Recent and Most relevant Publications
Journal Articles Published 2018:
Sweeney, S.K., Manzar, G.S., Zavazava, N., and Assouline, J.G., “Tracking embryonic hematopoietic stem cells to the bone marrow: nanoparticle options to evaluate transplantation efficiency,” Stem Cell Research & Therapy 9:204-17, 2018.
Sweeney, S.K., Adamcakova-Dodd, A., Thorne, P.S., and Assouline, J.G., “Multifunctional nanoparticles for real-time evaluation of toxicity during fetal development,” PLoS One 13(2): e0192474 (2018).
Journal Articles Published 2017:
Sweeney, S.K., Luo, Y., O’Donnell, M.A., and Assouline, J.G., “Peptide-mediated targeting mesoporous silica nanoparticles: a novel tool for fighting bladder cancer,” Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 13:232-42, 2017.
Sweeney, S.K., Adamcakova-Dodd, A., Thorne, P.S., and Assouline, J.G., “Biocompatibility studies of multi-imaging engineered mesoporous silica nanoparticles: adult and fetal in vitro and in vivo studies,” Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 13:544-58, 2017
Journal Articles Published 2016:
Sweeney, S.K., Luo, Y., O’Donnell, M.A., and Assouline, J.G., “Nanotechnology and cancer: improving real-time monitoring and staging of bladder cancer with multimodal mesoporous silica nanoparticles,” Cancer Nanotechnology 2016; 7:3.
Pending manuscripts (Cardiovascular, placental transport):
a. Sweeney, S.K. and Assouline, J.G., “Tissue engineered human cardiac cells from adult and fetal stem cells: Candidates for regenerative repair of heart tissue,” Journal of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (pending).
b. Sweeney, S.K. and Assouline, J.G., “Novel multimodal nanoparticles for tracking cardiac stem cells in the treatment of myocardial infarction,” Biomaterials (pending).
c. Sweeney, S.K. and Assouline, J.G., “Nanoscale ultrasound technology in adult and maternal-fetal applications in the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases,” Nanoscale (pending).
d. Sweeney, S.K., Adamcakova-Dodd, A., Thorne, P.S., and Assouline, J.G., “Use of multifunctional nanoparticles in evaluation of fetal development in vivo,” PLoS One (pending).
Relevant links:
Nano cancer 1: https://cancer-nano.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12645-016-0015-8
Targeted nano cancer 2: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313828512_Peptide-Mediated_Targeting_Mesoporous_Silica_Nanoparticles_A_Novel_Tool_for_Fighting_Bladder_Cancer
Studies of Toxicity for nanoparticles press: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316553970_Biocompatibility_of_Multi-Imaging_Engineered_Mesoporous_Silica_Nanoparticles_In_Vitro_and_Adult_and_Fetal_In_Vivo_Studies
Neuroscience and Regeneration Publications
a. Assouline, J. G., Levin, M. J., Major E. O., Forghani B., Straus S. E. and J. M. Ostrove. Varicella-Zoster virus infection of human fetal astrocytes, Schwann cells, and neurons. Virology 179 (1990), 834-844.
b. Assouline J. G. and E. O. Major. Human fetal Schwann cells support JC virus multiplication. J. Virology 65 (1991) 1002-1006
c. Somekh, E, Tedder, D. G., Vaffai, A., Assouline, J. G., Straus, S. E. and M.J. Levin. Latency In Vitro of Varicella-Zoster virus in cells derived from human fetal dorsal root ganglia. Pediatric Res. 32 (1992), 699-703.
d. Mock DJ. Powers JM. Goodman AD. Blumenthal SR. Ergin N. Baker JV. Mattson DH. Assouline JG. Bergey EJ. Chen B. Epstein LG. Blumberg BM. Association of human herpesvirus 6 with the demyelinative lesions of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy J. Neurovirology. 5(4):363-73, 1999.
Contribution to study of neurodegenerative disorder was the my involvement in deafness and auditory deficits. In these studies neural cells were selectively eliminated to evaluate the potential regenerative potentials of the surviving cells.
a. Zhou R. , Assouline, J. G., Abbas P. J, and B.J. Gantz. Anatomical and physiological measures of the auditory system in mice with peripheral myelin deficiency. Hearing Research 88 (1995), 87-97.
b. Zhou R., Abbas P. J, and J. G. Assouline. Electrically evoked auditory brainstem response (EABR) in peripherally demyelinated mice. Hearing Research 88 (1995) 98-106.
4. In my quest to study non- invasively neurological disorder, I contributed to a neuro-informatics and computational/imaging informatics project which used body markers to evaluate neural deficit and traumatic brain injury
a. Kim, H.J., Wang, Q., Rahmatalla, S., Arora, J.S., Swan, C.C., Abdel-Malek, K. and Assouline, J., “Dynamic motion prediction of 3D human locomotion using gradient-based optimization,” [www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~swan/in_review/locomotion.pdf], 2007 (In Press, Journal of BioMechanical Engineering ).
b. Hyung Joo Kim, Qian Wang, Salam Rahmatalla, Colby C. Swan, Jasbir S. Arora, Karim Abdel- Malek and Jose G. Assouline . Dynamic motion planning of 3D human locomotion using gradient-based optimization Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2009) http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~swan/inreview/locomotion_final.pdf