Abstract

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.The purpose of this research study is to measure and characterize the physiological properties of cachexic muscle tissues using broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS). Cachexia is the condition where tissues waste away without an active attempt to loose weight, and occurs in some patients with specific types of cancer. In order to understand how to better diagnose and treat cachexia, we must first understand the mechanisms behind the wasting away of tissues.This is a pliot study, the first of its kind, to investiage specific physiological signatures of cachexic muscle tissues. the goal will be to (1) improve diagnoisis of cachexia, and (b) monitor response of tissues to theraputic intervention

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR001192-28
Application #
7597848
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-SSS-X (40))
Project Start
2007-04-01
Project End
2008-03-31
Budget Start
2007-04-01
Budget End
2008-03-31
Support Year
28
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$2,023
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of California Irvine
Department
Physiology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
046705849
City
Irvine
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92697

  Publications

Paugh, Jerry R; Alfonso-Garcia, Alba; Nguyen, Andrew Loc et al. (2018) Characterization of expressed human meibum using hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy. Ocul Surf :
Verdel, Nina; Lentsch, Griffin; Balu, Mihaela et al. (2018) Noninvasive assessment of skin structure by combined photothermal radiometry and optical spectroscopy: coregistration with multiphoton microscopy. Appl Opt 57:D117-D122
Friedman, Jacob E; Dobrinskikh, Evgenia; Alfonso-Garcia, Alba et al. (2018) Pyrroloquinoline quinone prevents developmental programming of microbial dysbiosis and macrophage polarization to attenuate liver fibrosis in offspring of obese mice. Hepatol Commun 2:313-328
Kennedy, Gordon T; Lentsch, Griffin R; Trieu, Brandon et al. (2017) Solid tissue simulating phantoms having absorption at 970 nm for diffuse optics. J Biomed Opt 22:76013
Takesh, Thair; Sargsyan, Anik; Lee, Matthew et al. (2017) Evaluating the Whitening and Microstructural Effects of a Novel Whitening Strip on Porcelain and Composite Dental Materials. Dentistry (Sunnyvale) 7:
Jonscher, Karen R; Stewart, Michael S; Alfonso-Garcia, Alba et al. (2017) Early PQQ supplementation has persistent long-term protective effects on developmental programming of hepatic lipotoxicity and inflammation in obese mice. FASEB J 31:1434-1448
Alfonso-García, Alba; Paugh, Jerry; Farid, Marjan et al. (2017) A machine learning framework to analyze hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy images of expressed human meibum. J Raman Spectrosc 48:803-812
Takesh, Thair; Sargsyan, Anik; Anbarani, Afarin et al. (2017) Effects of a Novel Whitening Formulation on Dental Enamel. Dentistry (Sunnyvale) 7:
Malacrida, Leonel; Astrada, Soledad; Briva, Arturo et al. (2016) Spectral phasor analysis of LAURDAN fluorescence in live A549 lung cells to study the hydration and time evolution of intracellular lamellar body-like structures. Biochim Biophys Acta 1858:2625-2635
Choi, Bernard; Tan, Wenbin; Jia, Wangcun et al. (2016) The Role of Laser Speckle Imaging in Port-Wine Stain Research: Recent Advances and Opportunities. IEEE J Sel Top Quantum Electron 2016:

Showing the most recent 10 out of 663 publications