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1. PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION OF HEPATOCYTES AND INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS

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Open Access
Author:
Poole, Brian Douglas
Title:
PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION OF HEPATOCYTES AND INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
parvovirus B19
Apoptosis
Acute fulminant liver failure
DNA damage
File:
Download dissertation_pdf.pdf
Committee Members:
Stanley J Naides, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Harold Bonneau, Committee Member
Sarah Bronson, Committee Member
Michael J Chorney, Committee Member
Mark Kester, Committee Member

2. Indocyanine Green-Encapsulating Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles: Bifunctional Theranostic Vectors for Near Infrared Diagnostic Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

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Open Access
Author:
Altinoglu, Erhan I
Title:
Indocyanine Green-Encapsulating Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles: Bifunctional Theranostic Vectors for Near Infrared Diagnostic Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
photodynamic therapy
diagnostic imaging
near infrared
encapsulation
nanoparticles
indocyanine green
calcium phosphate
File:
Download Altinoglu_Dissertation_-_August_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Kester, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

4. NOVEL APPROACHES TO MODULATE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY AND TO DETERMINE A ROLE FOR ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE IN CELL TRANSFORMATION

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Open Access
Author:
Ackermann, Joseph Michael
Title:
NOVEL APPROACHES TO MODULATE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY AND TO DETERMINE A ROLE FOR ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE IN CELL TRANSFORMATION
Graduate Program:
Pharmacology
Keywords:
polyamines
ornithine decarboxylase
gene silencing
DNazyme
ribozyme
antisense oligodeoxynucleotides
difluoromethylornithine
DFMO
resonance energy transfer
RET
FRET
catalytic nuleic acids
File:
Download Final_Thesis_4-15.pdf
Committee Members:
Anthony Edward Pegg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member
Mark Kester, Committee Member
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member
Charles D Smith, Committee Member
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member

5. Mechanistic studies of sphingosine kinase 1 localization and activation

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Open Access
Author:
Francy, Jacquelyn M
Title:
Mechanistic studies of sphingosine kinase 1 localization and activation
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
plasma membrane
membrane raft
sphingosine kinase
sphingosine
AKT2
File:
Download eTD_Francy.pdf
Committee Members:
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Kester, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Committee Member
Cara Lynne Schengrund, Committee Member
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member

7. SPHINGOLIPID AND PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES REGULATE THE PHENOTYPE OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

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Open Access
Author:
Houck, Kristy Lee
Title:
SPHINGOLIPID AND PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES REGULATE THE PHENOTYPE OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
Graduate Program:
Pharmacology
Keywords:
toll-like receptor
diglycerides
ceramide-1-phosphate
vascular smooth muscle
signaling cascades
cytokine
File:
Download Thesis_K_Houck.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Kester, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Member
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member
Cara Lynne Schengrund, Committee Member
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member

8. DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH INDUCTION VIA DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC NANOLIPOSOMAL CERAMIDE IN LEUKEMIAS

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Author:
Ryland, Lindsay Kate
Title:
DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH INDUCTION VIA DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC NANOLIPOSOMAL CERAMIDE IN LEUKEMIAS
Graduate Program:
Pharmacology
Keywords:
sphingolipid
ceramide
nanoliposome
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
File:
Download Thesis_Revisions_Ryland_v2.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Kester, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Kester, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Loughran, Committee Member
Hong Gang Wang, Committee Member
Jin Ming Yang, Committee Member
Richard Robert Young, Committee Member

9. CHARACTERIZATION OF RICIN BINDING TO MULTIVALENT BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN-BASED NEOGLYCOCONJUGATES

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Open Access
Author:
Blome, Matthew
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF RICIN BINDING TO MULTIVALENT BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN-BASED NEOGLYCOCONJUGATES
Graduate Program:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
glycoconjugate
asialofetuin
surface plasmon resonance
asialo-GM1
ricin
bovine serum albumin
multivalent
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Cara Lynne Schengrund, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ira Joseph Ropson, Committee Member
Thomas E Spratt, Committee Member
Mark Kester, Committee Member
Michael Pishko, Committee Member

10. Ceramide Differentially Regulates Protein Kinase C/ Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Pathways: Implications for Growth Arrest

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Open Access
Author:
Bourbon, Nicole A.
Title:
Ceramide Differentially Regulates Protein Kinase C/ Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Pathways: Implications for Growth Arrest
Graduate Program:
Pharmacology
Keywords:
PKC
MAPK
Ceramide
SAPK
ERK
Signaling Complexes
Sphingolipids
File:
Download BourbonNA_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Steven S Levison, Committee Member
Mark Kester, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elliot Saul Vesell, Committee Member
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member
Robert G Levenson, Committee Member