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In vivo validation of MRI vessel caliber index measurement methods with intravital optical microscopy in a U87 mouse brain tumor model by Farrar, Christian T, Kamoun, Walid S, Ley, Carsten D, Kim, Young R, Kwon, Seon J, Dai, Guangping, Rosen, Bruce R, di Tomaso, Emmanuelle, Jain, Rakesh K, Sorensen, A Gregory

“…The vessel caliber index (VCI), a magnetic resonance imaging biomarker of the average blood vessel diameter, is increasingly being used as a tool for assessing…”
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Liver Microcirculation Analysis by Red Blood Cell Motion Modeling in Intravital Microscopy Images by Kamoun, Walid S., Schmugge, Stephen J., Kraftchick, Jerrod P., Clemens, Mark G., Shin, Min C.

“…Intravital microscopy has been used to visualize the microcirculation by imaging fluorescent labeled red blood cells (RBCs). Traditionally, microcirculation…”
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Chronic Alcohol Consumption Upregulates Caveolin-1 and Sensitizes the Liver Microcirculation to Endotoxin: 192 by Karaa, A, Kamoun, W S, Thompson, K J, Schrum, L W, Clemens, M G

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LPS inhibits endothelin-1-induced endothelial NOS activation in hepatic sinusoidal cells through a negative feedback involving caveolin-1 by KAMOUN, Walid S, KARAA, Amel, KRESGE, Nicole, MERKEL, Sandra M, KORNESZCZUK, Katarzyna, CLEMENS, Mark G

“…During endotoxemia, liver microcirculation disruption is characterized by a hypersensitivity to the constrictor effects of endothelin 1 (ET-1). The shift of…”
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Oxidative stress disrupts nitric oxide synthase activation in liver endothelial cells by Karaa, Amel, Kamoun, Walid S., Clemens, Mark G.

“…Oxidative stress may mediate vascular disruption associated with a loss of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity and a hypersensitivity to the…”
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Chronic ethanol sensitizes the liver to endotoxin via effects on endothelial nitric oxide synthase regulation by KARAA, Amel, KAMOUN, Walid S, CLEMENS, Mark G

“…In vivo studies have shown that chronic alcohol consumption sensitizes the liver to endotoxemic shock, leading to liver microcirculation disruption. In the…”
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Segmentation of vasculature for intravital microscopy using bridging vessel snake by Schmugge, S.J., Kamoun, W.S., Villalobos, J., Clemens, M.G., Shin, M.C.

“…Robustly segmenting vessels even with less sharp boundary is important for achieving accurate biological analysis of blood vessels regulation within organs…”
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Induction of biphasic changes in perfusion heterogeneity of rat liver after sequential stress in vivo by KAMOUN, Walid S, SHIN, Min C, KELLER, Steve, KARAA, Amel, HUYNH, Toan, CLEMENS, Mark G

“…Trauma and subsequent sepsis lead to hepatic microcirculation disruption through various molecular mechanisms in which endothelin-1 (ET-1) plays a pivotal…”
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Quantification of hepatic microcirculation heterogeneity of perfusion: Effects of endothelin-1 by Kamoun, Walid S., Shin, Min C., Karaa, Amel, Clemens, Mark G.

“…Stress alters hepatic perfusion heterogeneously leading to mismatch of oxygen supply and demand. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been linked to stress-mediated…”
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