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Iron deprivation increases erythropoietin production in vitro, in normal subjects and patients with malignancy by Kling, P J, Dragsten, P R, Roberts, R A, Dos Santos, B, Brooks, D J, Hedlund, B E, Taetle, R

“…Although tissue hypoxia is the major stimulus for erythropoietin (EPO) production, serum EPO (sEPO) levels at any given Hb in iron-deficiency anaemia are…”
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Model for Capping Derived from Inhibition of Surface Receptor Capping by Free Fatty Acids by Klausner, R. D., Bhalla, D. K., Dragsten, P., Hoover, R. L., Karnovsky, M. J.

“…When low concentrations (2-5 mole%) of cis unsaturated free fatty acids (group A) are intercalated into lymphocyte plasma membrane, capping is inhibited. No…”
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Effect of Bleaching Light on Measurements of Lateral Diffusion in Cell Membranes by the Fluorescence Photobleaching Recovery Method by Wolf, David E., Edidin, Michael, Dragsten, Paul R.

“…The Fc receptors for IgE on rat basophil leukemia 2H3 cells were labeled with either rhodamine- or fluorescein-conjugated IgE and then with Fab fragments of…”
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The lack of relationship between fluorescence polarization and lateral diffusion in biological membranes by Kleinfeld, A M, Dragsten, P, Klausner, R D, Pjura, W J, Matayoshi, E D

“…An investigation has been carried out of the relationship between changes in the fluorescence polarization of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) and…”
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Membrane asymmetry in epithelia: is the tight junction a barrier to diffusion in the plasma membrane? by Dragsten, Paul R, Blumenthal, Robert, Handler, Joseph S

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Lateral Diffusion of Surface Immunoglobulin, Thy-1 Antigen, and a Lipid Probe in Lymphocyte Plasma Membranes by Dragsten, Paul, Henkart, Pierre, Blumenthal, Robert, Weinstein, John, Schlessinger, Joseph

“…Fluorescence photobleaching recovery was used to measure the lateral diffusion coefficient and mobile fraction of surface immunoglobulin (sIg), Thy-1 antigen,…”
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First human studies with a high-molecular-weight iron chelator by Dragsten, Paul R., Hallaway, Philip E., Hanson, Gregory J., Berger, Arthur E., Bernard, Bruce, Hedlund, Bo E.

“…The release of free, reactive iron from cellular iron stores has been implicated as an important contributor to tissue damage in a variety of clinical…”
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Drug delivery using vesicles targeted to the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor by Dragsten, P R, Mitchell, D B, Covert, G, Baker, T

“…We assessed the utility of liver-targeted vesicles as a drug delivery system for the treatment of liver diseases. Small, unilamellar vesicles (mean diameter,…”
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Binding and Mobility of the Cell Surface Receptors for 3,3′,5-triiodo-L-thyronine by Maxfield, F. R., Willingham, M. C., Pastan, I., Dragsten, P., S.-Y. Cheng

“…A fluorescent derivative of the thyroid hormone 3,3′,5-triiodo-L-thyronine binds to cultured mouse fibroblasts; such binding is saturable. Video…”
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Mechanism of the membrane potential sensitivity of the fluorescent membrane probe merocyanine 540 by Dragsten, Paul R, Webb, Watt W

“…The fluorescence and optical absorption of the membrane-staining dye merocyanine 540 (M-540) have been widely used to measure cellular transmembrane…”
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Lipid vesicle-cell interactions: analysis of a model for transfer of contents from adsorbed vesicles to cells by Blumenthal, R, Ralston, E, Dragsten, P, Leserman, L D, Weinstein, J N

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Asymmetry in epithelial cells: is the tight junction a barrier to lateral diffusion in the plasma membrane? by Dragsten, P R, Handler, J S, Blumenthal, R

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Light-scattering heterodyne interferometer for vibration measurements in auditory organs by Dragsten, P R, Webb, W W, Paton, J A, Capranica, R R

“…An interferometric optical heterodyne technique has been developed especially for vibrational amplitude and phase measurements on auditory organs of live…”
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Fluorescent membrane probes and the mechanism of maintenance of cellular asymmetry in epithelia by Dragsten, P R, Handler, J S, Blumenthal, R

“…Individual epithelial cells are asymmetric with respect to morphology, distribution of enzymes, lipid composition, ionic permeability, and sensitivity to drugs…”
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Increased lateral diffusion of a lipid probe in the plasma membranes of elicited macrophages by Lucas, D L, Dragsten, P, Robinson, D M, Bowles, C A

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Auditory Membrane Vibrations: Measurements at Sub-Angstrom Levels by Optical Heterodyne Spectroscopy by Dragsten, Paul R., Webb, Watt W., Paton, John A., Capranica, Robert R.

“…We describe an optical technique for measurement of mechanical vibrations in the auditory organs of living animals. The technique uses light scattered from the…”
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Cell surface properties of B16 melanoma variants with differing metastatic potential by Raz, A, McLellan, W L, Hart, I R, Bucana, C D, Hoyer, L C, Sela, B A, Dragsten, P, Fidler, I J

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Binding, surface mobility, internalization, and degradation of rhodamine-labeled alpha 2-macroglobulin by Maxfield, F R, Willingham, M C, Haigler, H T, Dragsten, P, Pastan, I H

“…We have used quantitative fluorescence methods to examine the fate of rhodamine-labeled alpha 2-macroglobulin (R-alpha 2 M) after binding to cell-surface…”
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Immobilization of concanavalin A receptors during differentiation of neuroblastoma cells by Fishman, Mark C, Dragsten, Paul R, Spector, Ilan

“…Neuroblastoma cells serve as a useful model of neuronal development because compounds such as dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP cause them to…”
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Mechanical Sensitivity of Acoustic Receptor Organs in Crickets by Paton, J. A., Capranica, R. R., Loftus-Hills, J. J., Dragsten, P. R., Webb, W. W.

“…The frequency response of the auditory organs of several species of field crickets (Gryllidae) was measured with a modified laser Michelson interferometer…”
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