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2006 Publications

Cardiology

Bing RJ. Matters @ Heart: The fate of pioneers. Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine 11-No. 4, 2006.

Bing RJ. Matters @ Heart: The Nobel Prize and its history. Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine 11-No. 3, 2006.

Bing RJ. Neurotransmitters in the brain (A quick look). Past Truth & Present Poetry. The News Bulletin of the International Society for Heart Research 14, No 2, 2006.

Bing RJ. Past truth & present poetry: Medical discoveries and the people behind them. tfm Publishing LTD, UK, 2006.

Gene Therapy

Saha B, Arase A, Imam SS, Tsao-Wei D, Groshen S, Naritoku WY, Jones LW, Imam SA. §-Catenin and E-Cadherin protein with concurrent unmethylated E-Cadherin gene are over-expressed in metastatic prostate cancer cells in bone. 25th Proceeding of the IACR Meeting, February 15-18, 2006.

Liver

Cheng JT, Hsien C, Sun HJ, Tong MJ. The emerging important of chronic hepatitis C infection in Asian Americans. American Journal of Gastroenterology, ISSN 0002-9270, doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241, 2006.

Tong MJ, Blatt LM, Kao JH, Cheng JT, Corey WG. Precore/basal core promoter mutants and hepatitis B viral DNA levels as predictors for liver deaths and hepatocellular carcinoma. World Journal of Gastroenterology 12(41)6620-6626, ISSN 1007-9327. The WJG Press, 2006.

Lung

Glovsky MM, Miguel AG, Flagan RC, Esch R, House J, Taylor PE. Can Chinese elm pollen cause asthma? Genes to Phenotypes- The Basis of Future Allergy Management, pp 81-83. Eds. H. Lowenstein, JB Bienenstock, T Ring. Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, USA, 2006.

Miguel AG, Taylor PE, House J, Glovsky MM, Flagan R. Meteorological influences on respirable fragment release from Chinese elm pollen. Aerosol Science Technology 40:690-696, 2006.

Ranzato M, Taylor PE, House JM, Flagan RC, LeCun Y, Perona P. Automatic Recognition of biological particles in microscopic images. Pattern Recognition Letters, (In press), 2006.

Taylor PE, Card G, House J, Dickinson MH, Flagan RC. High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, Morus Alba L. Sex Plant Reproduction 18:19-24, doi:10.1007/s00497-005-0018-9, 2006.

Taylor PE, Esch R, Flagan R, House J, Tran L, Glovsky MM. Identification and possible disease mechanisms of an under- recognized fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 139:45-52. doi:10.1159/000089522, 2006.

Vaidyanathan V, Miguel AG, Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Glovsky MM. Effects of electric fields on pollen rupture. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology S117:57, 2006.

Presentations

Flagan RC. Probing atmospheric aerosols: smog, clouds and exploding pollen. Keynote speaker at the Graduate Forum, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 1, 2006.

Glovsky MM. Environmental implications of pollen on bronchial asthma. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vienna, Austria, June 12, 2006.

Vaidyanathan V, Miguel AG, Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Glovsky MM. Effects of electric fields on pollen rupture. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Miami, Florida, 2006.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Papers

Kanamori K, Ross BD. Kinetics of glial glutamine efflux and the mechanism of neuronal uptake studied in vivo in mildly hyperammonemic rat brain. Journal of Neurochemistry 99(4):1103-1113, 2006.

Lin AP, Tran T, Ross BD. Impact of evidence-based medicine on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. NMR in Biomedicine 19:476-483, 2006.

Published Abstracts:

Bhattacharya P, Tofan D, Lin AP, Tran T, Harris KC, Norton V, Freundlich A, Weitekamp D, Ross BD. Towards the imaging of carotid artery and carotid plaque employing PASADENA. Poster presentation, Proceedings of the 9th Annual SCMR, Miami, Florida, 2006.

Chekmenev EY, Bhattacharya P, Norton V, Weitekamp DP, Lin AP, Perman WH, Ross BD. Succinate: example of smart hyperpolarized agent for brain cancer. 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, 2006.

Lin AP, Tran T, Bhattacharya P, Harris KC, Ross BD. Fast chemical shift imaging of hyperpolarized 13C substrates. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2006.

Perman WH, Bhattacharya P, Lin AP, Harris KC, Chekmenev EY, Norton V, Weitekamp DP, Ross BD. Fast 4D molecular imaging of hyperpolarized 13C compounds using partial Fourier multiple echo 3D-FIESTA. 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, 2006.

Ross BD, Weitekamp R, Bhattacharya P, Chekmenev EY, Lin AP, Harris KC, Norton VA, Weitekamp DP. Limits of detection of hyperpolarized 13C in vitro and in vivo. 14th ISMRM, May 6-12, Seattle, WA, 2006.

Tran T, Ross BD, Myers M, Getzen J, Wang X. Cardiovascular MR diagnosis of primary mesothelioma of the atrioventricular (AV) node. Best Abstract Award. Proceedings of the 9th Annual SCMR, Miami, Florida, 2006.

Molecular Genetics & Cytogenetics

Schiffman J, Chun N, Fisher P, Dahl GV, Ford JM, Eggerding FA. Identification of novel p53 in-frame deletion in a Li-Fraumeni-Like family. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, (in press), 2006.

Molecular Neurology

Biringer RG, Amato H, Harrington MG, Fonteh AN, Riggins JN, Huhmer AF. Enhanced sequence coverage of proteins in human cerebrospinal fluid using multiple enzymatic digestion and linear ion trap LC-MS/MS. Briefings in Functional Genomic and Proteomics 5(2):144-153, 2006.

Fonteh AN, Harrington RJ, Harrington MG. Quantification of free amino acids and dipeptides using isotope dilution liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Amino Acids DOI 10.1007/s00726-006-0370-6, 2006.

Fonteh AN, Harrington RJ, Huhmer AF, Biringer RG, Riggins JN, Harrington MG. Identification of disease markers in human cerebrospinal fluid using lipidomic and proteomic methods. Disease Markers 22:39-64, 2006.

Fonteh AN, Harrington RJ, Tsai A, Liao P, Harrington MG. Free amino acid and dipeptide changes in the body fluids from Alzheimer's disease subjects. Amino Acids DOI 10.1007/ s00726-006-0409-8, 2006.

Harrington MG. Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in primary headache disorders. Headache July-Aug:46(7):1075-87, 2006.

Harrington MG. Cerebrospinal profiling of proteins, lipids, small molecules, and elements: Application to the study of migraine pathophysiology. Headache June:46 Suppl 1:S9-12. Erratum in: Headache July-Aug:46(7):1227, 2006.

Harrington MG, Fonteh AN, Biringer RG, Huhmer AF, Cowan RP. Prostaglandin D synthase isoforms from cerebrospinal fluid vary with brain physiology. Disease Markers 22:73-81, 2006.

Harrington MG, Fonteh AN, Cowan RP, Perrine K, Pogoda JM, Biringer RG, Huhmer AF. Cerebrospinal fluid sodium increases in migraine. Headache 46:1128-1135, 2006.

Huhmer AF, Biringer RG, Amato H, Fonteh AN, Harrington MG. Protein analysis in human cerebrospinal fluid: Physiological aspects, current progress and future challenges. Disease Markers 22:3-26, 2006.

Loder E, Harrington MG, Cutrer M, Sandor P, DeVries B. Selected confirmed, probable, and exploratory migraine biomarkers. Headache July-Aug:46(7):1108-27, 2006.

Neural Engineering

Gholmieh G, Soussou W, Han M, Ahuja A, Hsiao MC, Song D, Tanguay AR Jr, Berger TW. Custom-designed high-density conformal planar multielectrode arrays for brain slice electrophysiology. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 152(1- 2):116-129, 2006.

Hoang TX, Pikov V, Havton LA. Functional reinnervation of the rat lower urinary tract after cauda equina injury and repair. Journal of Neuroscience, Aug 23:26(34):8672-9, 2006.

Kamai Y, Chiang LY, Lopez Bezerra LM, Doedt T, Lossinsky AS, Sheppard DC, Filler SG. Interactions of aspergillus fumigatus with vascular endothelial cells. Medical Mycology Sept:44 Supplement:115-7, 2006.

Liu X, McCreery DB, Bullara LA, Agnew WF. Evaluation of the stability of intracortical microelectrode arrays. IEEE Trans Neural System Rehabilitation Engineering 14, pp 91-100, 2006.

Lossinsky AS, Jong A, Fiala M, Muktar M, Buttle KF, Ingram M. The histopathology of Candida albicans invasion in neonatal rat tissues and in the human blood-brain barrier in culture revealed by light, scanning, transmission and immunoelectron microscopy. Histology and Histopathology Oct:21(10):1029-1041, 2006.

Manoonkitiwongsa PS, Schultz RL, Whitter EF, Lyden PD. Contraindications of VEGF-based therapeutic angiogenesis: Effects on macrophage density and histology of normal and ischemic brains. Vascular Pharmacology 44:316-325, 2006.

McCreery DB, Lossinsky AS, Pikov V, Liu X. Microelectrode array for chronic deep-brain microstimulation and recording. IEEE Trans Biomedical Engineering 53(4)726-737, 2006.

Shepherd RK, McCreery DB. Basis of electrical stimulation of the cochlea and the cochlear nucleus. Advances in Otorhinolaryngology, Vol. 64:186-205, 2006.

Soussou W, Gholmieh G, Han M, Ahuja A, Song D, Hsiao MC, Wang Z, Tanguay AR Jr., Berger TW. Mapping spatio-temporal electrophysiological activity in hippocampal slices with conformal planar multielectrode arrays. Advances in Network Electrophysiology Using Multi-Electrode Arrays. M. Taketani and M. Baudry. New York, Springer Verlag. XVIII:127-152, 2006. (*) First three authors contributed equally.

Prostate

Jones LW. Kaldi's Legacy: Coffee and Sexuality. American Urological Association News 11(7):19-20, 2006.