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Brezovar T, Hudovornik G, Perpar M, Luštrik M, Dreu R. The Effect of Design and Size of the Fluid-Bed Equipment on the Particle Size-Dependent Trend of Particle Coating Thickness and Drug Prolonged-Release Profile. AAPS PharmSciTech 2023; 24:93. [PMID: 37002451 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-023-02540-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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The focus of the current work is to study and demonstrate the impact of the design, the scale, and settings of fluid-bed coating equipment on the differences in pellet coating thickness, which in case of prolonged-release pellets dictates the drug release. In the first set of coating experiments, the pellet cores were coated with the Tartrazine dye with the aim of estimating the coating equipment performance in terms of coating thickness distribution, assessed through color hue. In the second set, drug-layered pellets were film-coated with prolonged-release coating and dissolution profile tests were performed to estimate the thickness and uniformity of the coating thickness among differently sized pellets. In both study parts, film coating was performed at the laboratory and the pilot scale and essentially two types of distribution plate and different height adjustments of the draft tube were compared. The dye coating study proved to be extremely useful, as the results enable process correction and the optimal use of the process equipment in combination with the appropriate process parameters. Preferential film coating of larger drug-containing pellets was confirmed on the laboratory scale, while on the pilot scale, it was possible to achieve preferential coating of smaller pellets using rational alternatives of settings, which is desirable in terms of particle size-independent drug release profile of such prolonged-release dosage forms.
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- Teja Brezovar
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Krka, d.d., Novo mesto, Šmarješka cesta 6, 8501, Novo mesto, Slovenia
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- Krka, d.d., Novo mesto, Šmarješka cesta 6, 8501, Novo mesto, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 6, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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van der Schoot RJ, Hoeksema BW. Abundance of coral-associated fauna in relation to depth and eutrophication along the leeward side of Curaçao, southern Caribbean. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 181:105738. [PMID: 36075156 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Coral-associated invertebrates contribute much to the biodiversity of Caribbean coral reefs. Although the nature of their symbiotic relation is usually not fully understood, they can cause damage to their hosts, especially when they occur in high densities. The abundance of seven groups of coral-associated invertebrates was investigated on reefs along the leeward side of Curaçao, southern Caribbean. In particular, coral barnacles (Pyrgomatidae), boring mussels (Mytilidae: Leiosolenus spp.), gall crabs (Cryptochiridae), and Christmas tree worms (Serpulidae: Spirobranchus spp.) were recorded together with their host corals by means of a photo survey at four depths (5, 10, 15, 20 m) and across seven sites with high and five sites with low eutrophication values (based on δ15N isotope data). Feather duster worms (Sabellidae: Anamobaea), coral blennies (Chaenopsidae: Acanthemblemaria), and worm snails (Vermetidae: Petaloconchus) were insufficiently abundant for thorough quantitative analyses. The results show a decrease in the number of barnacles and Christmas tree worms per host over depth, which could be related to the availability of their host corals. Sites with high δ15N values show a higher abundance of barnacles and Christmas tree worms per host than sites with low values. This indicates that eutrophication could be favourable for these filter feeding organisms but when their densities become too high, they tend to overgrow their hosts and may become a threat to them.
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- Roeland J van der Schoot
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700, CC, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700, CC, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Investigating the structure-function relationship of the corticomotor system early after stroke using machine learning. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 33:102935. [PMID: 34998127 PMCID: PMC8741596 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Motor outcomes after stroke can be predicted using structural and functional biomarkers of the descending corticomotor pathway, typically measured using magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation, respectively. However, the precise structural determinants of intact corticomotor function are unknown. Identifying structure-function links in the corticomotor pathway could provide valuable insight into the mechanisms of post-stroke motor impairment. This study used supervised machine learning to classify upper limb motor evoked potential status using MRI metrics obtained early after stroke. METHODS Retrospective data from 91 patients (49 women, age 35-97 years) with moderate to severe upper limb weakness within a week after stroke were included in this study. Support vector machine classifiers were trained using metrics from T1- and diffusion-weighted MRI to classify motor evoked potential status, empirically measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation. RESULTS Support vector machine classification of motor evoked potential status was 81% accurate, with false positives more common than false negatives. Important structural MRI metrics included diffusion anisotropy asymmetry in the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor tracts, maximum cross-sectional lesion overlap in the sensorimotor tract and ventral premotor tract, and mean diffusivity asymmetry in the posterior limbs of the internal capsule. INTERPRETATIONS MRI measures of corticomotor structure are good but imperfect predictors of corticomotor function. Residual corticomotor function after stroke depends on both the extent of cross-sectional macrostructural tract damage and preservation of white-matter microstructural integrity. Analysing the corticomotor pathway using a multivariable MRI approach across multiple tracts may yield more information than univariate biomarker analyses.
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High-speed image processing of fluid particle breakage in turbulent flow. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE: X 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cesx.2021.100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kalinin AA, Hou X, Ade AS, Fon GV, Meixner W, Higgins GA, Sexton JZ, Wan X, Dinov ID, O'Meara MJ, Athey BD. Valproic acid-induced changes of 4D nuclear morphology in astrocyte cells. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1624-1633. [PMID: 33909457 PMCID: PMC8684733 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-08-0502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors, such as valproic acid (VPA), have important clinical therapeutic and cellular reprogramming applications. They induce chromatin reorganization that is associated with altered cellular morphology. However, there is a lack of comprehensive characterization of VPA-induced changes of nuclear size and shape. Here, we quantify 3D nuclear morphology of primary human astrocyte cells treated with VPA over time (hence, 4D). We compared volumetric and surface-based representations and identified seven features that jointly discriminate between normal and treated cells with 85% accuracy on day 7. From day 3, treated nuclei were more elongated and flattened and then continued to morphologically diverge from controls over time, becoming larger and more irregular. On day 7, most of the size and shape descriptors demonstrated significant differences between treated and untreated cells, including a 24% increase in volume and 6% reduction in extent (shape regularity) for treated nuclei. Overall, we show that 4D morphometry can capture how chromatin reorganization modulates the size and shape of the nucleus over time. These nuclear structural alterations may serve as a biomarker for histone (de-)acetylation events and provide insights into mechanisms of astrocytes-to-neurons reprogramming.
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- Alexandr A Kalinin
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, China.,Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics.,Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR), Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, China.,School of Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, China.,Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy.,Center for Drug Repurposing
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics.,Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR), Health Behavior and Biological Sciences.,Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), and
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics.,Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), and.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Caron TJ, Scott KE, Sinha N, Muthupalani S, Baqai M, Ang LH, Li Y, Turner JR, Fox JG, Hagen SJ. Claudin-18 Loss Alters Transcellular Chloride Flux but not Tight Junction Ion Selectivity in Gastric Epithelial Cells. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020; 11:783-801. [PMID: 33069918 PMCID: PMC7847960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2020.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Tight junctions form a barrier to the paracellular passage of luminal antigens. Although most tight junction proteins reside within the apical tight junction complex, claudin-18 localizes mainly to the basolateral membrane where its contribution to paracellular ion transport is undefined. Claudin-18 loss in mice results in gastric neoplasia development and tumorigenesis that may or may not be due to tight junction dysfunction. The aim here was to investigate paracellular permeability defects in stomach mucosa from claudin-18 knockout (Cldn18-KO) mice. METHODS Stomach tissue from wild-type, heterozygous, or Cldn18-KO mice were stripped of the external muscle layer and mounted in Ussing chambers. Transepithelial resistance, dextran 4 kDa flux, and potential difference (PD) were calculated from the chambered tissues after identifying differences in tissue histopathology that were used to normalize these measurements. Marker expression for claudins and ion transporters were investigated by transcriptomic and immunostaining analysis. RESULTS No paracellular permeability defects were evident in stomach mucosa from Cldn18-KO mice. RNAseq identified changes in 4 claudins from Cldn18-KO mice, particularly the up-regulation of claudin-2. Although claudin-2 localized to tight junctions in cells at the base of gastric glands, its presence did not contribute overall to mucosal permeability. Stomach tissue from Cldn18-KO mice also had no PD versus a lumen-negative PD in tissues from wild-type mice. This difference resulted from changes in transcellular Cl- permeability with the down-regulation of Cl- loading and Cl- secreting anion transporters. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that Cldn18-KO has no effect on tight junction permeability in the stomach from adult mice but rather affects anion permeability. The phenotype in these mice may thus be secondary to transcellular anion transporter expression/function in the absence of claudin-18.
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- Tyler J Caron
- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery/Division of General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Xie J, Chen P, Rittel D. Finite element modeling of multiple water droplets impact onto a rough surface: Re-assessing Sa and surface wavelength. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 110:103816. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bazin M, Purohit NK, Merlin MA, Shah GM. A panel of criteria for comprehensive assessment of severity of ultraviolet B radiation-induced non-melanoma skin cancers in SKH-1 mice. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2020; 205:111847. [PMID: 32172138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The study of causes and cures for ultraviolet B radiation (UVB)-induced non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) has been greatly facilitated by use of the albino SKH-1 hairless mice. These mice develop multiple tumors of different sizes and the severity of cancer is often measured by one or more of the four criteria, namely the prevalence, multiplicity, area and volume of tumors. However, there are inherent limitations of each criterion: the prevalence and number do not account for size differences among tumors, area measurement ignores the tumor height, and volume measurement overcompensates for the height at the cost of planar dimensions. Here, using our dataset from an ongoing NMSC study, we discuss the limitations of these four criteria, and suggest refinements in measuring prevalence. We recommend the use of three more criteria, namely the Knud Thomsen tridimensional surface that apportions optimal weightage to three tumor dimensions, weekly occurrence of new tumors and tumor growth-rate to reveal initiation and growth of tumors in early and late phase of NMSC development, respectively. Together, use of this comprehensive panel of seven criteria can provide an accurate assessment of severity of NMSC and lead to a testable hypothesis whether the experimental manipulation of mice has affected the early initiation or growth phase of NMSC tumors.
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- Marc Bazin
- CHU de Quebec-Laval University Research Center, Neuroscience and Cancer Axes, Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, 2705, Boulevard Laurier, Quebec (QC), Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Center, Quebec (QC), Canada
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- CHU de Quebec-Laval University Research Center, Neuroscience and Cancer Axes, Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, 2705, Boulevard Laurier, Quebec (QC), Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Center, Quebec (QC), Canada
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- CHU de Quebec-Laval University Research Center, Neuroscience and Cancer Axes, Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, 2705, Boulevard Laurier, Quebec (QC), Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Center, Quebec (QC), Canada
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- CHU de Quebec-Laval University Research Center, Neuroscience and Cancer Axes, Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, 2705, Boulevard Laurier, Quebec (QC), Canada; Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec (QC), Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Center, Quebec (QC), Canada.
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Li X, Weissman M, Talati A, Svob C, Wickramaratne P, Posner J, Xu D. A diffusion tensor imaging study of brain microstructural changes related to religion and spirituality in families at high risk for depression. Brain Behav 2019; 9:e01209. [PMID: 30648349 PMCID: PMC6379589 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previously in a three-generation study of families at high risk for depression, we found that belief in the importance of religion/spirituality (R/S) was associated with thicker cortex in bilateral parietal and occipital regions. In the same sample using functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalograph (EEG), we found that offspring at high familial risk had thinner cortices, increased default mode network connectivity, and reduced EEG power. These group differences were significantly diminished in offspring at high risk who reported high importance of R/S beliefs, suggesting a protective effect. METHODS This study extends previous work examining brain microstructural differences associated with risk for major depressive disorder (MDD) and tests whether these are normalized in at-risk offspring who report high importance of R/S beliefs. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data were selected from 99 2nd and 3rd generation offspring of 1st generation depressed (high-risk, HR) or nondepressed (low-risk, LR) parents. Whole-brain and region-of-interest analyses were performed, using ellipsoidal area ratio (EAR, an alternative diffusion anisotropy index comparable to fractional anisotropy). We examined microstructural differences associated with familial risk for depression within the groups of high and low importance of R/S beliefs (HI, LI). RESULTS In the LI group, HR individuals showed significantly decreased EAR in white matter regions neighboring the precuneus, superior parietal lobe, superior and middle frontal gyrus, and bilateral insula, supplementary motor area, and postcentral gyrus. In the HI group, HR individuals showed reduced EAR in white matter surrounding the left superior, and middle frontal gyrus, left superior parietal lobule, and right supplementary motor area. Microstructural differences associated with familial risk for depression in precuneus, frontal lobe, and temporal lobe were nonsignificant or less significant in the HI group. CONCLUSION R/S beliefs may affect microstructure in brain regions associated with R/S, potentially conferring resilience to depression among HR individuals.
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- Xuzhou Li
- East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York.,New York State Psychiatry Institute, New York, New York
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Miano AC, Saldaña E, Campestrini LH, Chiorato AF, Augusto PED. Correlating the properties of different carioca bean cultivars ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) with their hydration kinetics. Food Res Int 2018; 107:182-194. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Analytical performance bounds for multi-tensor diffusion-MRI. Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 36:146-158. [PMID: 27743872 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the effects of MR acquisition parameters on brain white matter fiber orientation estimation and parameter of clinical interest in crossing fiber areas based on the Multi-Tensor Model (MTM). MATERIAL AND METHODS We compute the Cramér-Rao Bound (CRB) for the MTM and the parameter of clinical interest such as the Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and the dominant fiber orientations, assuming that the diffusion MRI data are recorded by a multi-coil, multi-shell acquisition system. Considering the sum-of-squares method for the reconstructed magnitude image, we introduce an approximate closed-form formula for Fisher Information Matrix that has the simplicity and easy interpretation advantages. In addition, we propose to generalize the FA and the mean diffusivity to the multi-tensor model. RESULTS We show the application of the CRB to reduce the scan time while preserving a good estimation precision. We provide results showing how the increase of the number of acquisition coils compensates the decrease of the number of diffusion gradient directions. We analyze the impact of the b-value and the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The analysis shows that the estimation error variance decreases with a quadratic rate with the SNR, and that the optimum b-values are not unique but depend on the target parameter, the context, and eventually the target cost function. CONCLUSION In this study we highlight the importance of choosing the appropriate acquisition parameters especially when dealing with crossing fiber areas. We also provide a methodology for the optimal tuning of these parameters using the CRB.
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Holstein DM, Smith TB, Paris CB. Depth-Independent Reproduction in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides from Shallow to Mesophotic Zones. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146068. [PMID: 26789408 PMCID: PMC4720483 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems between 30–150 m may be important refugia habitat for coral reefs and associated benthic communities from climate change and coastal development. However, reduced light at mesophotic depths may present an energetic challenge to the successful reproduction of light-dependent coral organisms, and limit this refugia potential. Here, the relationship of depth and fecundity was investigated in a brooding depth-generalist scleractinian coral, Porites astreoides from 5–37 m in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) using paraffin tissue histology. Despite a trend of increasing planulae production with depth, no significant differences were found in mean peak planulae density between shallow, mid-depth and mesophotic sites. Differential planulae production over depth is thus controlled by P. astreoides coral cover, which peaks at 10 m and ~35 m in the USVI. These results suggest that mesophotic ecosystems are reproductive refuge for P. astreoides in the USVI, and may behave as refugia for P. astreoides metapopulations providing that vertical larval exchanges are viable.
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- Daniel M. Holstein
- Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States of America
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- Department of Ocean Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Monteiro JM, Fernandes PB, Vaz F, Pereira AR, Tavares AC, Ferreira MT, Pereira PM, Veiga H, Kuru E, VanNieuwenhze MS, Brun YV, Filipe SR, Pinho MG. Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8055. [PMID: 26278781 PMCID: PMC4557339 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is an aggressive pathogen and a model organism to study cell division in sequential orthogonal planes in spherical bacteria. However, the small size of staphylococcal cells has impaired analysis of changes in morphology during the cell cycle. Here we use super-resolution microscopy and determine that S. aureus cells are not spherical throughout the cell cycle, but elongate during specific time windows, through peptidoglycan synthesis and remodelling. Both peptidoglycan hydrolysis and turgor pressure are required during division for reshaping the flat division septum into a curved surface. In this process, the septum generates less than one hemisphere of each daughter cell, a trait we show is common to other cocci. Therefore, cell surface scars of previous divisions do not divide the cells in quadrants, generating asymmetry in the daughter cells. Our results introduce a need to reassess the models for division plane selection in cocci. Staphylococci are spherical bacteria that divide in sequential orthogonal planes. Here, the authors use super-resolution microscopy to show that staphylococcal cells elongate before dividing, and that the division septum generates less than one hemisphere of each daughter cell, generating asymmetry.
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- João M Monteiro
- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- 1] Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA [2] Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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Fischer S, Hirche C, Reichenberger MA, Kiefer J, Diehm Y, Mukundan S, Alhefzi M, Bueno EM, Kneser U, Pomahac B. Silicone Implants with Smooth Surfaces Induce Thinner but Denser Fibrotic Capsules Compared to Those with Textured Surfaces in a Rodent Model. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0132131. [PMID: 26151888 PMCID: PMC4495016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Purpose Capsular contracture is the most frequent long-term complication after implant-based breast reconstruction or augmentation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of implant surface properties on fibrotic capsule formation in an animal model. Materials and Methods Twenty-four rats received 1 scaled down silicone implant each; 12 of the rats received implants with textured surfaces, and the other 12 received implants with smooth surfaces. After 60 and 120 days, rats in each group underwent 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and high-resolution ultrasound (HR-US), and specimens of the capsules were acquired and used to measure capsule thickness through histology, collagen density through picro sirius red staining, and analyses of expression of pro-fibrotic and inflammatory genes (Collagen1-4, TGFb1, TGFb3, Smad3, IL4, IL10, IL13, CD68) through qRT-PCR. Furthermore, MRI data were processed to obtain capsule volume and implant surface area. Results On day 60, histology and HR-US showed that fibrotic capsules were significantly thicker in the textured implant group with respect to the smooth implant group (p<0.05). However, this difference did not persist on day 120 (p=0.56). Capsule thickness decreased significantly over the study period in both smooth and textured implant groups (p<0.05). Thickness measurements were substantiated by MRI analysis and volumes changed accordingly. Implant surface area did not vary between study dates, but it was different between implant types. On day 60, the density of collagen in the fibrotic capsules was significantly lower in the textured implant group with respect to the smooth group (p<0.05), but again this difference did not persist on day 120 (p=0.67). Collagen 1 and CD68 were respectively over- and under expressed in the textured implant group on day 60. Significant differences in the expression of other genes were not observed. Conclusion Silicone implants with textured surfaces led to temporarily thicker but less dense fibrotic capsules compared with smooth surfaces. 7-Tesla MRI and HR-US are capable for non-invasive in-vivo assessment of capsular fibrosis in an animal model and can provide unique insights into the fibrotic process by 3D reconstruction and surface area measurement.
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- Sebastian Fischer
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Ethianum, Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic and Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Moore BM, Brady SL, Mirro AE, Kaufman RA. Size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) provides a simple method to calculate organ dose for pediatric CT examinations. Med Phys 2015; 41:071917. [PMID: 24989395 DOI: 10.1118/1.4884227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the correlation of size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) with absorbed organ dose, and to develop a simple methodology for estimating patient organ dose in a pediatric population (5-55 kg). METHODS Four physical anthropomorphic phantoms representing a range of pediatric body habitus were scanned with metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) dosimeters placed at 23 organ locations to determine absolute organ dose. Phantom absolute organ dose was divided by phantom SSDE to determine correlation between organ dose and SSDE. Organ dose correlation factors (CF(organ)(SSDE)) were then multiplied by patient-specific SSDE to estimate patient organ dose. The [CF(organ)(SSDE)) were used to retrospectively estimate individual organ doses from 352 chest and 241 abdominopelvic pediatric CT examinations, where mean patient weight was 22 kg ± 15 (range 5-55 kg), and mean patient age was 6 yrs ± 5 (range 4 months to 23 yrs). Patient organ dose estimates were compared to published pediatric Monte Carlo study results. RESULTS Phantom effective diameters were matched with patient population effective diameters to within 4 cm; thus, showing appropriate scalability of the phantoms across the entire pediatric population in this study. Individual CF(organ)(SSDE) were determined for a total of 23 organs in the chest and abdominopelvic region across nine weight subcategories. For organs fully covered by the scan volume, correlation in the chest (average 1.1; range 0.7-1.4) and abdominopelvic region (average 0.9; range 0.7-1.3) was near unity. For organ/tissue that extended beyond the scan volume (i.e., skin, bone marrow, and bone surface), correlation was determined to be poor (average 0.3; range: 0.1-0.4) for both the chest and abdominopelvic regions, respectively. A means to estimate patient organ dose was demonstrated. Calculated patient organ dose, using patient SSDE and CF(organ)(SSDE), was compared to previously published pediatric patient doses that accounted for patient size in their dose calculation, and was found to agree in the chest to better than an average of 5% (27.6/26.2) and in the abdominopelvic region to better than 2% (73.4/75.0). CONCLUSIONS For organs fully covered within the scan volume, the average correlation of SSDE and organ absolute dose was found to be better than ± 10%. In addition, this study provides a complete list of organ dose correlation factors (CF(organ)(SSDE)) for the chest and abdominopelvic regions, and describes a simple methodology to estimate individual pediatric patient organ dose based on patient SSDE.
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- Bria M Moore
- Department of Radiological Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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He X, Liu W, Li X, Li Q, Liu F, Rauh VA, Yin D, Bansal R, Duan Y, Kangarlu A, Peterson BS, Xu D. Automated assessment of the quality of diffusion tensor imaging data using color cast of color-encoded fractional anisotropy images. Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 32:446-56. [PMID: 24637081 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data often suffer from artifacts caused by motion. These artifacts are especially severe in DTI data from infants, and implementing tight quality controls is therefore imperative for DTI studies of infants. Currently, routine procedures for quality assurance of DTI data involve the slice-wise visual inspection of color-encoded, fractional anisotropy (CFA) images. Such procedures often yield inconsistent results across different data sets, across different operators who are examining those data sets, and sometimes even across time when the same operator inspects the same data set on two different occasions. We propose a more consistent, reliable, and effective method to evaluate the quality of CFA images automatically using their color cast, which is calculated on the distribution statistics of the 2D histogram in the color space as defined by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) on lightness and a and b (LAB) for the color-opponent dimensions (also known as the CIELAB color space) of the images. Experimental results using DTI data acquired from neonates verified that this proposed method is rapid and accurate. The method thus provides a new tool for real-time quality assurance for DTI data.
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- Xiaofu He
- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Key laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20062, China
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA; Key laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20062, China
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Hoef-Emden K. Osmotolerance in the Cryptophyceae: jacks-of-all-trades in the Chroomonas Clade. Protist 2014; 165:123-43. [PMID: 24568876 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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No detailed studies have been performed to date on osmotolerance in cryptophytes, although one species, Chroomonas africana, had previously been reported to grow in freshwater as well as seawater. This study focused on osmotolerance in Chroomonas. Growth at different osmolalities and parameters of contractile vacuole function were examined and compared across a high-resolution phylogeny. Two evolutionary lineages in the Chroomonas clade proved to be euryhaline. Ranges of osmotolerance depended not only on osmolality, but also on culture medium. All cryptophytes contained contractile vacuoles. In the euryhaline strain CCAP 978/08 contractile vacuoles could be observed even at an osmolality beyond that of seawater. In addition the cells accumulated floridoside, an osmoprotectant likely originating from the red algal carbohydrate metabolism of the complex rhodoplast. Further evidence for functional contractile vacuoles also in marine cryptophytes was provided by identification of contractile vacuole-specific genes in the genome of Guillardia theta.
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- Kerstin Hoef-Emden
- Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47B, 50674 Köln, Germany.
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Shetty AN, Chiang S, Maletic-Savatic M, Kasprian G, Vannucci M, Lee W. Spatial Mapping of Translational Diffusion Coefficients Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Mathematical Description. CONCEPTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE. PART A, BRIDGING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 2014; 43:1-27. [PMID: 27441031 PMCID: PMC4948124 DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.21288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this article, we discuss the theoretical background for diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging. Molecular diffusion is a random process involving thermal Brownian motion. In biological tissues, the underlying microstructures restrict the diffusion of water molecules, making diffusion directionally dependent. Water diffusion in tissue is mathematically characterized by the diffusion tensor, the elements of which contain information about the magnitude and direction of diffusion and is a function of the coordinate system. Thus, it is possible to generate contrast in tissue based primarily on diffusion effects. Expressing diffusion in terms of the measured diffusion coefficient (eigenvalue) in any one direction can lead to errors. Nowhere is this more evident than in white matter, due to the preferential orientation of myelin fibers. The directional dependency is removed by diagonalization of the diffusion tensor, which then yields a set of three eigenvalues and eigenvectors, representing the magnitude and direction of the three orthogonal axes of the diffusion ellipsoid, respectively. For example, the eigenvalue corresponding to the eigenvector along the long axis of the fiber corresponds qualitatively to diffusion with least restriction. Determination of the principal values of the diffusion tensor and various anisotropic indices provides structural information. We review the use of diffusion measurements using the modified Stejskal-Tanner diffusion equation. The anisotropy is analyzed by decomposing the diffusion tensor based on symmetrical properties describing the geometry of diffusion tensor. We further describe diffusion tensor properties in visualizing fiber tract organization of the human brain.
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- Anil N Shetty
- Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, TX
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- Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Program in Developmental Biology Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, TX
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- Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, TX
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Cholesterol-mediated membrane surface area dynamics in neuroendocrine cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1831:1228-38. [PMID: 24046863 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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How cholesterol, a key membrane constituent, affects membrane surface area dynamics in secretory cells is unclear. Using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) to deplete cholesterol, we imaged melanotrophs from male Wistar rats in real-time and monitored membrane capacitance (C(m)), fluctuations of which reflect exocytosis and endocytosis. Treatment with MbetaCD reduced cellular cholesterol and caused a dose-dependent attenuation of the Ca(2+)-evoked increase in C(m) (IC50 = 5.3 mM) vs. untreated cells. Cytosol dialysis of MbetaCD enhanced the attenuation of C(m) increase (IC50 = 3.3 mM), suggesting cholesterol depletion at intracellular membrane sites was involved in attenuating exocytosis. Acute extracellular application of MbetaCD resulted in an immediate C(m) decline, which correlated well with the cellular surface area decrease, indicating the involvement of cholesterol in the regulation of membrane surface area dynamics. This decline in C(m) was three-fold slower than MbetaCD-mediated fluorescent cholesterol decay, implying that exocytosis is the likely physiological means for plasma membrane cholesterol replenishment. MbetaCD had no effect on the specific C(m) and the blockade of endocytosis by Dyngo 4a, confirmed by inhibition of dextran uptake, also had no effect on the time-course of MbetaCD-induced C(m) decline. Thus acute exposure to MbetaCD evokes a C(m) decline linked to the removal of membrane cholesterol, which cannot be compensated for by exocytosis. We propose that the primary contribution of cholesterol to surface area dynamics is via its role in regulated exocytosis.
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Beltrachini L, von Ellenrieder N, Muravchik CH. Error bounds in diffusion tensor estimation using multiple-coil acquisition systems. Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 31:1372-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gong G. Local diffusion homogeneity (LDH): an inter-voxel diffusion MRI metric for assessing inter-subject white matter variability. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66366. [PMID: 23776665 PMCID: PMC3679045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many diffusion parameters and indices (e.g., fractional anisotropy [FA] and mean diffusivity [MD]) have been derived from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. These parameters have been extensively applied as imaging markers for localizing white matter (WM) changes under various conditions (e.g., development, degeneration and disease). However, the vast majority of the existing parameters is derived from intra-voxel analyses and represents the diffusion properties solely within the voxel unit. Other types of parameters that characterize inter-voxel relationships have been largely overlooked. In the present study, we propose a novel inter-voxel metric referred to as the local diffusion homogeneity (LDH). This metric quantifies the local coherence of water molecule diffusion in a model-free manner. It can serve as an additional marker for evaluating the WM microstructural properties of the brain. To assess the distinguishing features between LDH and FA/MD, the metrics were systematically compared across space and subjects. As an example, both the LDH and FA/MD metrics were applied to measure age-related WM changes. The results indicate that LDH reveals unique inter-subject variability in specific WM regions (e.g., cerebral peduncle, internal capsule and splenium). Furthermore, there are regions in which measurements of age-related WM alterations with the LDH and FA/MD metrics yield discrepant results. These findings suggest that LDH and FA/MD have different sensitivities to specific WM microstructural properties. Taken together, the present study shows that LDH is complementary to the conventional diffusion-MRI markers and may provide additional insights into inter-subject WM variability. Further studies, however, are needed to uncover the neuronal mechanisms underlying the LDH.
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- Gaolang Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Sun B, Brown RC, Hayes L, Burns TG, Huamani J, Bearden DJ, Jones RA. White matter damage in asymptomatic patients with sickle cell anemia: screening with diffusion tensor imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2012; 33:2043-9. [PMID: 22595904 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ischemic injury to the brain is a common complication of SCA. To better understand the neurologic impact of SCA, TBSS were applied to DTI data to investigate white matter injuries in pediatric patients with SCA. MATERIALS AND METHODS TBSS comparisons of a range of anisotropy and diffusion measures were carried out between age- and background-matched population groups: patients with SCA with no visible lesions, patients with SCA with mild gliosis, and normal controls. RESULTS TBSS analysis revealed that both SCA populations exhibited reduced anisotropy and increased diffusivity compared with normal controls in multiple brain regions, including the corpus callosum and centrum semiovale. Furthermore, the results suggest that the severity of SCA is positively correlated with the white matter changes in the corpus callosum. CONCLUSIONS The study demonstrates that TBSS is a viable technique in detecting subtle white matter damage in patients with SCA whose conventional anatomic MR imaging scans show no, or minimal, abnormalities and has the potential to evaluate the neurologic impact of the treatment of SCA.
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- B Sun
- Departments of Radiology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
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Gómez F, Soddu A, Noirhomme Q, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Tshibanda L, Leporé N, Laureys S. DTI BASED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CHARACTERIZATION FOR DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. PROCEEDINGS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING 2012; 2012:1257-1260. [PMID: 29937696 PMCID: PMC6014740 DOI: 10.1109/icip.2012.6467095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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MRI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has been recently proposed as a highly discriminative measurement to detect structural damages in Disorders of Consciousness patients (Vegetative State/Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome-(VS/UWS) and Minimally Consciousness State-MCS). In the DTI analysis, certain tensor features are often used as simplified scalar indices to represent these alterations. Those characteristics are mathematically and statistically more tractable than the full tensors. Nevertheless, most of these quantities are based on a tensor diffusivity estimation, the arithmetic average among the different strengths of the tensor orthogonal directions, which is supported on a symmetric linear relationship among the three directions, an unrealistic assumption for severely damaged brains. In this paper, we propose a new family of scalar quantities based on Generalized Ordered Weighted Aggregations (GOWA) to characterize morphological damages. The main idea is to compute a tensor diffusitivity estimation that captures the deviations in the water diffusivity associated to damaged tissue. This estimation is performed by weighting and combining differently each tensor orthogonal strength. Using these new scalar quantities we construct an affine invariant DTI tensor feature using regional tissue histograms. An evaluation of these new scalar quantities on 48 patients (23 VS/UWS and 25 MCS) was conducted. Our experiments demonstrate that this new representation outperforms state-of-the-art tensor based scalar representations for characterization and classification problems.
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- F Gómez
- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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- USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Children's Hospital
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- Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, Neurology Departament, University Hospital of Liége
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Liu W, Liu X, Yang G, Zhou Z, Zhou Y, Li G, Dubin M, Bansal R, Peterson BS, Xu D. Improving the correction of eddy current-induced distortion in diffusion-weighted images by excluding signals from the cerebral spinal fluid. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2012; 36:542-51. [PMID: 22835646 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Iterative cross-correlation (ICC) is the most popularly used schema for correcting eddy current (EC)-induced distortion in diffusion-weighted imaging data, however, it cannot process data acquired at high b-values. We analyzed the error sources and affecting factors in parameter estimation, and propose an efficient algorithm by expanding the ICC framework with a number of techniques: (1) pattern recognition for excluding brain ventricles; (2) ICC with the extracted ventricle for parameter initialization; (3) gradient-based entropy correlation coefficient (GECC) for optimal and finer registration. Experiments demonstrated that our method is robust with high accuracy and error tolerance, and outperforms other ICC-family algorithms and popular approaches currently in use.
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- Wei Liu
- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Afzali M, Soltanian-Zadeh H, Elisevich KV. Tract based spatial statistical analysis and voxel based morphometry of diffusion indices in temporal lobe epilepsy. Comput Biol Med 2011; 41:1082-91. [PMID: 21616484 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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White matter (WM) microstructure can be evaluated by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Tract-based spatial statistical (TBSS) analysis provides a means of assessing alterations in WM tracts. In this paper, both voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and TBSS are examined using DTI data of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients and nonepileptic subjects. In addition to fractional anisotropy (FA), ellipsoidal area ratio (EAR) is used in this study. Significant reductions of FA and EAR are identified by TBSS in the parahippocampal white matter. Because of methodological differences, TBSS detects more localized abnormalities than VBM, while the EAR is more sensitive to WM alteration than FA.
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- Maryam Afzali
- Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
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Zhou Z, Liu W, Cui J, Wang X, Arias D, Wen Y, Bansal R, Hao X, Wang Z, Peterson BS, Xu D. Automated artifact detection and removal for improved tensor estimation in motion-corrupted DTI data sets using the combination of local binary patterns and 2D partial least squares. Magn Reson Imaging 2010; 29:230-42. [PMID: 21129881 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Signal variation in diffusion-weighted images (DWIs) is influenced both by thermal noise and by spatially and temporally varying artifacts, such as rigid-body motion and cardiac pulsation. Motion artifacts are particularly prevalent when scanning difficult patient populations, such as human infants. Although some motion during data acquisition can be corrected using image coregistration procedures, frequently individual DWIs are corrupted beyond repair by sudden, large amplitude motion either within or outside of the imaging plane. We propose a novel approach to identify and reject outlier images automatically using local binary patterns (LBP) and 2D partial least square (2D-PLS) to estimate diffusion tensors robustly. This method uses an enhanced LBP algorithm to extract texture features from a local texture feature of the image matrix from the DWI data. Because the images have been transformed to local texture matrices, we are able to extract discriminating information that identifies outliers in the data set by extending a traditional one-dimensional PLS algorithm to a two-dimension operator. The class-membership matrix in this 2D-PLS algorithm is adapted to process samples that are image matrix, and the membership matrix thus represents varying degrees of importance of local information within the images. We also derive the analytic form of the generalized inverse of the class-membership matrix. We show that this method can effectively extract local features from brain images obtained from a large sample of human infants to identify images that are outliers in their textural features, permitting their exclusion from further processing when estimating tensors using the DWIs. This technique is shown to be superior in performance when compared with visual inspection and other common methods to address motion-related artifacts in DWI data. This technique is applicable to correct motion artifact in other magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques (e.g., the bootstrapping estimation) that use univariate or multivariate regression methods to fit MRI data to a pre-specified model.
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- Zhenyu Zhou
- MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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A model of giant vacuole dynamics in human Schlemm's canal endothelial cells. Exp Eye Res 2010; 92:57-66. [PMID: 21075103 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2010] [Revised: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Aqueous humour transport across the inner wall endothelium of Schlemm's canal likely involves flow through giant vacuoles and pores, but the mechanics of how these structures form and how they influence the regulation of intraocular pressure (IOP) are not well understood. In this study, we developed an in vitro model of giant vacuole formation in human Schlemm's canal endothelial cells (HSCECs) perfused in the basal-to-apical direction (i.e., the direction that flow crosses the inner wall in vivo) under controlled pressure drops (2 or 6 mmHg). The system was mounted on a confocal microscope for time-lapse en face imaging, and cells were stained with calcein, a fluorescent vital dye. At the onset of perfusion, elliptical void regions appeared within an otherwise uniformly stained cytoplasm, and 3-dimensional reconstructions revealed that these voids were dome-like outpouchings of the cell to form giant vacuole-like structures or GVLs that reproduced the classic "signet ring" appearance of true giant vacuoles. Increasing pressure drop from 2 to 6 mmHg increased GVL height (14 ± 4 vs. 21 ± 7 μm, p < 0.0001) and endothelial hydraulic conductivity (1.15 ± 0.04 vs. 2.11 ± 0.49 μl min⁻¹ mmHg⁻¹ cm⁻²; p < 0.001), but there was significant variability in the GVL response to pressure between cell lines isolated from different donors. During perfusion, GVLs were observed "migrating" and agglomerating about the cell layer and often collapsed despite maintaining the same pressure drop. GVL formation was also observed in human umbilical vein and porcine aortic endothelial cells, suggesting that giant vacuole formation is not a unique property of Schlemm's canal cells. However, in these other cell types, GVLs were rarely observed "migrating" or contracting during perfusion, suggesting that Schlemm's canal endothelial cells may be better adapted to withstand basal-to-apical directed pressure gradients. In conclusion, we have established an in vitro model system to study giant vacuole dynamics, and we have demonstrated that this system reproduces key aspects of giant vacuole morphology and behaviour. This model offers promising opportunities to investigate the role of endothelial cell biomechanics in the regulation of intraocular pressure in normal and glaucomatous eyes.
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Validation of the anisotropy index ellipsoidal area ratio in diffusion tensor imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 2010; 28:546-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Opportunities and pitfalls in the quantification of fiber integrity: what can we gain from Q-ball imaging? Neuroimage 2010; 51:242-51. [PMID: 20149879 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The quantification of fiber integrity is central to the clinical application of diffusion imaging. Compared to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), Q-ball imaging (QBI) allows for the depiction of multiple fiber directions within a voxel. However, this advantage has not yet been shown to translate directly to superior quantification of fiber integrity. Furthermore, recent developments in QBI reconstruction with solid angle consideration have led to sharper and intrinsically normalized orientation distribution functions. The implications of this technique on quantification are also unknown. To investigate this, the generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA) from the original and the more recent QBI reconstruction scheme and the DTI derived fractional anisotropy (FA) were evaluated comparatively using Monte Carlo simulations and real MRI measurements of crossing fiber phantoms. Contrast-to-noise ratio, accuracy, independence of the acquisition setup and the relation of single fiber anisotropies to measured anisotropy in crossings were assessed. In homogeneous single-fiber regions at b-values around 1000 s/mm2, the FA performed best. While the original QBI reconstruction does not show a clear advantage even at higher b-values and in crossing regions, the new reconstruction scheme yields superior properties and is recommended for quantification at higher b-values and especially in regions of heterogeneous fiber configuration.
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