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- Hougaard, Jesper Leth, et al.
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The nerve fibre layer symmetry test: computerized evaluation of human retinal nerve fibre layer thickness as measured by optical coherence tomography
- 2004
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Ingår i: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 1395-3907 .- 1600-0420. ; 82:4, s. 410-418
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: To present and test a new interpretative concept, the nerve fibre layer symmetry test (NST), for computerized evaluation of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFLT) as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in glaucoma. Methods: The NST concept was constructed and tested in a pilot study. A total of 32 healthy and 40 age-matched glaucomatous eyes were included and examined by OCT, computerized perimetry, RNFL/disc photography, tonometry and a general ophthalmologic examination. Results: The observed NST sensitivity and specificity were high, at 38/40 eyes (95%) and 32/32 eyes (100%), respectively, and 40/40 eyes (100%), and 31/32 eyes (97%), respectively, when correcting the OCT RNFLT measurement for the influence of variability in image signal/quality. The NST sensitivity was 8-10% higher than the single most sensitive traditional OCT RNFLT parameter; this difference was not statistically significant in this small sample. Conclusion: The NST showed high specificity and sensitivity for detection of RNFLT attenuation indicating early to severe glaucoma. Although promising, the NST needs to be further developed and validated in larger study samples and in patients with various stages of glaucomatous damage.
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- Immerstrand, Charlotte, et al.
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Conjugated-polymer micro- and milliactuators for biological applications
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Ingår i: MRS bulletin. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0883-7694 .- 1938-1425. ; 27:6, s. 461-464
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of new conjugated-polymer tools for the study of the biological realm, and for use in a clinical setting, is reviewed in this article. Conjugated-polymer actuators, based on the changes of volume of the active conjugated polymer during redox transformation, can be used in electrolytes employed in cell-culture media and in biological fluids such as blood, plasma, and urine. Actuators ranging in size from 10 μm to 100 μm suitable for building structures to manipulate single cells are produced with photolithographic techniques. Larger actuators may be used for the manipulation of blood vessels and biological tissue.
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- Käll, Lukas, et al.
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A combined transmembrane topology and signal peptide prediction method
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Molecular Biology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-2836 .- 1089-8638. ; 338:5, s. 1027-1036
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An inherent problem in transmembrane protein topology prediction and signal peptide prediction is the high similarity between the hydrophobic regions of a transmembrane helix and that of a signal peptide, leading to cross-reaction between the two types of predictions. To improve predictions further, it is therefore important to make a predictor that aims to discriminate between the two classes. In addition, topology information can be gained when successfully predicting a signal Peptide leading a trans' membrane protein since it dictates that the N terminus of the mature protein must be on the non-cytoplasmic side of the membrane. Here, we present Phobius, a combined transmembrane protein topology and signal peptide predictor. The predictor is based on a hidden Markov model (HMM) that models the different sequence regions of a signal peptide and the different regions of a transmembrane protein in a series of interconnected states. Training was done on a newly assembled and curated dataset. Compared to TMHMM and SignalP, errors coming from cross-prediction between transmembrane segments and signal peptides were reduced substantially by Phobius. False classifications of signal peptides were reduced from 26.1% to 3.9% and false classifications of transmembrane helices were reduced from 19.0%, to 7.7%. Phobius was applied to the proteomes of Honzo sapiens and Escherichia coli. Here we also noted a drastic reduction of false classifications compared to TMHMM/SignalP, suggesting that Phobius is well suited for whole-genome annotation of signal peptides and transmembrane regions. The method is available at http://phobius.cgb.ki.se/ as well as at http://phobius.binf.ku.dk/.
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