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Lam A, Jankovic L, Aharonyan L, McGroarty K, Prince M, Morris L, Stang C, Berdahl C, Torbati S. 95 A Tender-Loving-Care Volunteer Program to Provide Non-Clinical, Supportive Interventions to Older Adults in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.08.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Splendiani G, Morosetti M, Manni M, Jankovic L, Naticchia A, Sturniolo A, Tullio T, Balducci A, Coen G. Cardiac Calcium Evaluation in Hemodialysis Patients with Multisection Spiral Computed Tomography. Int J Artif Organs 2018; 27:759-65. [PMID: 15521215 DOI: 10.1177/039139880402700905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Aim The aim of this study is cardiac calcium content evaluation in hemodialysis patients by a new technique, based on ultrafast multisection CT (MTC). Methods The study was carried out on 30 HD patients, 14F and 16 M, average age 57.7±13.9 years, average HD age 57.3±47.4 months. The intact PTH levels were 625.4±571 pg/mL. Serum calcium, phosphate and CaxP product were 9.75±0.84 mg/mL, 6.21±1.01 mg/dL and 60.2±10.7 mg2/dL2, respectively. Results The values obtained with the MTC technique were reported in terms of Agatson scores. Score values frankly in the pathologic range (>100) were found in 24 patients (80%). Correlation analysis has shown positive and significant correlation coefficients of the score with patients’ age (p=0.003), serum calcium (p=0.012), CaxP (p=0.015), iPTH (=0.049), and borderline, to HD age (p=0.06). Conclusion Risk factors for cardiac calcification are mainly age, degree of hyperparathyroidism, increased CaxP and serum calcium levels. A control of calcium phosphate parameters in hemodialysis patients seems to be mandatory to avoid increased severity of coronary artery disease.
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- G Splendiani
- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Service, University Hospital Tor Vergata Rome, Italy.
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Background The aim of this study was to confirm the presence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 on the oral mucosa, in patients undergoing chemotherapy, by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methods The research was carried out on 40 patients receiving chemotherapy as treatment for different malignancies. The status of oral mucosa and viral presence were assessed in all patients at the initial examination (prior to chemotherapy), and at the control examination (two weeks after the initiation of the chemotherapeutic cycle). Results The presence of HSV-1 was detected in 28 patients (70%) prior to chemotherapy, of whom 7 (25%) manifested oral complications. The control examination showed the presence of HSV-1 in 35 patients (87.5%), of whom 23 (65.7%) presented oral mucosa changes. HSV-2 has not been detected in any of the patients.
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- M Djuric
- Clinic of Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Wang Y, Erpelding TN, Jankovic L, Guo Z, Robert JL, David G, Wang LV. In vivo three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging based on a clinical matrix array ultrasound probe. J Biomed Opt 2012; 17:061208. [PMID: 22734738 PMCID: PMC3380932 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.6.061208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Revised: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We present an integrated photoacoustic and ultrasonic three-dimensional (3-D) volumetric imaging system based on a two-dimensional (2-D) matrix array ultrasound probe. A wavelength-tunable dye laser pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser serves as the light source and a modified commercial ultrasound imaging system (iU22, Philips Healthcare) with a 2-D array transducer (X7-2, Philips Healthcare) detects both the pulse-echo ultrasound and photoacoustic signals. A multichannel data acquisition system acquires the RF channel data. The imaging system enables rendering of co-registered 3-D ultrasound and photoacoustic images without mechanical scanning. The resolution along the azimuth, elevation, and axial direction are measured to be 0.69, 0.90 and 0.84 mm for photoacoustic imaging. In vivo 3-D photoacoustic mapping of the sentinel lymph node was demonstrated in a rat model using methylene blue dye. These results highlight the clinical potential of 3-D PA imaging for identification of sentinel lymph nodes for cancer staging in humans.
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- Yu Wang
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
- Address all correspondence to: Lihong V. Wang, Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri 63130. Tel: +314 9356152; Fax: +314 9357448; E-mail:
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Ke H, Erpelding TN, Jankovic L, Liu C, Wang LV. Performance characterization of an integrated ultrasound, photoacoustic, and thermoacoustic imaging system. J Biomed Opt 2012; 17:056010. [PMID: 22612133 PMCID: PMC3381021 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.5.056010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We developed a novel trimodality system for human breast imaging by integrating photoacoustic (PA) and thermoacoustic (TA) imaging techniques into a modified commercial ultrasound scanner. Because light was delivered with an optical assembly placed within the microwave antenna, no mechanical switching between the microwave and laser sources was needed. Laser and microwave excitation pulses were interleaved to enable PA and TA data acquisition in parallel at a rate of 10 frames per second. A tube (7 mm inner diameter) filled with oxygenated bovine blood or 30 mM methylene blue dye was successfully detected in PA images in chicken breast tissue at depths of 6.6 and 8.4 cm, respectively, for the first time. The SNRs at these depths reached ∼24 and ∼15 dB, respectively, by averaging 200 signal acquisitions. Similarly, a tube (13 mm inner diameter) filled with saline solution (0.9%) at a depth of 4.4 cm in porcine fat tissue was successfully detected in TA images. The PA axial, lateral, and elevational resolutions were 640 μm, 720 μm, and 3.5 mm, respectively, suitable for breast cancer imaging. A PA noise-equivalent sensitivity to methylene blue solution of 260 nM was achieved in chicken tissue at a depth of 3.4 cm.
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- Haixin Ke
- Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri
- Sichuan University, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chengdu, China
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- Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri
- Address all correspondence to: Lihong V. Wang, Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri. Tel.: +314 9356152; Fax: +314 9357448; E-mail:
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Hadzi-Mihailovic M, Cakic S, Jankovic S, Raybaud H, Nedeljkovic N, Jankovic L. Ki-67 expression in oral lichen planus. J BUON 2012; 17:132-137. [PMID: 22517707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PURPOSE The monoclonal antibody Ki-67 detects a nuclear antigen that is present only in proliferating cells. This is of particular interest for the analysis of the proliferation rates of malignant tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the malignant potential of oral lichen planus (OLP) on the basis of expression of Ki-67 in healthy individuals (HI), patients with OLP and patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and to see for any potential interdependence between Ki-67 expression and different clinical and histopathological parameters in OLP. METHODS Immunohistochemistry for Ki-67 was carried out using an avidin-biotin peroxidase complex method. RESULTS Ki-67 was more expressed in keratinocytes and lymphocytes of OLP patients compared with HI, but less compared with patients with SCC. Keratinocytes and lymphocytes stained with Ki-67 in OLP patients were significantly higher in males, and in OLP specimens showed less developed civatte bodies (CB) and thickening of the basal membrane (TBM). CONCLUSION Ki-67 may not serve as prognostic biomarker in oral cancer development from the initially diagnosed OLP, but it could help selecting patients with higher need of follow up for prevention of malignancy.
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- M Hadzi-Mihailovic
- Clinic of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
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Kim C, Erpelding TN, Jankovic L, Wang LV. Performance benchmarks of an array-based hand-held photoacoustic probe adapted from a clinical ultrasound system for non-invasive sentinel lymph node imaging. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2011; 369:4644-50. [PMID: 22006911 PMCID: PMC3263783 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Clinical translation of photoacoustic (PA) imaging can be facilitated by integration with commercial ultrasound (US) scanners to enable dual-modality imaging. An array-based US scanner was modified for hand-held PA imaging. The performance was benchmarked in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), axial spatial resolution and sensitivity. PA images of a tube, filled with methylene blue (MB; approx. 30 mM) and placed at various depths in chicken tissue, were acquired. A 5 cm penetration depth was achieved with an 18.6 dB SNR using a laser fluence of 3 mJ cm(-2), only one-seventh of the safety limit (20 mJ cm(-2)). An axial resolution of approximately 400 μm was maintained at all imaging depths. The PA sensitivity to MB placed 2.3 cm deep in chicken tissue was less than 100 μM. Further, after intradermal injection of MB (approx. 30 mM), a rat sentinel lymph node was clearly identified in vivo, beneath a 3.8 cm thick layer of chicken breast. The accumulated concentration of MB in the node was estimated to be approximately 7 mM. The noise-equivalent sensitivities (approx. 2 cm depth) were 17 and 85 μM, ex vivo and in vivo, respectively. These results support the use of this PA system for non-invasive mapping and image-guided needle biopsy of sentinel nodes in breast cancer patients.
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- Chulhong Kim
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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Kim C, Erpelding TN, Jankovic L, Pashley MD, Wang LV. Deeply penetrating in vivo photoacoustic imaging using a clinical ultrasound array system. Biomed Opt Express 2010; 1:278-284. [PMID: 21258465 PMCID: PMC3005157 DOI: 10.1364/boe.1.000278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Using a hand-held photoacoustic probe integrated with a clinical ultrasound array system, we successfully imaged objects deeply positioned in biological tissues. The optical contrasts were enhanced by methylene blue with a concentration of ~30 mM. The penetration depth reached ~5.2 cm in chicken breast tissue by using 650-nm wavelength, which is ~4.7 times the 1/e optical penetration depth. This imaging depth was achieved using a laser fluence on the tissue surface of only 3 mJ/cm(2), which is 1/7 of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) safety limit (20 mJ/cm(2)). The noise equivalent sensitivity at this depth was ~11 mM. Further, after intradermal injection of methylene blue in a rat, a sentinel lymph node was easily detected in vivo, beneath a 2-cm thick layer of chicken breast. Also, blood located 3.5 cm deep in the rat was clearly imaged with intrinsic contrast. We have photoacoustically guided insertion of a needle into a rat sentinel lymph node with accumulated methylene blue. These results highlight the clinical potential of photoacoustic image-guided identification and needle biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes for axillary staging in breast cancer patients.
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- Chulhong Kim
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Dr. St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Rd. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Rd. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA
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- Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Rd. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA
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- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Dr. St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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Erpelding TN, Kim C, Pramanik M, Jankovic L, Maslov K, Guo Z, Margenthaler JA, Pashley MD, Wang LV. Sentinel lymph nodes in the rat: noninvasive photoacoustic and US imaging with a clinical US system. Radiology 2010; 256:102-10. [PMID: 20574088 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate in vivo sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping by using photoacoustic and ultrasonographic (US) imaging with a modified clinical US imaging system. MATERIALS AND METHODS Animal protocols were approved by the Animal Studies Committee. Methylene blue dye accumulation in axillary lymph nodes of seven healthy Sprague-Dawley rats was imaged by using a photoacoustic imaging system adapted from a clinical US imaging system. To investigate clinical translation, the imaging depth was extended up to 2.5 cm by adding chicken or turkey breast on top of the rat skin surface. Three-dimensional photoacoustic images were acquired by mechanically scanning the US transducer and light delivery fiber bundle along the elevational direction. RESULTS Photoacoustic images of rat SLNs clearly help visualization of methylene blue accumulation, whereas coregistered photoacoustic/US images depict lymph node positions relative to surrounding anatomy. Twenty minutes following methylene blue injection, photoacoustic signals from SLN regions increased nearly 33-fold from baseline signals in preinjection images, and mean contrast between SLNs and background tissue was 76.0 +/- 23.7 (standard deviation). Methylene blue accumulation in SLNs was confirmed photoacoustically by using the optical absorption spectrum of the dye. Three-dimensional photoacoustic images demonstrate dynamic accumulation of methylene blue in SLNs after traveling through lymph vessels. CONCLUSION In vivo photoacoustic and US mapping of SLNs was successfully demonstrated with a modified clinical US scanner. These results raise confidence that photoacoustic and US imaging can be used clinically for accurate, noninvasive imaging of SLNs for axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer patients.
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Kim C, Erpelding TN, Maslov K, Jankovic L, Akers WJ, Song L, Achilefu S, Margenthaler JA, Pashley MD, Wang LV. Handheld array-based photoacoustic probe for guiding needle biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes. J Biomed Opt 2010; 15:046010. [PMID: 20799812 PMCID: PMC2937045 DOI: 10.1117/1.3469829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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By modifying a clinical ultrasound array system, we develop a novel handheld photoacoustic probe for image-guided needle biopsy. The integration of optical fiber bundles for pulsed laser light delivery enables photoacoustic image-guided insertion of a needle into rat axillary lymph nodes with accumulated indocyanine green (ICG). Strong photoacoustic contrast of the needle is achieved. After subcutaneous injection of the dye in the left forepaw, sentinel lymph nodes are easily detected, in vivo and in real time, beneath 2-cm-thick chicken breast overlaying the axillary region. ICG uptake in axillary lymph nodes is confirmed with fluorescence imaging both in vivo and ex vivo. These results demonstrate the clinical potential of this handheld photoacoustic system for facile identification and needle biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes for cancer staging and metastasis detection in humans.
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- Chulhong Kim
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA
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Djuric M, Cakic S, Hadzi-Mihailovic M, Petrovic D, Jankovic L. Oral status in patients receiving 5-fluorouracil for colorectal cancer. J BUON 2010; 15:475-479. [PMID: 20941813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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PURPOSE Oral complications are frequent and troublesome symptoms for those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. Several antineoplastic agents are proved to have stomatotoxic potential, among them 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the oral status and patient experiences during chemotherapy with 5-FU for colorectal cancer. METHODS Twenty-eight patients treated with 5-day 5-FU plus leucovorin entered this study. Positive data about oral symptoms were taken by anamnesis. Mucositis severity index, gingival index, plaque index, probing pocket depth and bleeding on probing have been used to assess oral mucosa and periodontal status of the patients. Patients were examined prior to chemotherapy and 14 days after the start of the chemotherapy cycle. RESULTS Mild to moderate subjective complaints concerning oral cavity were reported by 17.9% of patients before and 39.2% of patients after chemotherapy. Clinical examination revealed oral mucosa damage in 10.7% and 35.7% of patients, with mean mucositis score of 0.14 and 0.54 before and after chemotherapy, respectively. Although mean values of all periodontal indices were elevated after chemotherapy, only increase in gingival index was statistically significant (p=0.035). Mucositis was significantly correlated with oral pain (p=0.00), xerostomia (p=0.00), and plaque index (p=0.077), while the correlation between mucositis and the rest of the examined parameters was not significant. CONCLUSION Oral complications were not highly expressed in this study. Although 5-FU is considered to exert significant stomatotoxic effect, severe mucositis was far less common in this study compared to studies reported elsewhere.
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- M Djuric
- Clinic for Dentistry, School of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Hadzi-Mihailovic M, Raybaud H, Monteil R, Cakic S, Djuric M, Jankovic L. Bcl-2 expression and its possible influence on malignant transformation of oral lichen planus. J BUON 2010; 15:362-368. [PMID: 20658736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the malignant potential of oral lichen planus (OLP) on the basis of the expression of the Bcl-2 marker in healthy individuals (H), patients with OLP and patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and to establish potential interdependence between expression of Bcl-2 and the different clinical and histopathological parameters in H, OLP, and SCC. METHODS Immunohistochemistry for Bcl-2 was carried out using an avidin-biotin peroxidase complex method. Tissue sections were treated with mouse monoclonal antibody against Bcl-2 (124, DAKO A/S, Denmark; dilution 1/100). Immunohistochemical parameters measured included total tissue area, total stained area and intensity of stain. RESULTS Keratinocytes were not Bcl-2 positive in H and were sparsely positive in OLP. The number of lymphocytes stained with Bcl-2 was significantly lower in H as compared to patients with SCC and OLP. Bcl-2 staining was weak to moderate in OLP, and moderate to intense in SCC. Bcl-2-positive lymphocytes were more expressed in older OLP patients (>55 years), and in OLP specimens with orthokeratinized epithelium, less developed acanthosis and highest grade of lymphocyte expression. CONCLUSION Bcl-2 may not serve as a prognostic biomarker in oral cancer development from OLP, but it could help in selecting patients with higher need of follow up to prevent malignancy.
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- M Hadzi-Mihailovic
- Clinic of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Jensen SB, Pedersen AML, Vissink A, Andersen E, Brown CG, Davies AN, Dutilh J, Fulton JS, Jankovic L, Lopes NNF, Mello ALS, Muniz LV, Murdoch-Kinch CA, Nair RG, Napeñas JJ, Nogueira-Rodrigues A, Saunders D, Stirling B, von Bültzingslöwen I, Weikel DS, Elting LS, Spijkervet FKL, Brennan MT. A systematic review of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: management strategies and economic impact. Support Care Cancer 2010; 18:1061-79. [PMID: 20333412 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0837-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2009] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE This systematic review aimed to assess the literature for management strategies and economic impact of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies and to determine the quality of evidence-based management recommendations. METHODS The electronic databases of MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE were searched for articles published in English since the 1989 NIH Development Consensus Conference on the Oral Complications of Cancer Therapies until 2008 inclusive. For each article, two independent reviewers extracted information regarding study design, study population, interventions, outcome measures, results, and conclusions. RESULTS Seventy-two interventional studies met the inclusion criteria. In addition, 49 intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) studies were included as a management strategy aiming for less salivary gland damage. Management guideline recommendations were drawn up for IMRT, amifostine, muscarinic agonist stimulation, oral mucosal lubricants, acupuncture, and submandibular gland transfer. CONCLUSIONS There is evidence that salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies can be prevented or symptoms be minimized to some degree, depending on the type of cancer treatment. Management guideline recommendations are provided for IMRT, amifostine, muscarinic agonist stimulation, oral mucosal lubricants, acupuncture, and submandibular gland transfer. Fields of sparse literature identified included effects of gustatory and masticatory stimulation, specific oral mucosal lubricant formulas, submandibular gland transfer, acupuncture, hyperbaric oxygen treatment, management strategies in pediatric cancer populations, and the economic consequences of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia.
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- S B Jensen
- Department of Oral Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Jensen SB, Pedersen AML, Vissink A, Andersen E, Brown CG, Davies AN, Dutilh J, Fulton JS, Jankovic L, Lopes NNF, Mello ALS, Muniz LV, Murdoch-Kinch CA, Nair RG, Napeñas JJ, Nogueira-Rodrigues A, Saunders D, Stirling B, von Bültzingslöwen I, Weikel DS, Elting LS, Spijkervet FKL, Brennan MT. A systematic review of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: prevalence, severity and impact on quality of life. Support Care Cancer 2010; 18:1039-60. [PMID: 20237805 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0827-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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PURPOSE This systematic review aimed to assess the literature for prevalence, severity, and impact on quality of life of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies. METHODS The electronic databases of MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE were searched for articles published in English since the 1989 NIH Development Consensus Conference on the Oral Complications of Cancer Therapies until 2008 inclusive. Two independent reviewers extracted information regarding study design, study population, interventions, outcome measures, results and conclusions for each article. RESULTS The inclusion criteria were met by 184 articles covering salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by conventional, 3D conformal radiotherapy or intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients, cancer chemotherapy, total body irradiation/hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, radioactive iodine treatment, and immunotherapy. CONCLUSIONS Salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia are induced by radiotherapy in the head and neck region depending on the cumulative radiation dose to the gland tissue. Treatment focus should be on optimized/new approaches to further reduce the dose to the parotids, and particularly submandibular and minor salivary glands, as these glands are major contributors to moistening of oral tissues. Other cancer treatments also induce salivary gland hypofunction, although to a lesser severity, and in the case of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, the adverse effect is temporary. Fields of sparse literature included pediatric cancer populations, cancer chemotherapy, radioactive iodine treatment, total body irradiation/hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and immunotherapy.
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- S B Jensen
- Department of Oral Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Hadzi-Mihailovic M, Raybaud H, Monteil R, Jankovic L. Expression of Fas/FasL in patients with oral lichen planus. J BUON 2009; 14:487-493. [PMID: 19810143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the malignant potential of oral lichen planus (OLP) on the basis of expression of the Fas/FasL markers in healthy individuals (H), OLP patients and patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS 40 patients with OLP and two control groups were included in this research (H and patients with SCC). Immunohistochemistry for Fas and FasL was carried out using an avidin-biotin peroxidase complex method. RESULTS Only a low percentage of infiltrating lymphocytes and no keratinocytes were Fas-positive in OLP specimens. The highest percentage of Fas-staining keratinocytes in our survey was identified mostly in H and patients with well-differentiated SCC. In most cases of SCC, OLP and H a high percentage of keratinocytes and lymphocytes were FasL-positive. FasL expression was negatively correlated with the degree of cell differentiation and apoptosis. Taking into consideration that all carcinomas in this survey were highly differentiated, it is not surprising that no statistically significant differences in FasL expression between H, OLP and SCC specimens were detected. CONCLUSION Downregulation of Fas expression in keratinocytes and lymphocytes of OLP specimens, together with upregulation of FasL, may serve as initial prognostic biomarker in oral cancer development.
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- M Hadzi-Mihailovic
- Clinic of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Besu I, Jankovic L, Magdu IU, Konic-Ristic A, Raskovic S, Juranic Z. Humoral immunity to cow's milk proteins and gliadin within the etiology of recurrent aphthous ulcers? Oral Dis 2009; 15:560-4. [PMID: 19563417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01595.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine the incidence of serum antibodies to gliadin and to cow's milk proteins (CMP) using ELISA test, within patients who have recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAU). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Fifty patients with recurrent aphthous ulcers and fifty healthy people were included in this research. Levels of serum IgA and IgG antibodies to gliadin and IgA, IgG and IgE to CMP were determined using ELISA. RESULTS The levels of serum antigliadin IgA and IgG antibodies were not significantly higher in patients with RAU in comparison with the controls (P = 0.937 and P = 0.1854 respectively). The levels of serum anti-CMP IgA, IgG and IgE antibodies were significantly higher in patients with RAU in comparison with the controls (P < 0.005, P < 0.002 and P < 0.001 respectively). In general, the increased humoral (IgA or IgG) immunoreactivity to CMP was found in 32 of 50 patients, while 17 of them showed the increased levels of both IgA and IgG immunoreactivity to CMP. At the same time, 16 out of 50 patients had IgA, IgG and IgE immunoreactivity to CMP. CONCLUSION These results indicate the strong association between high levels of serum anti-CMP IgA, IgG and IgE antibodies and clinical manifestations of recurrent aphthous ulcers.
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- I Besu
- Department of Experimental Oncology, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Pasterova 14, Belgrade, Serbia.
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McDonald MA, Jankovic L, Shahzad K, Burcher M, Li KCP. Acoustic fingerprints of dye-labeled protein submicrosphere photoacoustic contrast agents. J Biomed Opt 2009; 14:034032. [PMID: 19566325 DOI: 10.1117/1.3155519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Dye-labeled protein microspheres, submicron in size and capable of producing thermoelastically generated ultrasound in response to laser stimulation, are presented as contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging. Incident laser energy absorbed by fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled elastin submicrospheres results in thermoelastically generated sound production. Plotted A-line graphs reveal a distinctive morphology and a greater than two orders of magnitude increase in signal amplitude subsequent to converting FITC elastin into submicrospheres (despite a four orders of magnitude decrease in concentration). Evidence of nonlinearity and enhancement of ultrasound backscatter indicate a potential use in contrast-enhanced harmonic imaging. Photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging of FITC-elastin submicrospheres in a water-filled phantom vessel shows enhanced contrast at low concentration and clear delineation of the phantom vessel wall.
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- Michael A McDonald
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8313, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8313, USA.
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Jankovic L, Efremov GD, Petkov G, Kattamis C, George E, Yang KG, Stoming TA, Huisman THJ. Two novel polyadenylation mutations leading to β+-thalassaemia. Br J Haematol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1990.00122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Morosetti M, Jankovic L, Palombo G, Cipriani S, Dominijanni S, Balducci A, Splendiani G, Simonetti G, Romagnoli A, Coen G. High-dose calcitriol therapy and progression of cardiac vascular calcifications. J Nephrol 2008; 21:603-608. [PMID: 18651552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dialysis patients show a very high prevalence of cardiovascular complications, affected as they are with abnormal and accelerated vascular calcifications and, eventually, calcium and phosphorous metabolism disorders. Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) provides a reproducible, high-resolution imaging of calcium contained in cardiac arteries, measured by Agatston score. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of high-dose and low-dose calcitriol therapy on the progression of cardiac vascular calcifications in dialyzed patients. METHODS We enrolled 36 dialyzed patients in a prospective study, including an interventional period of 12 months and a follow-up period of 12 months. Eighteen protocol patients received intravenous pulses of high-doses calcitriol at the end of dialytic treatment and sevelamer hydrochloride therapy. Control patients received low-dose calcitriol and sevelamer hydrochloride as well. Two MSCT scans were performed: 1 at the start of the study and 1 at the end of follow-up, and Agatston score was calculated at both examinations. RESULTS At first examination, protocol patients showed almost the same level of cardiac vascular calcification as control patients. At the second MSCT, statistically significantly higher values of Agatston score were recorded for all patients. Indeed, patients who showed higher baseline values developed worse calcifications as recorded at the end of follow-up, both in the protocol and control group. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that baseline level is strongly predictive of vascular calcification progression, and, moreover, there is no association between calcitriol administered doses and the progression of cardiac vascular calcification.
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- M Morosetti
- Nephrology and Dialysis Department, 'G.B. Grassi' Hospital - Ostia Lido, Rome - Italy.
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Manni M, Coen G, Balducci A, Morosetti M, Jankovic L, Mantella D, Vega A, Naticchia A, Sorbo G, Taccone Gallucci M, Pierantozzi A, Simonetti G, Splendiani G. Cardiac calcifications in hemodialysis patients assessed with spiral computed tomography. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 2006; 58:181-8. [PMID: 16767071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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AIM Cardiac disease is a major cause of mortality in uremic patients. The aim of this paper was to evaluate cardiac calcium content in uremic patients with multislice computed tomography (MSCT). METHODS The study has been carried out on 120 uremic and 28 nonuremic patients affected by cardiovascular disease. Serum calcium, phosphorus, calcium-phosphate product, intact PTH were assayed. Several lipidic and nutritional parameters were measured. Calcification values obtained with the MSCT were reported in terms of Agatson scores. RESULTS We found that the average score values in cohort on uremic was 10 times higher than in nonuremic patients (score values 3.389 vs 328). Cardiac calcification score was found to be correlated significantly to age (P=0.006), HD age (P=0.010), serum calcium (P=0.006), iPTH (P=0.004). Multiregression analysis (MRA) with the cardiac score as dependent variable selected the following variables (R(2) 0.612): age (P=0.002), HD age (P=0.010), serum cholesterol (P<0.000), triglycerides (P=0.001) and inversely HDL cholesterol (P=0.001) and non-HDL cholesterol (P=0.001) as predictive variables for cardiac score. By comparing patients with scores lower and higher than 400, the group with score <400 showed a significantly lower age (P=0.0001), HD vintage (P=0.01) and a significantly higher serum cholesterol (P=0.009), HDL cholesterol (P=0.05) and non-HDL cholesterol (P=0.05). CONCLUSIONS The MSCT could help in identifying and stratifying high-risk patients to implement preventive strategies. The control of mineral metabolism and of lipid levels is important in prevention of arterial calcification in uremic patients.
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- M Manni
- Department of Nephrology, S. Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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Betlej A, Suntsov S, Makris KG, Jankovic L, Christodoulides DN, Stegeman GI, Fini J, Bise RT, Digiovanni DJ. All-optical switching and multifrequency generation in a dual-core photonic crystal fiber. Opt Lett 2006; 31:1480-2. [PMID: 16642145 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.001480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We demonstrate all-optical switching at 1550 nm between two weakly coupled cores in a photonic crystal fiber for intensities up to 0.5 TW/cm2. Spectrum analysis at higher intensities reveals that the output was dominated by continuum generation primarily towards shorter wavelengths.
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- A Betlej
- College of Optics & Photonics--CREOL & FPCE, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, USA
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Jankovic L, Gournis D, Dimos K, Karakassides MA, Bakas T. Catalytic production of carbon nanotubes over first row transition metal oxides supported on montmorillonite. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/10/1/044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Karakoulia S, Jankovic L, Dimos K, Gournis D, Triantafyllidis K. Formation of carbon nanotubes on iron/cobalt-modified zeolites: Effect of zeolite framework/pore structure and method of modification. Molecular Sieves: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications, Proceedings of the 3rd International Zeolite Symposium (3rd FEZA) 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2991(05)80364-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The details of two soliton collision processes were investigated in detail in a 1 cm long periodically poled KTP crystal for the case when the solitons were excited by inputting only the fundamental beam. The effects on the collision outcomes of the distance of the collision into the sample, collision angle and phase mismatch were measured for different relative phases between the input beams. At small angles (around 0.4 degrees ) fusion, repulsion and energy transfer processes were observed, while at the collision angles approaching 3.2 degrees the two output soliton beams were essentially unaffected by the interaction. The phase mismatch was varied from 3.5 to -1.5pi for the 0.4 degrees collision angle case. The output solitons separation at pi input phase difference showed strongly asymmetric behavior with phase mismatch. In general, the measurements indicate a decrease in the interaction strength with increasing phase mismatch. All collision processes were performed in the vicinity of a non-critical phase matching.
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Jankovic L, Kim H, Stegeman G, Carrasco S, Torner L, Katz M. Quadratic soliton self-reflection at a quadratically nonlinear interface. Opt Lett 2003; 28:2103-2105. [PMID: 14587829 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.002103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The reflection of bulk quadratic solutions incident onto a quadratically nonlinear interface in periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate was observed. The interface consisted of the boundary between two quasi-phase-matched regions displaced from each other by a half-period. At high intensities and small angles of incidence the soliton is reflected.
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- Ladislav Jankovic
- School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers Building, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA.
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Jankovic L, Polyakov S, Stegeman G, Carrasco S, Torner L, Bosshard C, Gunter P. Complex soliton-like pattern generation in Potassium Niobate due to noisy, high intensity, input beams. Opt Express 2003; 11:2206-2210. [PMID: 19466109 DOI: 10.1364/oe.11.002206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report the generation of complex soliton-like patterns in noncritically-phase-matched potassium niobate which occur in random spatial patterns from shot-to-shot. Up to five spots have been generated at input intensities of 10's GW/cm2, many times the single soliton threshold. The mechanism which leads to the symmetry breaking required for the complex patterns is interpreted to be random noise imprinted on the input light.
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Theoretical predictions and experimental observations show that a weak harmonic seed beam can control the process of generating multiple quadratic solitons in periodically poled KTiOPO4 by inputting only a fundamental beam. This all-optical switching does not depend on the relative phase of the input beams, an unusual property for such coherent solitons.
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- Sergey Polyakov
- School of Optics, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA
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Stegeman R, Jankovic L, Kim H, Rivero C, Stegeman G, Richardson K, Delfyett P, Guo Y, Schulte A, Cardinal T. Tellurite glasses with peak absolute Raman gain coefficients up to 30 times that of fused silica. Opt Lett 2003; 28:1126-1128. [PMID: 12879929 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An experimental system has been assembled to measure the absolute values of the Raman gain spectrum for millimeter-thick glass samples. Results are reported for two new oxide glasses with Raman gain coefficients as much as 30 times larger than that of fused silica and more than twice its spectral coverage.
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- Robert Stegeman
- School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA.
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Jankovic L, Kim H, Polyakov S, Stegeman GI, Bosshard C, Gunter P. Birth of solitons in quadratic spatial soliton collisions. Opt Lett 2003; 28:1037-1039. [PMID: 12836771 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically the creation of a third soliton in two soliton collision processes in type I noncritically phase-matched KNbO3. The output pattern in the collision process is phase dependent, but the total energy and the relative ratio of the fundamental to the second harmonic in each soliton remain essentially unchanged to within experimental accuracy.
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- Ladislav Jankovic
- School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA.
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Polyakov S, Jankovic L, Kim H, Stegeman G, Carrasco S, Torner L, Katz M. Properties of quadratic multi-soliton generation near phase-match in periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate. Opt Express 2003; 11:1328-1337. [PMID: 19466001 DOI: 10.1364/oe.11.001328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The properties of the multi-quadratic-soliton generation process have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally near and on phase-match in non-critically-phase-matched, periodically poled, potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP). It was found that multi-soliton generation occurs primarily due to asymmetry in the input beam and at phase-matching. The number of solitons generated depended on the input intensity in a non-trivial way.
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Kim H, Jankovic L, Stegeman G, Carrasco S, Torner L, Eger D, Katz M. Quadratic spatial solitons in periodically poled KTiOPO4. Opt Lett 2003; 28:640-642. [PMID: 12703926 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.000640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The evolution of fundamental beams into quadratic spatial solitons was investigated in a periodically poled bulk KTiOPO4 crystal near and at phase matching. Various soliton properties, such as trapping efficiency as a function of phase mismatch, poling-induced walk-off, and the effects of pulse width, beam width, and input beam quality, were measured. Effects attributed to the presence of cubic nonlinearities were also observed.
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- Hongki Kim
- Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers-School of Optics, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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Carrasco S, Polyakov S, Kim H, Jankovic L, Stegeman GI, Torres JP, Torner L, Katz M, Eger D. Observation of multiple soliton generation mediated by amplification of asymmetries. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2003; 67:046616. [PMID: 12786518 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.67.046616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the experimental observation of the formation of multiple optical quadratic solitons in a process mediated by the amplification of minute asymmetries in the diffraction properties of the input light. Experiments were conducted in phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a bulk crystal of periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate pumped at 1064 nm. The different mechanisms that influence the process were investigated numerically, and the pulsed nature of the pump light was found to play a key role in the observed light distributions.
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- Silvia Carrasco
- CREOL/School of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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Polyakov S, Malendevich R, Jankovic L, Stegeman G, Bosshard C, Gunter P. Effects of anisotropic diffraction on quadratic multisoliton excitation in noncritically p hase-matched crystals. Opt Lett 2002; 27:1049-1051. [PMID: 18026361 DOI: 10.1364/ol.27.001049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The generation of multiple quadratic spatial solitons aligned approximately along a crystal axis in a biaxial noncritically phase-matched crystal is shown theoretically and experimentally to be the consequence of anisotropic diffraction.
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Malendevich R, Jankovic L, Polyakov S, Fuerst R, Stegeman G, Bosshard C, Gunter P. Two-dimensional type I quadratic spatial solitons in KNbO(3) near noncritical phase matching. Opt Lett 2002; 27:631-633. [PMID: 18007885 DOI: 10.1364/ol.27.000631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Experiments on the properties of quadratic, two-dimensional spatial soliton properties in KNbO(3) near and at noncritical phase matching (NCPM) are reported. The NCPM geometry leads to unique features such as a large angular bandwidth for soliton generation, weak dependence of soliton composition on intensity and incidence angle, and unique multisoliton-generation properties.
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Malendevich R, Jankovic L, Stegeman G, Aitchison JS. Spatial modulation instability in a Kerr slab waveguide: errata. Opt Lett 2002; 27:273. [PMID: 18007777 DOI: 10.1364/ol.27.000273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Malendevich R, Jankovic L, Stegeman G, Aitchison JS. Spatial modulation instability in a Kerr slab waveguide. Opt Lett 2001; 26:1879-1881. [PMID: 18059724 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.001879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report the observation of noise-initiated modulational instability in AlGaAs slab waveguides at 1.55 microm . Experiments were performed with the local, ultrafast Kerr nonlinearity at half the bandgap. The agreement between experiment and theory for the periodicity versus intensity was good.
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Jankovic L, Plaseska D, Efremov GD, Tchaicarova P, Petkov GH. Two rare mutations [CD 30 (G-->C) and CDs 36/37 (-T)] in a Turkish thalassemia major patient from Bulgaria. Hemoglobin 1994; 18:359-64. [PMID: 7852093 DOI: 10.3109/03630269408996204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- L Jankovic
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Center for New Technologies, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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Dimovski AJ, Efremov DG, Jankovic L, Plaseska D, Juricic D, Efremov GD. A beta zero-thalassaemia due to a 1605 bp deletion of the 5' beta-globin gene region. Br J Haematol 1993; 85:143-7. [PMID: 8251381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1993.tb08657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We studied a heterozygous beta zero-thalassaemia patient from Croatia with an unusually high Hb A2 level of 7.6% and an elevated Hb F level of 5.8%. The same condition was found in his father (Hb A2 8.2%; Hb F 8.5%). Gene mapping and direct sequencing analyses revealed a new deletion of 1605 bp in the 5' beta-globin gene region between positions -984/5 and +620/1. This deletion has not been observed among more than 500 beta-thalassaemia chromosomes from the Balkan countries studied in our laboratory.
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- A J Dimovski
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Research Centre for New Technologies, Skopje, Macedonia
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Jankovic L, Dimovski AJ, Sukarova E, Juricic D, Efremov GD. A new mutation in the beta-globin gene (IVS II-850 G-C) found in a Yugoslavian beta-thalassemia heterozygote. Haematologica 1992; 77:119-21. [PMID: 1398296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The recent development of laboratory techniques that can rapidly characterize the molecular defects of beta-thalassemia has resulted in the discovery of more than 100 different point mutations in the beta-globin gene. These mutations are population specific. About 20 of them account for over 90% of beta-thal genes in the world. The other mutations are usually found in single families. In this paper we describe a case with a novel mutation at position IVS II-850 (G-C) as a cause of beta-thalassemia. METHODS Direct sequencing of PCR amplified DNA was used for the detection of the mutation. ASO probes were synthesized for dot-blot hybridization. Expression of the mutated allele was evaluated through Northern blot and RNA-PCR analyses. RESULTS This mutation was found in four members of a family, who exhibited severe microcytosis and hypochromic anemia, with an average alpha/beta ratio of 2.0. The sequencing of PCR amplified DNA showed a G-C mutation at position IVS II-850 of the beta-globin gene. Dot blot analyses confirmed the presence of this substitution in all four carriers. Northern blot and RNA-PCR analyses did not reveal any abnormally spliced mRNA species. DISCUSSION The G-C substitution at position IVS II-850 is the third mutation in the invariant AG dinucleotide of the acceptor splice site of the second intron of the beta-globin gene. It abolishes normal splicing, which leads to abnormally processed mRNA. It is a relatively rare mutation since it was not detected among the uncharacterized beta-thal chromosomes from Yugoslavia.
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- L Jankovic
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Center for New Technologies, Skopje
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Jankovic L, Dimovski AJ, Efremov GD, Juricic D. A mutation of CDS 82/83 (-G) observed in a Yugoslavian family with a heterozygosity for beta-thalassemia. Hemoglobin 1992; 16:291-4. [PMID: 1517107 DOI: 10.3109/03630269208998871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- L Jankovic
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Center for New Technologies, Skopje
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Jankovic L, Dimovski AJ, Kollia P, Karageorga M, Loukopoulos D, Huisman TH. A C----G mutation at nt position 6 3' to the terminating codon may be the cause of a silent beta-thalassemia. Int J Hematol 1991; 54:289-93. [PMID: 1777603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We describe the hematological and clinical data for a young Greek patient with beta-thalassemia intermedia and for several members of her family. The patient had inherited the common IVS-I-1 (G----A) mutation from her mother, while the second beta-globin gene had a C----G mutation at position 6 3' to the terminating codon (term. + 6). Her father and three additional relatives with a heterozygosity for this newly discovered mutation had no hematological abnormalities, normal Hb A2 values, and a nearly normal in vitro chain synthesis ratio. Analyses of nearly 500 additional beta-thalassemia and normal chromosomes failed to detect this mutation which eliminates it as a common polymorphism. Although our findings may indicate a rare polymorphism, the probability that it represents the cause of diminished beta chain synthesis is very high indeed. We suggest that the C----G mutation in this untranslated region of the beta-globin gene causes a slight decrease in the stability of the mRNA which becomes clinically important only in situations when beta chain synthesis in trans is eliminated.
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- L Jankovic
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100
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In an ongoing effort to identify point mutations causing beta-thalassaemia, we have found two previously unreported mutations which are located in the Poly A site of the beta-globin gene. The screening programme used amplified DNA and dot-blot hybridization with several 32P-labelled oligonucleotide probes. DNA samples which remained unidentified by this methodology were subjected to sequencing with 32P-labelled primers and modified T7 DNA polymerase. The newly discovered mutations were confirmed by the dot-blot hybridization technique. One type concerned an AATAAA----AATGAA mutation in the polyadenylation site and was found in one family from Yugoslavia (including one patient with the C----T mutation at codon 29 in trans), one from Bulgaria (the patient had the G----A mutation at IVS-I-110 in trans), and one from Greece (this patient had the C----G mutation at IVS-II-745 in trans). Haematological data for three simple heterozygotes suggested a rather mild beta(+)-thalassemia. The second type involved an AATAAA----AATAGA mutation and was found in one family from Malaysia. The propositus had the beta E mutation on the other chromosome, was originally diagnosed as mild Hb E-beta(+)-thalassaemia, and had Hb A and Hb E percentages which were nearly the same.
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- L Jankovic
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Center for New Technologies, Skopje, Yugoslavia
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This study concerned the evaluation of beta-thalassemia alleles in nearly 50 patients with beta-thalassemia major and in 130 -thalassemia heterozygotes using gene amplification and dot-blot hybridization with synthetic probes. Fourteen different mutations were observed; of these, three (IVS-I-110; IVS-I-6; IVS-I-1) account for some 75% of all beta-thalassemia alleles. Newly discovered variants, i.e. T----C in the initiation codon and AATAAA----AATGAA in the poly A site were observed in a few patients. The poly A mutation with classical beta-thalassemia alleles result in thalassemia intermedia. Hb Lepore is a rather common abnormality and combinations of this variant with beta-thalassemia often result in severe disease; a search for beta-thalassemia mutations among patients affected with this disease should include an analysis to detect this hemoglobin abnormality.
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- A Dimovski
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Research Center for New Technologies, Skopje, Yugoslavia
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During the course of a screening program for beta-thalassemia mutations among beta-thalassemia heterozygotes in Yugoslavia we observed a mutation (ATG----ACG) in the initiation codon of the beta-globin gene which has not been described before. The abnormality was initially detected through mapping of the beta-globin gene by Southern blot analysis using the restriction enzyme Nco I. The loss of the Nco I site resulted in the presence of an 8.3 kb band in addition to the normal 5.2 kb band. The mutation was identified by sequence analysis of amplified DNA and by dot-blot analysis of this DNA with a 32P-labeled oligonucleotide probe. An additional polymorphism (CAC----CAT) was present at codon 2 on the same chromosome; this mutation was detected by Orkin et al in 1982 (1). Hematological and in vitro chain synthesis data suggest that the beta-thalassemia is of the beta zero type.
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- L Jankovic
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100
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Klisic P, Jankovic L. Combined procedure of open reduction and shortening of the femur in treatment of congenital dislocation of the hips in older children. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1976:60-9. [PMID: 954325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A one-stage, combined operative procedure for reduction of congenitally dislocated hips in older children consists of shortening of the femur; open reduction by an inferior approach to the joint; reconstruction of the acetabular roof; correction of anteversion of both the femoral neck and the neck-shaft angle; anterior transposition of the iliopsoas muscle. On 60 hips operated in children, ages 5 to 15 with a follow-up period, ranging from 5 to 9 years, the results were found to be excellent in 3 per cent, good in 60 per cent, fair in 30 per cent, and poor in 7 per cent. The procedure is indicated in children up to the time of early puberty. The primary indication is high bilateral dislocation. In unilateral dislocations some residual leg-length discrepancy frequently occurs. This procedure should be done only by orthopedic surgeons who have special training and experience in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip.
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