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Ethnic Differences In Maternal Adipokines During Normal Pregnancy, Xinhua Chen, Theresa O Scholl Dec 2015

Ethnic Differences In Maternal Adipokines During Normal Pregnancy, Xinhua Chen, Theresa O Scholl

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Scholarship

Two adipokines (adiponectin and resistin) have opposite relations with insulin resistance and inflammation. Our major focus was to determine whether there were detectable ethnic differences in maternal adipokines during pregnancy. We also explored the correlation of the adipokines with maternal glucose homeostasis, blood pressure and anthropometric parameters. Pregnant women (n = 1634) were from a large prospective cohort study in Camden NJ (African-American 36.8%; Hispanic 47.6%; Caucasian 15.6%). Serum adiponectin and resistin were measured at entry (week 16.8) and the 3rd trimester (week 30.7) using the Luminex xMapTechnology. Significant differences were observed among ethnic groups, controlling for confounding variables. African …


Hdac6 Activity Is A Non-Oncogene Addiction Hub For Inflammatory Breast Cancers, Preeti Putcha, Jiyang Yu, Ruth Rodriguez-Barrueco, Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, Patricia Villagrasa, Eva Murga-Penas, Steven N. Quayle, Min Yang, Veronica Castro, David Llobet-Navas, Daniel Birbaum, Pascal Finetti, Wendy A. Woodward, Francois Bertucci, Mary Alpaugh, Andrea Califano, Jose Silva Dec 2015

Hdac6 Activity Is A Non-Oncogene Addiction Hub For Inflammatory Breast Cancers, Preeti Putcha, Jiyang Yu, Ruth Rodriguez-Barrueco, Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, Patricia Villagrasa, Eva Murga-Penas, Steven N. Quayle, Min Yang, Veronica Castro, David Llobet-Navas, Daniel Birbaum, Pascal Finetti, Wendy A. Woodward, Francois Bertucci, Mary Alpaugh, Andrea Califano, Jose Silva

Faculty Scholarship for the College of Science & Mathematics

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancers with a 5-year survival rate of only 40 %. Despite its lethality, IBC remains poorly understood which has greatly limited its therapeutic management. We thus decided to utilize an integrative functional genomic strategy to identify the Achilles’ heel of IBC cells.


Breast Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Characterization And Contribution To The Metastatic Phenotype, Toni M. Green, Mary L. Alpaugh, Sanford H. Barsky, Germana Rappa, Aurelio Lorico Oct 2015

Breast Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Characterization And Contribution To The Metastatic Phenotype, Toni M. Green, Mary L. Alpaugh, Sanford H. Barsky, Germana Rappa, Aurelio Lorico

Faculty Scholarship for the College of Science & Mathematics

The study of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in cancer progression is a complex and rapidly evolving field. Whole categories of cellular interactions in cancer which were originally presumed to be due solely to soluble secreted molecules have now evolved to include membrane-enclosed extracellular vesicles (EVs), which include both exosomes and shed microvesicles (MVs), and can contain many of the same molecules as those secreted in soluble form but many different molecules as well. EVs released by cancer cells can transfer mRNA, miRNA, and proteins to different recipient cells within the tumor microenvironment, in both an autocrine and paracrine manner, causing a …


The Cognition-Enhancing Effects Of Psychostimulants Involve Direct Action In The Prefrontal Cortex, Robert C. Spencer, David M. Devilbiss, Craig Berridge Jun 2015

The Cognition-Enhancing Effects Of Psychostimulants Involve Direct Action In The Prefrontal Cortex, Robert C. Spencer, David M. Devilbiss, Craig Berridge

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Scholarship

Psychostimulants are highly effective in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The clinical efficacy of these drugs is strongly linked to their ability to improve cognition dependent on the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and extended frontostriatal circuit. The procognitive actions of psychostimulants are only associated with low doses. Surprisingly, despite nearly 80 years of clinical use, the neurobiology of the procognitive actions of psychostimulants has only recently been systematically investigated. Findings from this research unambiguously demonstrate that the cognition-enhancing effects of psychostimulants involve the preferential elevation of catecholamines in the PFC and the subsequent activation of norepinephrine α2 and dopamine D1 receptors. …