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Spring 2010
This thesis presents Pathway Informed Analysis (PIA), a classification method for predicting disease states (diagnosis) from metabolic profile measurements that incorporates biological knowledge in the form of metabolic pathways. A metabolic pathway describes a set of chemical reactions that...
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Elevated Fatty Acid Content in Muscle is Prevented by EPA and DHA in an Animal Model of Colorectal Cancer Receiving CPT-11 / 5-FU
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This study aimed to assess the effect of irinotecan / 5-fluorouracil treatment on amount and types of fatty acids in skeletal muscles of tumor-bearing rats fed: a) control diet, b) fish oil diet. Rats bearing the Ward colorectal carcinoma were fed a semi-purified diet with or without fish oil...
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Microtubules and Energy Metabolism: Targets for Standard, Combination, and Novel Therapeutic Interventions and Monitoring of Cancer
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The challenge of understanding and treating cancer has proven to be exceedingly complex. At this juncture, understanding cancer from the perspective of a breakdown of a complex cooperative system using a biophysical analysis may aid in improved treatments and prevention of this disease. In any...
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Fall 2014
The purpose of this work is to understand properties of skeletal muscle of cancer patients experiencing severe muscle depletion. These studies were done using computed tomography (CT) imaging and patient information (demographics), and collection of muscle biopsies to analyze using flow...
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Fall 2013
Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by involuntary weight loss, wasting of skeletal muscle driven by reduced food intake and abnormal metabolism. Cachexia has a negative impact on quality of life, response to chemotherapy and survival. Cachexia research is undeveloped with...