Search Results - "Alison Burgess"
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Focused ultrasound-mediated drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier
Published in Expert review of neurotherapeutics (01-05-2015)“…Despite recent advances in blood-brain barrier (BBB) research, it remains a significant hurdle for the pharmaceutical treatment of brain diseases. Focused…”
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Alzheimer disease in a mouse model: MR imaging-guided focused ultrasound targeted to the hippocampus opens the blood-brain barrier and improves pathologic abnormalities and behavior
Published in Radiology (01-12-2014)“…To validate whether repeated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided focused ultrasound treatments targeted to the hippocampus, a brain structure relevant for…”
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Analysis of focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier permeability in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease using two-photon microscopy
Published in Journal of controlled release (28-10-2014)“…Transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) can cause temporary, localized increases in blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability for effective drug delivery to the…”
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Targeted delivery of neural stem cells to the brain using MRI-guided focused ultrasound to disrupt the blood-brain barrier
Published in PloS one (16-11-2011)“…Stem cell therapy is a promising strategy to treat neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, and stroke. For stem cells to progress towards clinical…”
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Focused Ultrasound-Induced Neurogenesis Requires an Increase in Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability
Published in PloS one (26-07-2016)“…Transcranial focused ultrasound technology used to transiently open the blood-brain barrier, is capable of stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis; however, it is…”
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Drug delivery to the brain by focused ultrasound induced blood–brain barrier disruption: Quantitative evaluation of enhanced permeability of cerebral vasculature using two-photon microscopy
Published in Journal of controlled release (28-11-2013)“…Reversible and localized blood–brain barrier disruption (BBBD) using focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with intravascularly administered microbubbles…”
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31 A no-brainer, or is it?
Published in Clinical infection in practice (01-09-2022)Get full text
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High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for dissolution of clots in a rabbit model of embolic stroke
Published in PloS one (01-08-2012)“…It is estimated that only 2-6% of patients receive thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke suggesting that alternative therapies are necessary. In this…”
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Transposition of hAT elements links transposable elements and V(D)J recombination
Published in Nature (23-12-2004)“…Transposons are DNA sequences that encode functions that promote their movement to new locations in the genome. If unregulated, such movement could potentially…”
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Mechanism of IS200/IS605 family DNA transposases: activation and transposon-directed target site selection
Published in Cell (25-01-2008)“…The smallest known DNA transposases are those from the IS200/IS605 family. Here we show how the interplay of protein and DNA activates TnpA, the Helicobacter…”
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The Amino Acid Linker between the Endonuclease and Helicase Domains of Adeno-Associated Virus Type 5 Rep Plays a Critical Role in DNA-Dependent Oligomerization
Published in Journal of Virology (01-03-2012)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Single-Stranded DNA Transposition Is Coupled to Host Replication
Published in Cell (06-08-2010)“…DNA transposition has contributed significantly to evolution of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Insertion sequences (ISs) are the simplest prokaryotic transposons…”
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Polysialic acid regulates the clustering, migration, and neuronal differentiation of progenitor cells in the adult hippocampus
Published in Developmental neurobiology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-12-2008)“…Newborn cells of the adult dentate gyrus in the hippocampus are characterized by their abundant expression of polysialic acid (PSA), a carbohydrate attached to…”
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Microbubble-Assisted Ultrasound for Drug Delivery in the Brain and Central Nervous System
Published in Advances in experimental medicine and biology (2016)“…The blood-brain barrier is a serious impediment to the delivery of pharmaceutical treatments for brain diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative and…”
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Drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier using focused ultrasound
Published in Expert opinion on drug delivery (01-05-2014)“…The presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a significant impediment to the delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain for treatment of brain diseases…”
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The carboxy-terminal portion of TnsC activates the Tn7 transposase through a specific interaction with TnsA
Published in The EMBO journal (04-08-2004)“…Tn7 transposition requires the assembly of a nucleoprotein complex containing four self‐encoded proteins, transposon ends, and target DNA. Within this complex,…”
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Early treatment of HER2-amplified brain tumors with targeted NK-92 cells and focused ultrasound improves survival
Published in Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) (01-07-2016)“…Malignant brain tumors have a dismal prognosis, with residual tumor remaining after surgery necessitating adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The blood-brain barrier…”
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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Sonothrombolysis: The Use of Perfluorocarbon Droplets to Achieve Clot Lysis at Reduced Acoustic Power
Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology (01-09-2014)“…Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate use of intravascular perfluorocarbon droplets to reduce the sonication power required to achieve clot lysis…”
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Focused Ultrasound Delivers Targeted Immune Cells to Metastatic Brain Tumors
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-03-2013)“…Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes involved in innate immunity. NK-92, a human NK cell line, may be targeted to tumor-associated antigens in…”
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Insertion Sequence IS26 Reorganizes Plasmids in Clinically Isolated Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Replicative Transposition
Published in mBio (09-06-2015)“…Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), which are resistant to most or all known antibiotics, constitute a global threat to public health…”
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