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Deposits from 2013
NFIB vs Sebelius: The Political Expediency of the Roberts Court, Michael K. Gusmano (Article)
Nitric Oxide Scavenging Causes Remodeling of the Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus and Mitochondria in Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Cells, Jason E Lee, Huijuan Yuan, Feng-Xia Liang, and Pravin B. Sehgal (Article)
Non-Genomic STAT5-Dependent Effects at the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatus and STAT6-GFP in Mitochondria., Pravin B. Sehgal (Article)
Overweight and Obesity: Can We Reconcile Evidence About Supermarkets and Fast Food Retailers for Public Health Policy?, Deborah Viola, Peter S. Arno, Andrew R. Maroko, Clyde B. Schechter, Nancy Sohler, Andrew Rundle, Kathryn M. Neckerman, and Juliana Maantay (Article)
PDIP38 is Translocated to the Spliceosomes/Nuclear Speckles in Response to UV-Induced DNA Damage and is Required for UV-induced Alternative Splicing of MDM2, Agnes Wong, Sufang Zhang, Dana G. Mordue, Joseph M Wu, Zhongtao Zhang, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Ernest Y C Lee, and Marietta Y W T Lee (Article)
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K) Inhibitors as Cancer Therapeutics, Akintunde Akinleye, Parthu Avvaru, Muhammad Furqan, Yongping Song, and Delong Liu (Article)
Physical, Behavioral, and Psychological Traits of Gay Men Identifying as Bears, David A. Moskowitz, Jonathan Turrubiates, Hector Lozano, and Christopher Hajek (Article)
Possible Treatment of End-Stage Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy by Inhibition of Glutamine Synthetase, Arthur J. Cooper (Article)
Possible Treatment of End-Stage Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy by Inhibition of Glutamine Synthetase, Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality and Acute Myocardial Infarction in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Nivas Balasubramaniyam, Dhaval Kolte, Chandrasekar Palaniswamy, Kiran Yalamanchili, Wilbert S. Aronow, John Arthur McClung, Sahil Khera, Sachin Sule, Stephen J Peterson, and William Frishman (Article)
Psychiatric Presentations/Manifestations of Medical Illnesses, Jack Castro and Stephen Billick (Article)
Quantitative Analysis of Neurotransmitter Pathways Under Steady State Conditions - a Perspective, Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Rate-Control Versus Rhythm-Control Strategies and Outcomes in Septuagenarians With Atrial Fibrillation, Nasir Shariff, Ravi V Desai, Kanan Patel, Mustafa I Ahmed, Gregg C Fonarow, Michael W Rich, Inmaculada B Aban, Maciej Banach, Thomas E Love, Michel White, Wilbert S. Aronow, Andrew E Epstein, and Ali Ahmed (Article)
Reduction of Synaptojanin 1 Accelerates Aβ Clearance and Attenuates Cognitive Deterioration in an Alzheimer Mouse Model, Li Zhu, Minghao Zhong, Jiaying Zhao, Hannah Rhee, Ina Caesar, Elysse M Knight, Laura Volpicelli-Daley, Victor Bustos, William Netzer, Lijuan Liu, Louise Lucast, Michelle E Ehrlich, Nikolaos K Robakis, Samuel E Gandy, and Dongming Cai (Article)
Regenerative Nanomedicine for Vision Restoration, Marco A Zarbin, Timothy Arlow, and Robert Ritch (Article)
Relationship of Cellular Topoisomerase Iiα Inhibition to Cytotoxicity and Published Genotoxicity of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in V79 Cells, Gary M. Williams, Klaus D. Brunnemann, Daniel J. Smart, David Molina, Alan M. Jeffrey, Jian-Dong Duan, Niels Krebsfaenger, Andreas Kampkoetter, and Gabriele Schmuck (Article)
Reproducing Our Species and Finding Solutions, Edward C. Halperin (Letter to the Editor)
Response of Brain Oxygen to Therapy Correlates With Long-Term Outcome After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Leif-Erik Bohman, Jared M Pisapia, Matthew R Sanborn, Suzanne Frangos, Elsa Lin, Monisha Kumar, Soojin Park, W Andrew Kofke, Michael F Stiefel, Peter D LeRoux, and Joshua M Levine (Article)
Resveratrol and Its Metabolites Modulate Cytokine-Mediated Induction of Eotaxin-1 in Human Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells, Joseph M. Wu, Tze-chen Hsieh, Ching-Jen Yang, and Susan C. Olson (Article)
Safety and Feasibility of Performing Two Consecutive Ovarian Stimulation Cycles With the Use of Letrozole-Gonadotropin Protocol for Fertility Preservation in BreastCancer Patients, Volkan Turan, Giuliano Bedoschi, Fred Moy, and Kutluk Oktay (Article)
Salinomycin: A Novel Anti-Cancer Agent With Known Anti-Coccidial Activities, Shuang Zhou, Fengfei Wang, Eric T Wong, Ekokobe Fonkem, Tze-Chen Hsieh, Joseph M. Wu, and Erxi Wu (Article)
Serotonin and Dopamine in Essential Hypertension, Charles T. Stier (Article)
Sex and Hormonal Influences on Seizures and Epilepsy, Jana Velíšková and Kara A. Desantis (Article)
Single-Tier Testing With the C6 Peptide ELISA Kit Compared With Two-Tier Testing for Lyme Disease, Gary P. Wormser, Martin Schriefer, Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, Andrew Levin, Allen C. Steere, Robert B. Nadelman, John Nowakowski, Adriana Marques, Barbara J. Johnson, and J Stephen Dumler (Article)
Spontaneous Fluctuation Indices of the Cardiovagal Baroreflex Accurately Measure the Baroreflex Sensitivity at the Operating Point During Upright Tilt, Christopher E. Schwartz, Marvin S. Medow, Zachary Messer, and Julian M. Stewart (Article)
Src Family Protein Tyrosine Kinase Regulates the Basolateral K Channel in the Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT) by Phosphorylation of KCNJ10 Protein, Chengbiao Zhang, Lijun Wang, Sherin Thomas, Kemeng Wang, Dao-Hong Lin, Jesse Rinehart, and Wen-Hui Wang (Article)
STAT Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy, Muhammad Furqan, Akintunde Akinleye, Nikhil Mukhi, Varun Mittal, Yamei Chen, and Delong Liu (Article)
Statins and Venous Thromboembolic Disease Prophylaxis, Cindy Wang, Robert Lerner, and William Frishman (Article)
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly--Temporal Trends in Incidence, Utilization of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Outcomes in the United States, Sahil Khera, Dhaval Kolte, Chandrasekar Palaniswamy, Marjan Mujib, Wilbert S. Aronow, Tarunjit Singh, William Gotsis, Gary Silverman, and William H. Frishman (Article)
'Stoned' People Can Get Stunned Myocardium: A Case of Heroin Withdrawal Precipitating Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy, Alberto E Revelo, Ranjita Pallavi, Christian Espana-Schmidt, Ferdinand Visco, Gerald Pekler, and Savi Mushiyev (Article)
Subcellular Mechanisms in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Combinatorial Modalities That Inhibit Anterograde Trafficking and Cause Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Type 2 Mislocalization, Yang-Ming Yang, Kirk B Lane, and Pravin B. Sehgal (Article)
Synthetic Drugs: A New Trend and the Hidden Danger, Getaw Worku Hassen, Farzaneh Ghobadi, and Hossein Kalantari (Letter to the Editor)
Thalidomide-a Notorious Sedative to a Wonder Anticancer Drug, Shuang Zhou, Fengfei Wang, Tze-Chen Hsieh, Joseph M. Wu, and Erxi Wu (Article)
The Generation of 4-Hydroxynonenal, an Electrophilic Lipid Peroxidation End Product, in Rabbit Cornea Organ Cultures Treated With UVB Light and Nitrogen Mustard, Ruijin Zheng, Iris Po, Vladimir Mishin, Adrienne T Black, Diane E. Heck, Debra L Laskin, Patrick J Sinko, Donald R Gerecke, Marion K Gordon, and Jeffrey D Laskin (Article)
[The Great European Georg Friedrich Nicolai: Physician and Pacifist. Berlin, Germany, 1874 - Santiago, Chile, 1964], Felipe Cabello C (Article)
The Promise of Innovation in Radiation Oncology?, Edward C. Halperin (Article)
The Proton Problem, Edward C. Halperin (Article)
Therapeutic Options for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Benesa S Baby, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Dipak Chandy (Article)
Tpl2 Kinase Regulates Fcγr Signaling and Immune Thrombocytopenia in Mice, Irene Kyrmizi, Marianna Ioannou, Maria Hatziapostolou, Philip N. Tsichlis, Dimitrios T. Boumpas, and Ioannis Tassiulas (Article)
Transcriptome Profiling of Hippocampal CA1 After Early-Life Seizure-Induced Preconditioning May Elucidate New Genetic Therapies for Epilepsy, L K. Friedman, J Mancuso, A Patel, V Kudur, J R. Leheste, S Iacobas, J Botta, D A. Iacobas, and D C. Spray (Article)
Treatment With Thyroxine Restores Myelination and Clinical Recovery After Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Linnea R Vose, Govindaiah Vinukonda, Sungro Jo, Omid Miry, Daniel Diamond, Ritesh Korumilli, Arslan Arshad, Muhammad T. Zia, Furong Hu, Robert J Kayton, Edmund F. La Gamma, Rashmi Bansal, Antonio C Bianco, and Praveen Ballabh (Article)
Two Distinct Modes of Exocytotic Fusion Pore Expansion in Large Astrocytic Vesicles, Hong Peng, Ning Kang, Jun Xu, Patric K. Stanton, and Jian Kang (Article)
Use of Antiplatelet Drugs in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes, Wilbert S. Aronow (Article)
Utility of GnRH-agonists for Fertility Preservation in Women With Operable Breast Cancer: Is it Protective?, Giuliano Bedoschi, Volkan Turan, and Kutluk Oktay (Article)
Vascular and Heart Diseases in the Incumbent Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America: A Medical-Historical Perspective, William H. Frishman, Franklin H. Zimmerman, and Robert G. Lerner (Article)
WNK4 Inhibits Ca(2+)-Activated Big-Conductance Potassium Channels (BK) via Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Dependent Pathway, Peng Yue, Chengbiao Zhang, Daohong Lin, Peng Sun, and Wenhui Wang (Article)
Zeaxanthin Induces Apoptosis in Human Uveal Melanoma Cells Through Bcl-2 Family Proteins and Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway, Ming-Chao Bi, Richard Rosen, Ren-Yuan Zha, Steven A McCormick, E Song, and Dan-Ning Hu (Article)
Β-Adrenergic Blockade in Cardiovascular Disease, William H. Frishman (Article)
Deposits from 2012
Comparative Enzymology of (2S,4R)4-Fluoroglutamine and (2S,4R)4-Fluoroglutamate, Arthur J L Cooper, Boris F. Krasnikov, John T. Pinto, Hank F. Kung, Jianyong Li, and Karl Ploessl (Article)
Controlling the Outcome of the Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways, Guilhem Richard, Calin Belta, A Agung Julius, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Deep Sequencing of the Oral Microbiome Reveals Signatures of Periodontal Disease, Bo Liu, Lina L Faller, Niels Klitgord, Varun Mazumdar, Mohammad Ghodsi, Daniel D Sommer, Theodore R Gibbons, Todd J Treangen, Yi-Chien Chang, Shan Li, O Colin Stine, Hatice Hasturk, Simon Kasif, Daniel Segrè, Mihai Pop, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Macrophage Polarization: An Opportunity for Improved Outcomes in Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Bryan N Brown, Buddy D Ratner, Stuart B Goodman, Salomon Amar, and Stephen F Badylak (Article)
p53 is an Important Regulator of CCL2 Gene Expression, X Tang, M Asano, A O'Reilly, A Farquhar, Y Yang, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Salmon Aquaculture and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Marine Environment, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Alexandra Tomova, Alejandra Lopez, Miguel A. Maldonado, Luis A. Henriquez, Larisa Ivanova, Fred Moy, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello (Article)
The Role of Glutamine Synthetase and Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Cerebral Ammonia Homeostasis, Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Vertical Transmission of Babesia microti, United States, Julie T Joseph, Kerry Purtill, Susan J Wong, Jose Munoz, Allen Teal, Susan Madison-Antenucci, Harold W Horowitz, Maria E Aguero-Rosenfeld, Julie M Moore, Carlos Abramowsky, and Gary P Wormser (Case Report)
Deposits from 2011
13N as a Tracer for Studying Glutamate Metabolism, Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
4-O-Methylascochlorin, Methylated Derivative of Ascochlorin, Stabilizes HIF-1α via AMPK Activation, Ji-Hak Jeong, Jeong Han Kang, Cheorl-Ho Kim, Kwan-Sik Min, Hong-Duck Kim, and Young-Chae Chang (Article)
An Application of Monotone Functions Decomposition to the Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks, H Chang, G Richard, A A Julius, C Belta, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Anti-Amyloid-β Single-Chain Antibody Brain Delivery Via AAV Reduces Amyloid Load But May Increase Cerebral Hemorrhages in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model, Jinghong Kou, Hong-Duck Kim, Hiroaki Taguchi, Sudhir Paul, Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, and Ken-ichiro Fukuchi (Article)
A Survey of Oxidative Paracatalytic Reactions Catalyzed by Enzymes That Generate Carbanionic Intermediates: Implications for ROS Production, Cancer Etiology, and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Victoria Bunik, John Schloss, John T. Pinto, Natalia Dudareva, and Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Babesiosis in Lower Hudson Valley, New York, USA, Julie T Joseph, Sumith S Roy, Navid Shams, Paul Visintainer, Robert B Nadelman, Srilatha Hosur, John Nelson, and Gary P Wormser (Article)
Chemopreventive Mechanisms of Alpha-Keto Acid Metabolites of Naturally Occurring Organoselenium Compounds, John T. Pinto, Jeong-In Lee, Raghu Sinha, Melanie E. MacEwan, and Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Cholinergic Modulation of Narcoleptic Attacks in Double Orexin Receptor Knockout Mice, Mike Kalogiannis, Emily Hsu, Jon Willie, Richard Chemelli, Yaz Kisanuki, Masashi Yanagisawa, and Christopher S. Leonard (Article)
Cysteine S-Conjugate Beta-Lyases: Important Roles in the Metabolism of Naturally Occurring Sulfur and Selenium-Containing Compounds, Xenobiotics and Anticancer Agents, Arthur J L Cooper, Boris F. Krasnikov, Zoya V. Niatsetskaya, John T. Pinto, Patrick S. Callery, Maria T. Villar, Antonio Artigues, and Sam A. Bruschi (Article)
Functional Analysis of Borrelia Burgdorferi uvrA in DNA Damage Protection, Mariya Sambir, Larisa Ivanova, Anton V. Bryksin, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello (Article)
LITAF and TNFSF15, Two Downstream Targets of AMPK, Exert Inhibitory Effects on Tumor Growth, J Zhou, Z Yang, T Tsuji, J Gong, J Xie, C Chen, W Li, Salomon Amar, and Z Luo (Article)
LITAF Mediation of Increased TNF-α Secretion From Inflamed Colonic Lamina Propria Macrophages, Kristen N Bushell, Susan E Leeman, Earl Gillespie, Adam C Gower, Karen L Reed, Arthur F Stucchi, James M Becker, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Novel Regulation of CCL2 Gene Expression by Murine LITAF and STAT6B, Xiaoren Tang, Yu Yang, and Salomon Amar (Article)
p53 Peptide Prevents LITAF-Induced TNF-Alpha-Mediated Mouse Lung Lesions and Endotoxic Shock, X Tang, A O'Reilly, M Asano, J C Merrill, K K Yokoyama, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Patterns and Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Transcription in Borrelia Burgdorferi, Julia Bugrysheva, Henry P. Godfrey, Ira Schwartz, and Felipe C. Cabello (Article)
Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor Kappa B Ligand Antagonists Inhibit Tissue Inflammation and Bone Loss in Experimental Periodontitis, Huaiping Yuan, Rohit Gupte, Sami Zelkha, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Reversible and Irreversible Protein Glutathionylation: Biological and Clinical Aspects, Arthur J L Cooper, John T. Pinto, and Patrick S. Callery (Article)
Signaling Mechanisms in the Restoration of Impaired Immune Function Due to Diet-Induced Obesity, Qingde Zhou, Susan E Leeman, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Synthetic and Natural Polyanions Induce Cytochrome C Release from Mitochondria in Vitro and in Situ, Boris F. Krasnikov, Nickolay S. Melik-Nubarov, Lubava D. Zorova, Alevtina E. Kuzminova, Nickolay K. Isaev, Arthur J L Cooper, and Dmitry Zorov (Article)
TLR4 Mutation Reduces Microglial Activation, Increases Aβ Deposits and Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Min Song, Jingji Jin, Jinghong Kou, Abhinandan Pattanayak, Jamaal Rehman, Hong-Duck Kim, and Ken-ichiro Fukuchi (Article)
What Is New for an Old Molecule? Systematic Review and Recommendations on the Use of Resveratrol, Ole Vang, Nihal Ahmad, Karen Brown, Anna Csiszar, Thomas Szekeres, Thomas Walle, and Joseph M. Wu (Article)
Whole-Body Deletion of LPS-Induced TNF-α Factor (LITAF) Markedly Improves Experimental Endotoxic Shock and Inflammatory Arthritis, Jamie C Merrill, Jian You, Cara Constable, Susan E Leeman, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Deposits from 2010
Amelioration of Emphysema in Mice Through Lentiviral Transduction of Long-Lived Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages, Andrew A Wilson, George J Murphy, Hiroshi Hamakawa, Letty W Kwok, Sreedevi Srinivasan, Avi-Hai Hovav, Richard C Mulligan, Salomon Amar, Bela Suki, and Darrell N Kotton (Article)
A PTP4A3 Peptide PIMAP39 Modulates TNF-Alpha Levels and Endotoxic Shock, Xiaoren Tang, Timothy Woodward, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Beneficial Dysregulation of the Time Course of Inflammatory Mediators in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Factor-Deficient Mice, Sreedevi Srinivasan, Susan E Leeman, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Bioinformatics Analysis of Macrophages Exposed to Porphyromonas Gingivalis: Implications in Acute vs. Chronic Infections, Wen-Han Yu, Han Hu, Qingde Zhou, Yu Xia, and Salomon Amar (Article)
BmpA Is a Surface-Exposed Outer-Membrane Protein of Borrelia Burgdorferi, Anton V. Bryksin, Alexandra Tomova, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello (Article)
Diabetes Not an Independent Predictor of Gastroparesis in Symptomatic Patients Referred for Gastric Emptying Studies, V.V. Gumaste, I. Egbuna, Julie Joseph, and A. Goldman (Article)
Measurement of Cysteine S-Conjugate Beta-Lyase Activity, Arthur J L Cooper, Boris F. Krasnikov, John T. Pinto, and Sam A. Bruschi (Article)
Mechanisms of Oxidant Generation by Catalase, Diane E. Heck, Michael Shakarjian, Hong-Duck Kim, Jeffrey Laskin, and Anna M. Vetrano (Article)
Moesin-Induced Signaling in Response to Lipopolysaccharide in Macrophages, K H Zawawi, A Kantarci, U Schulze-Späte, T Fujita, E L Batista, Salomon Amar, and T E Van Dyke (Article)
Periodontal Innate Immune Mechanisms Relevant to Atherosclerosis and Obesity, Sami A Zelkha, Robert W Freilich, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Simvastatin Enhances Immune Responses to Aβ Vaccination and Attenuates Vaccination-Induced Behavioral Alterations, Jinghong Kou, Hong-Duck Kim, Jingji Jin, Dongfeng Cao, Ling Li, Robert Lalonde, and Ken-ichiro Fukuchi (Article)
The Role of Alliums and Their Sulfur and Selenium Constituents in Cancer Prevention, Karam El-Bayoumy, Raghu Sinha, Arthur J L Cooper, and John T. Pinto (Book Chapter)
Deposits from 2009
Alpha-Keto Acid Metabolites of Naturally Occurring Organoselenium Compounds as Inhibitors of Histone Deacetylase in Human Prostate Cancer Cells, Jeong-In Lee, Hui Nian, Arthur J L Cooper, Raghu Sinha, Jenny Dai, and John T. Pinto (Article)
Assay and Purification of Omega-Amidase/Nit2, a Ubiquitously Expressed Putative Tumor Suppressor, That Catalyzes the Deamidation of the Alpha-Keto Acid Analogues of Glutamine and Asparagine, Boris F. Krasnikov, Regina Nostramo, John T. Pinto, and Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Identification and Characterization of Kava-Derived Compounds Mediating TNF-Alpha Suppression, Michael P Pollastri, Adrian Whitty, Jamie Cassidy Merrill, Xiaoren Tang, Trent D Ashton, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Identification of the Putative Tumor Suppressor Nit2 as Omega-Amidase, an Enzyme Metabolically Linked to Glutamine and Asparagine Transamination, Boris F. Krasnikov, Chin-Hsiang Chien, Regina Nostramo, John T. Pinto, Edward Nieves, Myrasol Callaway, Jin Sun, Kay Huebner, and Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Is Porphyromonas Gingivalis Cell Invasion Required for Atherogenesis? Pharmacotherapeutic Implications, Salomon Amar, Shou-chieh Wu, and Monika Madan (Article)
Measurement of Sulfur-Containing Compounds Involved in the Metabolism and Transport of Cysteamine and Cystamine. Regional Differences in Cerebral Metabolism, John T. Pinto, Gordon McLaren, Travis Denton, Boris F. Krasnikov, Thomas M. Jeitner, and Arthur J L Cooper (Article)
Metabolic Network Model of a Human Oral Pathogen, Varun Mazumdar, Evan S Snitkin, Salomon Amar, and Daniel Segrè (Article)
Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Increased Cardiac Troponin I Levels Have a Higher Incidence of In-Hospital Mortality and Valve Replacement Than Those With Normal Cardiac Troponin I Levels, Peter Tsenovoy, Wilbert S Aronow, Julie Joseph, and Magdaline S Kopacz (Article)
Signaling Mechanisms Involved in Altered Function of Macrophages From Diet-Induced Obese Mice Affect Immune Responses, Qingde Zhou, Susan E Leeman, and Salomon Amar (Article)
Deposits from 2008
ATF4 Is an Oxidative Stress–Inducible, Prodeath Transcription Factor in Neurons in Vitro and in Vivo, Philipp Lange, Juan Chavez, John T. Pinto, Giovanni Coppola, Chiao-Wang Sun, Tim Townes, and Rajiv Ratan (Article)