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2003 Publications

Cardiology

Bing RJ.  Cyclooxygenase-II Inhibitors: Is there an association with coronary or renal events?  Current Atherosclerosis Reports 5(2):114-117, 2003.

Bing RJ.  Past Truth and Present Poetry. An odyssey in science and medicine.  Heart News and Views 11(2):3-4, 2003.

Bing RJ.  Past Truth and Present Poetry.  From molecular biology to the bedside.  Heart News and Views 11(1):1-2, 2003.

Lomnicka M, Karouni K, Sue M, Wessel LA and Bing RJ.  Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on prostacyclin and thromboxane in the kidney.  Pharmacology 68:147-153, 2003.

Gene Therapy

Arase A, Imam SS, Naritoku WY, Jones LW, Tsao-Wei D, Groshen S, Imam SA.  E-cadherin/ß-catenin: Their role in prostate cancer metastasis in bone.  22nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Association of Cancer Research & Symposium Kerala, India, January, 2003.

Liver

Bisceglie AM, Lyra AC, Schwartz M, Reddy RK, Martin P, Gores G, Lok AS, Hussain KB, Gish R, Van Thiel DH, Younossi Z, Tong MJ, Hassanein T, Balant L, Fleckenstein J, Flamm S, Blei A, Befeler AS.  Hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: Influences of ethnic status.  American Journal of Gastroententerology 98:2060-2063, 2003.

Lai CL, Leung NWY, Teo EK, Tong MJ, Wong F, Hann HW, Ham S, Poynard T, Meyers M, Chao G, Lloyd D, Brown N.  Results of a one-year international Phase II B comparative trial of Telbivudine, Lamivudine, and the combination in patients with chronic hepatitis B.  Hepatology 38 (No. 4 Supplement 1) 72A, 2003.

Lim SG, Marcellin P, Tassopoulos N, Hadziyannis S, Chang TT, Tong MJ, Slevert W, Hu P, Currie G, James C, Choy GS, Chen SS, Brosgart C.  Lack of ethnic differences in response to adefovir dipivoxil therapy in HbeAg+ and HbeAg- patients with chronic hepatitis B.  Hepatology 38 (No. 4 Supplement 1) 714A, 2003.

Marcellin P, Chang TT, Lim SG, Tong MJ, et al.  Adefoir dipivoxil for the treatment of hepatitis B c antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B.  New England Journal of Medicine 348:808-816, 2003.

Saab S, Ly D, Nieto J, Kanwal F, Lu D, Ramon S, Amado R, Nuesse B, Durazo F, Han S, Farmer DG, Ghobrial RM, Yersiz H, Chen P, Schwegel K, Goldstein LI, Tong MJ, Bussitil RW.  Hepatocellular carcinoma screening in patients waiting for liver transplantation.  A decision analytic model.  Liver Transplantation  9:672-681, 2003.

Tong MJ, Hassanein T, Van Antwerp N, Olek E, Murphy B.  Delivery of consensus interferon by continuous infusion for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: A pilot viral kinetic study in non-responding patients.  Hepatology 38 (No. 4 Supplement 1) 81A, 2003.

Lung

Glovsky MM, Taylor PE, Esch R, Miguel AG, House J, Tran L, Flagan RC.  Respirable allergenic aerosols produced from pollen and molds.  Asthma: From Genes to Clinical Management. Ed. R. Sepiashvili, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, 155-160, 2003.

Graham B, Guyon P, Maenhaut W, Taylor PE, Ebert, Matthias-Maser S, Mayol-Bracero OL, Godoi RHM, Artaxo P, Meizner F, Moura MAL, Rocha CH, Eca D, Grieken RV, Glovsky MM, Flagan RC, Andreae MO.  Composition and diurnal variations of the natural Amazonian aerosol.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere 108, D24, 4765, 2003.

Graham B, Guyon P, Taylor PE, Artaxo P, Glovsky MM, Flagan RC, Andreae MO.  Organic compounds present in the natural Amazonian aerosol: Characterization by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere 108, D24, 4766, 2003.

Share JB, Portnoff KA, Goldweber R, Glovsky MM.  Increased fall versus spring asthma in children in Pasadena, CA. (1995-2001)-possible mechanisms.  Journal of Allergy and ClinicalImmunology111:S141, 2003.

Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Miguel A, Glovsky MM.  Release of respirable allergens into the outdoor air.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement 2 (in press), 2003.

Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Miguel A, Olsen A, Glovsky MM.  Are pollen fragments associated with asthma?  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, S111, 141, 2003.
 
Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Miguel A, Valenta R, Glovsky MM.  Identification of birch pollen respirable particles.  Chest S123:433, 2003.

Magnetoencephalography

Akhtari M, Bryant HC, Emin D, Merrifield W, Mamelak AN, Flynn ER, Shih JJ, Mandelkern M, Matlachov A, Ranken DM, Best ED, Dimauro MA, Lee RR, Sutherling WW.  A model for frequency dependence of conductivities of the live human skull.  Brain Topography 16, No. 1, Fall, 2003.

Merrifield WS, Thyerlei D, Lopez NP, Mamelak AN, Sutherling WW.  Interictal spike dipoles with higher amplitudes have lower residuals.  Epilepsia 44(S9):253, 2003.

Ossadtchi A, Mosher JC, Sutherling WW, Leahy RM.  Propagation detection in interictal MEG data.  Presented at the American Epilepsy Society (AES), 2003.

Thyerlei D, Maleeva T, Mamelak AN, Darvas FI, Sutherling WW.  After discharge (AD) stimulation on simultaneous scalp-EEG and intra-cranial EEG (ECoG) and spike source reconstruction.  Epilepsia 44(S9):234, 2003.

Thyerlei D, Merrifield WS, Lopez NP, Sutherling WW.  Epileptic spike source reconstruction from MEG data for the clinician - a comparison of different software packages. International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET), Santa Fe, 2003.

Thyerlei D, Ossadtchi A, Maleeva T, Mamelak AN, Sutherling WW.  Using intracranial depth electrode stimulation as a reference source for reconstruction from simultaneous scalp-EEG.  NeuroImage 19:S49, 2003.

Thyerlei D, Ossadtchi A, Lopez NP, Merrifield WS, Sutherling WW.  68-compared to 150-sensor whole head magnetometer for SEF dipole localization.  American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), San Francisco, 2003.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Articles

Bluml S, Philippart M, Schiffmann R, Seymour K, Ross BD.  In vivo 31P MRS in childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination reveals abnormal membrane phospholipids and high-energy phosphate metabolites. Neurology 61:648-654, 2003.

Hwang JH, Bluml S, Leaf Alexander, Ross BD. In vivo characterization of fatty acids in Human adipose tissue using natural abundance 1H decoupled 13C MRS at 1.5 T: Clinical applications to dietary therapy. NMR in Biomedicine 16:160-167, 2003.

Kanamori K, Kondrat R, Ross BD.  13C enrichment of extracellular neurotransmitter glutamate in rat brain: Combined mass spectroscopy and NMR studies of neurotransmitter turnover and uptake into glia in vivo.  Cellular & Molecular Biology: Mass Spectroscopy: Applications in Neuroscience 49:(5):819-36, 2003.

Lin AP, Shic F, Enriquez C, Ross BD.  Evidence of reduced glutamate transmission in patients with Alzheimer's disease-An in vivo 13C study. MAGMA 16:29-42, 2003.

Ross B, Lin AP, Harris K.  Clinical Experience with 13C MRS in Vivo. NMR in Biomedicine 16:358-369, 2003.

Shic F, Lin AP, Ross BD.  Automated data processing of (1H-decoupled) 13C MR spectra acquired from human brain in vivo.  Journal of Magnetic Resonance 162:259-268, 2003

Abstracts

Enriquez C, England B, Colletti P, Roth F, Saber N, Bing RJ, Ross BD. Efficacy of MR indices of disconjugate cardiac contractility (DCC). Proceedings, 11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003.

Lee A, Eriquez C, England B, Colletti P, Roth F, Saber N, Lin AP, Bing R, Ross B.  Efficacy of MR asynchrony indices of disconjugate cardiac contractility (DCC). International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Dynamic Spectroscopy Workshop, 2003.

Lin AP, Denham J, Smillie J, Wijesinghe A, Harris K, Shriner K. Abnormal brain 1H MRS May be predictive of Lypodystrophy (L+) in HIV positive patients (HIV+).  Proceedings, 11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003.

Lin AP, Enriquez CM, Ross BD.  1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy detection of chromosomal defects in Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome.  Proceedings, 11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003

Lin AP, Lin DH, Lin CW, Ross BD.  Semi-Automated reporting software for clinical proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy exams. RSNA 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 28-December 3, 2003.

Lin AP, Shic F, Enriquez CM, Geschwind M, Ross BD.  Abnormal glutamate neurotransmission observed by 13C MRS in patients with adult polyglucosan storage disease. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Dynamic Spectroscopy Workshop, 2003.

Lin AP, Shic F, Enriquez CM, Ross BD.  Specificity of glutamate neurotransmission observed by 13C MRS in Alzheimer's disease: A comparison with adult polyglucosan storage disease.  Proceedings, 11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003.

Saber N, Wen H, Ross BD, Buckberg G, Gharib M.  Determining cardiac dynamics and myocardial morphology from DENSE MRI data. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Dynamic Spectroscopy Workshop, 2003.

Molecular Neurology

Harrington M, Biringer RG, Amato H, Hühmer AFR.  Quantitative measurements of protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid from headache and non-headache cohorts using ion-trap mass spectrometry.  Presented at American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology /Stowers Institute for Medical Research, May 2-4, 2003.

Harrington M, Fonteh A, Biringer RG, Amato H, Hühmer AFR.  Defining cerebrospinal fluid proteins by electrophoresis chrom atography ad mass spectrometry.  Presented at International Council of Electrophoresis Societies, Proteomics: Present and Future Challenges, Glascow, Scotland, May 27-30, 2003.BW1


Hühmer AFR, Biringer RG, Amato H, Harrington M.  Measurement of protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid using two quantitation strategies:  ICAT-labeling and relative peak areas from ion chromatograms.  Presented at Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities  meeting in Denver, Colorado, Feb. 11-13, 2003.

Hühmer AFR, Biringer RG, Amato H, Harrington M.  Shotgun sequencing of the human cerebrospinal fluid proteome using 2D chromatography in combination with linear ion trap mass spectrometry.  Presented at the Annual German Electrophoresis Society meeting, Sept. 14-17, 2003.

Molecular Oncology

Eggerding, Faye A.  The Oligonucleotide Method of Gene Analysis, in Medical Biomethods Handbook (Rapley, R., Walker, J.M., eds.), Humana Press, 2003.

Erdman S, Trimbath J, Giardiello FM, Eggerding FA, Haddel A, and Tolaymat N.  Colon Cancer in Children.  Presented at Digestive Disease Week, Orlando Florida, May 18-21, 2003.

Neural Engineering

Chavez J, Graham C, Lossinsky AS, Schultz RL, Manoonkitiwongsa PS.  Nissl staining of cat spinal cord is significantly influenced by concentrations of glutaraldehyde in the fixative.  Presented at the Microscopy & Microanalysis VII InterAmerican Congress on Electron Microscopy, San Antonio, TX, August, 2003.

Lossinsky AS and Shivers RR.  Studies of cerebral endothelium by scanning and high-voltage electron microscopy.  The Blood Brain Barrier: Biology and Research Protocols.  Ed.  Nag S, Human Press, INC. Methods in Molecular Medicine 89:67-82, 2003.

Manoonkitiwongsa PS, Lossinsky AS, Pikov V, Schultz RL, Liu X, Chavez J, Graham C, McCreery DB, Bullara LA, Agnew WF.  Fluoro-Jade B offers little advantage as a marker of degenerating cat cortical neurons.  Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 17(5): A1177.  Presented in San Diego, CA, April, 2003.

Troyk P, Bak M, Berg J, Bradley D, Cogan S, Erickson R, Kufta C, McCreery DB, Schmidt E, Towle V.  A model for intracortical visual prosthesis research.  Artif Organs 27:1005-15, 2003.

Podium Presentations:

McCreery DB, Lossinsky AS, Bullara LA.   A cochlear nucleus neuroprosthesis, based on microstimulation.   34th Neuroprosthesis Workshop, Oct. 21-23, Bethesda, MD, 2003.

McCreery DB, Lossinsky AS, Pickov V, Bullara LA.  Functional microstimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord.  34th Neuroprosthesis Workshop, Oct. 21-23, Bethesda, MD, 2003.

McCreery DB, Lossinsky AS, Bullara LA.  Microelectrodes for deep brain stimulation and recording.  2nd Annual NIH Workshop on Deep Brain Stimulation, Oct. 1-3, Washington DC, 2003.

Poster Presentation:

McCreery DB, Lossinsky AS, Bullara LA.  Silicon-substrate arrays for a cochlear nucleus auditory prosthesis based on microstimulation.  Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses.  Aug. 11-16, Asilomar, CA, 2003.

Surgical Oncology

Helsper JT.  Impact of the surgeon on cancer management outcomes.  Editorial,  Journal of Surgical Oncology 82:1-2, 2003.
 

Skinner KA, Helsper JT, Deapen D, Wei Ye, MS, Sposto R.  Breast cancer:  Do specialists make a difference?  Annals of Surgical Oncology 10(6):606-615, 2003.