Browsing by Author "Carter, Edward"

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    • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection in Thigh Abscess Can Migrate to Distant Burn Depending on Burn Depth 

      Hamrahi, Victoria; Hamblin, Michael; Jung, Walter; Benjamin, John B.; Paul, Kasie W.; Fischman, Alan J.; Tompkins, Ronald Gary; Carter, Edward Albert (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
      Sepsis remains the major cause of death in patients with major burn injuries. In the present investigation we evaluated the interaction between burn injuries of varying severity and preexisting distant infection. We used ...

    • In Vivo Noninvasive Characterization of Brown Adipose Tissue Blood Flow by Contrast Ultrasound in Mice 

      Baron, David M.; Clerte, Maeva; Brouckaert, Peter; Raher, Michael J.; Flynn, Aidan W.; Zhang, Haihua; Carter, Edward Albert; Picard, Michael Howard; Bloch, Kenneth Daniel; Buys, Emmanuel; Scherrer-Crosbie, Marielle (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012)
      Background—Interventions to increase brown adipose tissue (BAT) volume and activation are being extensively investigated as therapies to decrease the body weight in obese subjects. Noninvasive methods to monitor these ...

    • Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Molecules Reverse Fulminant Hepatic Failure 

      Parekkadan, Biju; van Poll, Daan; Suganuma, Kazuhiro; Carter, Edward Albert; Tilles, Arno W.; Yarmush, Martin Leon (Public Library of Science, 2007)
      Modulation of the immune system may be a viable alternative in the treatment of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and can potentially eliminate the need for donor hepatocytes for cellular therapies. Multipotent bone ...

    • Preliminary Studies Demonstrating Acetoclastic Methanogenesis in a Rat Colonic Ring Model 

      Carter, Edward A.; Barr, Ronald G. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)
      Washed rat colonic rings were incubated in closed flasks under N2 at physiologic pH and temperature levels. In the absence of an exogenous substrate, negligible H2 but some CH4 concentrations were detected in vitro after ...