala G, Alvarez J, Ohshima T, Kulkarni AB and MacDougall M (1997).  Gene expression patterns of murine dentin matrix protein 1 (Dmp-1) and dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) suggest distince developmental functions in vivo.  J Bone Minearl Res, 12(12), 2040-2049.