2004 Publications

Cardiology

Bing RJ. Advances in Heart Health. Cardiac Research – Past, Present and Future. CV Network 3(2):16, 2004.

Bing RJ. Paul Ehrlich and His Magic Bullets, Heart News and Views 12(2):4-6, 2004.

Bing RJ. The Endless River. Heart News and Views 12(1):3-5, 2004.

Bing RJ. Past Truth and Present Poetry. The Nobel Prize and Its History. Heart News and Views 11(3):3-4, 2004.
 

Gene Therapy

Saha B, Zhang N, Naritoku WY, Tsao-Wei DD, GroshenSL, CarlssonG, LarssonL, Gustavsson B, Chaiwun B, Taylor CR, Imam SA. LEA 135 expression: Its association with a lower risk of recurrence and increased overall survival of patients with lymph-node positive primary invasive breast cancer. Anticancer Research 24:2391-2400, 2004.

Liver

Blatt LM, TongMJ. Epidemiology of chronic hepatitis viruses: HepatitisB virus and hepatitisC virus. Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment, Colacino JM and Heinz BA, eds. Birkhauser Verlag/Switzerland, 2004.

Lung

Glovsky MM, Ward PA, Johnson KJ. Complement determinations in human disease. Annuals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 93:513-523, 2004.

Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Miguel AG, GlovskyMM. Release of respirable allergens into the outdoor air. In: Allergy Frontiers and Futures. Allergy and Clinical Immunology International – Journal of the World Allergy Organization. Supplement1. Proceedings of the 24th Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum. Eds: BienenstockJB, RingT, TogiasAGT. Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, USA, p15-16, 2004.

Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Miguel AG, Valenta R, GlovskyMM. Birch pollen rupture and the release of aerosols of respirable allergens. Journal of Clinical Experimental Allergy 34:1591-1596, 2004.

Taylor PE, Jonsson H. Thunderstorm asthma. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 4:409-413, (Invited Review), 2004.

Published Conference Abstracts

Dio J, Sferruzza A, Glovsky MM. Undetectable or low CH50-relevance in a reference laboratory. Molecular Immunology 41(2-3):225-225, 2004.

National and International Presentations

Flagan RC, Glovsky MM, Esch R, TaylorPE. Identification and characterization of Aureobasidium in the outdoor air. American Association of Aerosol Research, 23rd Annual Meeting, October4-8, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004.

Flagan RC. Respirable allergens: The elusive link between pollen and asthma. Seminar presented at Harvard University, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, September 24, 2004.

Flagan RC. Respirable pollen allergens, particulate air pollution and asthma. Seminar presented at USC, Division of Environmental Health, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, September4, 2004.

Flagan RC. Studies of secondary aerosol particles and bioaerosols. Workshop on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December7-8, 2004.

Glovsky MM, Miguel AG, Flagan RC, EschR, HouseJ, TaylorPE. Can Chinese elm pollen cause asthma? 25th Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, Bornholm, Denmark, August24-30, 2004.

Glovsky MM, TaylorPE, Miguel AG, HouseJ, Flagan RC. Increase in Fall/Winter versus Spring/Summer asthma in Southern California: Potential causes. 62nd Annual Meeting, American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Boston, MA, November12-17, 2004.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Haseler LJ, Lin AP, Richardson RS. Skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism in sedentary humans: 31P MRS assessment of O2 supply and demand limitations. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2004 Sept:97(3):1077-81. Epub May 07, 2004.

Kanamori K, Ross BD. Quantitative determination of extracellular glutamine concentration in rat brain, and its elevation in vivo by system A transport inhibitor, alpha(methylamino)isobutyrate. Journal of Neurochemistry July:90(1):203-10, 2004.

Abstracts:

Bhattacharya P, Harris K, Lin AP, Ross BD. SNAPSHOT: A rapid 13C MRS technique for clinical neurospectroscopy. 45th ENC Conference, p75, 2004.

Colletti PM, Berry K, Lin A, Singh M, Ross BD. Principles of diffusion tensor imaging. American Roentgen Ray Society. Certificate of Merit Award, 2004.

Harris K, Bhattacharya P, Lin AP, Schwiensburg B, Ross BD. 13C glucose magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human schizophrenia: Impact of medication. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p264, 2004.

Harris K, Bhattacharya P, Lin AP. Schwiensburg B, Ross BD. SNAPSHOT: A rapid 13C MRS technique for clinical neurospectroscopy. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p66, 2004.

Harris K, Gharib A, Bhattacharya P, Lin AP, Ross BD. 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human schizophrenia brain: A replication study. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p 264, 2004.

Harris K, Lin AP, Bhattacharya, Ross BD. Apparent glutamate neurotransmitter rate is reduced in schizophrenic humans: A 1-13C glucose MRS study. European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, p236, 2004.

Lin AP, Widjesenke A, Yang D, Shic F, Enriquez C, Ross BD. Clinical efficacy of short-echo time chemical shift imaging compared to single voxel spectroscopy. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p390, 2004.

Lin AP, Berry KE, Cooper K, Ross BD. Diffusion tensor imaging and MR spectroscopy in patients with hydrocephalus. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p457, 2004.

Lin AP, Berry K, Ross BD. Virtual Dissections: Non-Invasive characterization of fiber tracts in normal pressure hydrocephalus with diffusion tensor imaging and MR spectroscopy. Radiological Society of North America, p628, 2004.

Lin AP, Ross BD. Cost-effectiveness and efficacy of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the management of recurrent and high risk brain tumors. Radiological Society of North America, p158, 2004.

Ross BD, Lin AP, Harris K, Bhattacharya P, Tran T, Norton V, Weitekamp DP. Real or Imaginary: Human metabolism through nuclear magnetic resonance. 5th Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Canada, 2004.

Cardiac

England B, Enriquez C, Lee A, Lin A, Colletti P, Roth F, Rashtian M, Myers M, Ross BD. Efficacy of MR indicators for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, p237, 2004.

Lee A, Lin AP, Enriquez C, England B, Colletti P, Rashtian M, Myers M, Ross B. Efficacy of MASS and HARP for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p347, 2004.

Lee A, Tran T, Lin A, England B, Ross BD. Efficacy of MR indicators for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, p347, Kyoto, Japan, May 15-21, 2004.

Lin AP, Tran T, Ross BD. Myocardial and skeletal muscle physiology characterization in lipodystrophy by cardiac MRI and proton MR spectroscopy. Radiological Society of North America , p221, 2004.

Ross BD, Enriquez C, Shriner K, Smillie J, Lin AP, Denham J, Roth F, Edminston A. Myocardial delayed enhancement and abnormal cardiac function in HIV-positive patients who develop the lipodystrophy syndrome. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance , p248, 2004.

PASADENA

Bhattacharya P, Weitekamp D, Harris K, Lin AP, Ross BD. Towards the development of smart contrast agents employing PASADENA. European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, p62, 2004.

Invited Lecture

Ross, BD. Are we there yet? Plenary session, Radiological Society of North America, p54, 2004.

Courses

19th Annual PROBE course, Pasadena, CA, July 23-26, 2004

Asia PROBE course, Shanghai, China, October 29-November 2, 2004

Magnetoencephalography

D. Thyerlei, R. Padilla, N. P. Lopez, A. N. Mamelak, F. I. Darvas, W. W. Sutherling. Magnetic source imaging of interictal spikes compared to SISCOM in presurgical evaluation of epileptic patients, A115, Biomag Boston. 2004.

D. S. Hahn, F. Darvas, D. Thyerlei, M. J. McMahon, J. D. Weiland, R. M. Leahy, M. S. Humayun. Spatiotemporal analysis of visually evoked potentials in the cortex of a blind subject with a chronic intraocular retinal prosthesis, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). 2004.

Molecular Neurology

Book Chapters

Davidsson P, Harrington MG. Human cerebrospinal fluid. In: Biomedical Applications of Proteomics. Sanchez, Hochstrasser, Corthals, Eds. Wiley-VCH, Germany, pp 341-353, 2004.

Fonteh AN. An outline of arachidonate remodeling and its biological significance. In Arachidonate Remodeling and Inflammation. Fonteh AN, WykleRL, eds. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Switzerland, pp 1-11, 2004.

Marion CR, Fonteh AN. Enzymatic and receptor mediated effects of secretory phospholipase A2 on the pathophysiology of inflammatory disease. In Arachidonate Remodeling and Inflammation. FontehAN, WykleRL, eds. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Switzerland, pp 37-60, 2004.

McAlexander AM, Barham BJ, Johnson M, Fonteh AN. Control of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels and the role of inhibitors of incorporation and remodeling on the biosynthesis of lipid mediators. In Arachidonate Remodeling and Inflammation. FontehAN, WykleRL, eds. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Switzerland, pp 89-113, 2004.

Fonteh AN and Harrington MG. Remodeling of arachidonate and other polyunsaturated fatty acids in Alzheimer's disease. In Arachidonate Remodeling and Inflammation. FontehAN, WykleRL, eds.Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Switzerland, pp 145-167, 2004.

Molecular Oncology and Genetics

Eggerding FA. The Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay, in Medical Biomethods Handbook, Rapley R and Walker J, eds, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, Chapter 22, pp293-303, 2004.

Neural Engineering

Cogan SF, Guzelian AA, Agnew WF, Yuen TGH, McCreery DB. Over-pulsing degrades activated iridium oxide films used for intracortical neural stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 137:141-150, 2004

Lossinsky AS and Shivers RR. Structural pathways for macromolecular and cellular transport across the blood-brain barrier during inflammatory conditions. Review. Histology and Histopatholology 19:535-564, 2004.

Manoonkitiwongsa PS, Schultz RL, McCreery DB, Whitter EF, LydenPD. Neuroprotection of ischemic brain by vascular endothelial growth factor is critically dependent on proper dosage and may be comprised by angiogenesis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 24: 693-702, 2004.

McCreery D, Pikov V, Lossinsky A, Bullara L, Agnew W. Arrays for chronic functional microstimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 12:195-207, 2004.

McCreery D. Tissue Reaction to Electrodes: The problem of safe and effective stimulation of neural tissue. In: Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice, pp 592-611. Horch KW, Dhillon GS, eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2004.

Pikov V. Spinal Plasticity. In: Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice, pp302-316. Horch KW, Dhillon GS, eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2004.

Pikov V, McCreery DB. Mapping of spinal cord circuits controlling the bladder and external urethral sphincter functions in the rabbit. Neurourology and Urodynamics 23:172-179, 2004.

Abstracts

Han M, Liu X, Bullara LA, Pikov V, Cogan S, McCreery DB. Chronic neural microelectrode arrays: Long term electrochemical characteristics in cat cerebral cortex. NIH Neural Interfaces Workshop, Bethesda, MD, 2004.

Han M, Liu X, Bullara LA, Lossinsky AS, Manoonkitiwongsa PS, PikovV, Cogan S, McCreery DB. Long term electrochemical characterization and monitoring of chronic neural microelectrode arrays in cat cerebral cortex. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Program No.884.13, 2004.

Lossinsky AS, Jong A, Juang SH, Fiala M. Morphologic and immunoultrastructural studies of tissue invasion by candida albicans in neonatal and adult rats, and in the human blood-brain barrier in culture. Society for Neuroscience 34, No. 198.11, 2004.

Manoonkitiwongsa, PS, Schultz RL, McCreery DB, WhitterEF, LydenPD. Neuroprotection of ischemic brain by vascular endothelial growth factor is critically dependent on proper dosage and may be compromised by angiogenesis. FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) 18: A410, 2004.