2017
IL6 Signaling in Peripheral Blood T Cells Predicts Clinical Outcome in Breast Cancer
Wang L, Miyahira A, Simons D, Lu X, Chang A, Wang C, Suni M, Maino V, Dirbas F, Yim J, Waisman J, Lee P. IL6 Signaling in Peripheral Blood T Cells Predicts Clinical Outcome in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 1119-1126. PMID: 27879265, PMCID: PMC5334262, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood T cellsBreast cancer patientsBlood T cellsCancer patientsT cellsIL6 levelsWorse relapse-free survivalPlasma IL6 levelsCancer cellsRelapse-free survivalSerum IL6 levelsAnti-inflammatory propertiesHost immune responseInvolved downregulationClinical outcomesPredictive biomarkersImmune responsePleiotropic cytokinePatientsIL6Cancer ResCancer progressionSurvivalDiagnosisCells
2012
Center-surround vs. distance-independent lateral connectivity in the olfactory bulb
Kim D, Chang A, McTavish T, Patel H, Willhite D. Center-surround vs. distance-independent lateral connectivity in the olfactory bulb. Frontiers In Neural Circuits 2012, 6: 34. PMID: 22666190, PMCID: PMC3364486, DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGranule cellsOlfactory bulbSynaptic connectionsM/T cellsGlomerular layerInhibitory interneuronsSensory information processingProjection neuronsPseudorabies virusOlfactory systemLateral connectionsNeuronal interactionsSomatosensory systemCenter-surround modelCellsNovel methodInterneuronsDistribution of labelNeurons
2011
Lateral Connectivity in the Olfactory Bulb is Sparse and Segregated
Kim D, Phillips M, Chang A, Patel H, Nguyen K, Willhite D. Lateral Connectivity in the Olfactory Bulb is Sparse and Segregated. Frontiers In Neural Circuits 2011, 5: 5. PMID: 21559072, PMCID: PMC3084525, DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2011.00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGranule cellsOlfactory bulbSubsets of granule cellsInhibitory granule cellsRed fluorescent proteinGlomerular layerFluorescent proteinOlfactory cortexTufted cellsInhibitory inputsLateral elementsTranssynaptic spreadPhysiological studiesCellsSeparate sitesVirusLateral connectionsInhibitionBulbMitralProtein