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| R A TownerSummaryAffiliation: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Country: USA Publications
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Regression of glioma tumor growth in F98 and U87 rat glioma models by the Nitrone OKN-007Rheal A Towner
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Neuro Oncol 15:330-40. 2013....
ELTD1, a Potential New Biomarker for GliomasRheal A Towner
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center Cardiovascular Biology Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah The Methodist Hospital BV, The Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, Texas
Neurosurgery 72:77-91. 2013..Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a high-grade glioma, is characterized by being diffuse, invasive, and highly angiogenic and has a very poor prognosis. Identification of new biomarkers could help in the further diagnosis of GBM...
In vivo imaging of immuno-spin trapped radicals with molecular magnetic resonance imaging in a diabetic mouse modelRheal A Towner
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Diabetes 61:2405-13. 2012..This method can be specifically applied toward diabetes models for in vivo assessment of free radical levels, providing an avenue to more fully understand the role of free radicals in diabetes...
In vivo detection of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rodent gliomasRheal A Towner
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 48:691-703. 2010..In vivo assessment of iNOS levels associated with tumor development is quite feasible in heterogeneous tissues with mMRI...
Molecular magnetic resonance imaging approaches used to aid in the understanding of angiogenesis in vivo: implications for tissue engineeringRheal A Towner
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
Tissue Eng Part A 16:357-64. 2010..VEGF-R2 levels in tumor tissues were also confirmed in western blots and via immunohistochemistry. Based on our results, in vivo evaluation of tissue angiogenesis using molecular MRI is possible in tissue engineering applications...
In vivo detection of c-Met expression in a rat C6 glioma modelR A Towner
Small Animal MRI Core Facility, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
J Cell Mol Med 12:174-86. 2008..Controls with no Ab or with a normal rat IgG attached to the contrast agent component indicated no non-specific binding to glioma tissue. This is the first successful visualization of in vivo overexpression of c-Met in gliomas...
Non-mammalian fat-1 gene prevents neoplasia when introduced to a mouse hepatocarcinogenesis model: Omega-3 fatty acids prevent liver neoplasiaJ Griffitts
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1801:1133-44. 2010..Endogenous omega-3 fatty acids were found to prevent HCC development in mice...
In vivo MRS assessment of altered fatty acyl unsaturation in liver tumor formation of a TGF alpha/c-myc transgenic mouse modelJ Griffitts
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Lipid Res 50:611-22. 2009....
Application of proton NMR spectroscopy in the study of lipid metabolites in a rat hepatocarcinogenesis modelY A Tesiram
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1737:61-8. 2005..The results of this study are in agreement with those previously published in the literature on other rat hepatocarcinogenesis models...
In vivo detection of aflatoxin-induced lipid free radicals in rat bileR A Towner
North Queensland Magnetic Resonance Centre and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Sciences Building, James Cook University, Townsville 4811 Queensland, Australia
Biochim Biophys Acta 1573:55-62. 2002..This indicates that oxidation of AFB1 generates free radical species via CYP metabolism and an iron-mediated redox mechanism...
In vivo image-guided (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the serial development of hepatocarcinogenesis in an experimental animal modelL M Foley
North Queensland Magnetic Resonance Centre, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Biochim Biophys Acta 1526:230-6. 2001..It is anticipated that this model will precede the application of the same technology to the non-invasive diagnosis and grading of human hepatocellular carcinoma...
