[HTML][HTML] The translational significance of the neurovascular unit

HL McConnell, CN Kersch, RL Woltjer… - Journal of biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
The mammalian brain is supplied with blood by specialized vasculature that is structurally
and functionally distinct from that of the periphery. A defining feature of this vasculature is a …

Blood–brain barrier opening by intracarotid artery hyperosmolar mannitol induces sterile inflammatory and innate immune responses

SR Burks, CN Kersch, JA Witko… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Intracarotid arterial hyperosmolar mannitol (ICAHM) blood–brain barrier disruption (BBBD)
is effective and safe for delivery of therapeutics for central nervous system malignancies. …

MRI and PET of Brain Tumor Neuroinflammation in the Era of Immunotherapy, From the AJR Special Series on Inflammation

CN Kersch, P Ambady, BE Hamilton… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Veeranjaneyulu Prattipati discussing this article. With
the emergence of immune-modulating therapies, brain tumors present important diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) leucokinin receptor is critical for in vivo fluid excretion post blood feeding

CN Kersch, PV Pietrantonio - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
CN Kersch is a MS student at TAMU partially supported by an Excellence Assistantship
from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. H.-L. … Kersch, PV Pietrantonio …

Imaging Genomics of Glioma Revisited: Analytic Methods to Understand Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity

CN Kersch, M Kim, J Stoller… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
An improved understanding of the cellular and molecular biologic processes responsible for
brain tumor development, growth, and resistance to therapy is fundamental to improving …

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging discerns glioblastoma immune microenvironmental heterogeneity

CN Kersch, LL Muldoon, CJ Claunch… - The Neuroradiology …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Rationale and objective Poor clinical outcomes for patients with glioblastoma are in part
due to dysfunction of the tumor-immune microenvironment. An imaging approach able to …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation enhances the delivery of antisense oligonucleotides and improves chemo-radiation efficacy in brain tumor xenografts

P Ambady, YJ Wu, CN Kersch, JM Walker… - Cancer Gene …, 2022 - nature.com
Overexpression of O 6 -methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) contributes to resistance
to chemo-radiation therapy (CRT) in brain tumors. We previously demonstrated that non…

A calcium bioluminescence assay for functional analysis of mosquito (Aedes aegypti) and tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) G protein-coupled receptors

HL Lu, CN Kersch, S Taneja-Bageshwar… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2011 - jove.com
Arthropod hormone receptors are potential targets for novel pesticides as they regulate
many essential physiological and behavioral processes. The majority of them belong to the …

Distinguishing extravascular from intravascular ferumoxytol pools within the brain: proof of concept in patients with treated glioblastoma

…, HL McConnell, CN Kersch… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Glioblastoma-associated macrophages are a major
constituent of the immune response to therapy and are known to engulf the iron-based MR …

[PDF][PDF] Transcriptional signatures in histologic structures within glioblastoma tumors may predict personalized drug sensitivity and survival

CN Kersch, CJ Claunch, P Ambady… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Glioblastoma is a rapidly fatal brain cancer that exhibits extensive intra- and
intertumoral heterogeneity. Improving survival will require the development of personalized …