Search Results - "Greenstein, L."
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A Multipurpose Toolkit to Enable Advanced Genome Engineering in Plants
Published in The Plant cell (01-06-2017)“…We report a comprehensive toolkit that enables targeted, specific modification of monocot and dicot genomes using a variety of genome engineering approaches…”
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Estimating ectopic beat probability with simplified statistical models that account for experimental uncertainty
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-10-2021)“…Ectopic beats (EBs) are cellular arrhythmias that can trigger lethal arrhythmias. Simulations using biophysically-detailed cardiac myocyte models can reveal…”
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Burden of comorbidities in South Africans with systemic lupus erythematosus
Published in Clinical rheumatology (01-08-2019)“…Introduction To investigate the prevalence and spectrum of comorbidities in South Africans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients and methods A…”
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A generic model for optimizing single-hop transmission policy of replenishable sensors
Published in IEEE transactions on wireless communications (01-02-2009)“…Energy harvesting from the working environment has received increasing attention in the research of wireless sensor networks. Recent developments in this area…”
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A data-driven model for early prediction of need for invasive mechanical ventilation in pediatric intensive care unit patients
Published in PloS one (04-08-2023)“…Acute respiratory failure is a life-threatening clinical outcome in critically ill pediatric patients. In severe cases, patients can require mechanical…”
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A Computational Model of Reactive Oxygen Species and Redox Balance in Cardiac Mitochondria
Published in Biophysical journal (20-08-2013)“…Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a critical role in cardiac myocyte signaling in both healthy and diseased cells. Mitochondria represent…”
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Mechanistic Investigation of the Arrhythmogenic Role of Oxidized CaMKII in the Heart
Published in Biophysical journal (18-08-2015)“…Oxidative stress and calcium (Ca2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) both play important roles in the pathogenesis of cardiac disease…”
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Roles of phosphodiesterases in the regulation of the cardiac cyclic nucleotide cross-talk signaling network
Published in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology (01-02-2016)“…Abstract The balanced signaling between the two cyclic nucleotides (cNs) cAMP and cGMP plays a critical role in regulating cardiac contractility. Their…”
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Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Diversity with Power Allocation in Wireless Networks
Published in IEEE transactions on wireless communications (01-03-2007)“…We study power allocation for the decode-and-forward cooperative diversity protocol in a wireless network under the assumption that only mean channel gains are…”
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Spectral clustering of risk score trajectories stratifies sepsis patients by clinical outcome and interventions received
Published in eLife (22-09-2020)“…Sepsis is not a monolithic disease, but a loose collection of symptoms with diverse outcomes. Thus, stratification and subtyping of sepsis patients is of great…”
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Using the physical layer for wireless authentication in time-variant channels
Published in IEEE transactions on wireless communications (01-07-2008)“…The wireless medium contains domain-specific information that can be used to complement and enhance traditional security mechanisms. In this paper we propose…”
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Superresolution Modeling of Calcium Release in the Heart
Published in Biophysical journal (16-12-2014)“…Stable calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) is critical for maintaining normal cellular contraction during cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. The…”
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Electrotonic Coupling between Human Atrial Myocytes and Fibroblasts Alters Myocyte Excitability and Repolarization
Published in Biophysical journal (21-10-2009)“…Atrial fibrosis has been implicated in the development and maintenance of atrial arrhythmias, and is characterized by expansion of the extracellular matrix and…”
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SWIFT: A deep learning approach to prediction of hypoxemic events in critically-Ill patients using SpO2 waveform prediction
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-12-2021)“…Hypoxemia is a significant driver of mortality and poor clinical outcomes in conditions such as brain injury and cardiac arrest in critically ill patients,…”
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A case of hyponatraemia secondary to vitamin D deficiency
Published in JEMDSA : the journal of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes of South Africa (02-09-2023)“…Hyponatraemia and Vitamin D deficiency are common conditions in older adults. Both conditions cause bone fragility and gait abnormalities, which are risk…”
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An Integrated Mitochondrial ROS Production and Scavenging Model: Implications for Heart Failure
Published in Biophysical journal (17-12-2013)“…It has been observed experimentally that cells from failing hearts exhibit elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon increases in energetic…”
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K+ current changes account for the rate dependence of the action potential in the human atrial myocyte
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-10-2009)“…Ongoing investigation of the electrophysiology and pathophysiology of the human atria requires an accurate representation of the membrane dynamics of the human…”
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Factors associated with resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection discovered using large-scale medical record data and machine learning
Published in PloS one (22-02-2023)“…There have been over 621 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide with over 6.5 million deaths. Despite the high secondary attack rate of COVID-19 in shared…”
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Mechanisms of the cyclic nucleotide cross-talk signaling network in cardiac L-type calcium channel regulation
Published in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology (01-05-2017)“…Abstract Regulation of L-type Calcium (Ca2+ ) Channel (LCC) gating is critical to shaping the cardiac action potential (AP) and triggering the initiation of…”
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Mechanisms of Excitation-Contraction Coupling in an Integrative Model of the Cardiac Ventricular Myocyte
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2006)“…It is now well established that characteristic properties of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in cardiac myocytes, such as high gain and graded Ca 2+…”
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