Gracie Vargas Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy University of Texas Medical Branch Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Gracie Vargas has not added a biography. If you are Gracie Vargas and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Surrogate Post-coital Testing for Contraceptive Efficacy Against Human Sperm Activity in the Ovine Vaginal Model† Biology of Reproduction. Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33300559 Scattering Angle Resolved Optical Coherence Tomography Detects Early Changes in 3xTg Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model Translational Vision Science & Technology. 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32821490 Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers in a Treat-and-Extend Dosing Regimen in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Translational Vision Science & Technology. 02, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32714644 Role of Microglia in the Dissemination of Zika Virus from Mother to Fetal Brain PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32628667 In Vivo Epithelial Metabolic Imaging Using a Topical Fluorescent Glucose Analog Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32112376 Efficacy of Novel Highly Specific Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 Inhibitors in Innate Inflammation-Driven Airway Remodeling American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30153047 Imaging of Murine Whole Lung Fibrosis by Large Scale 3D Microscopy Aided by Tissue Optical Clearing Scientific Reports. 09, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30190498 In-vivo Topical Mucosal Delivery of a Fluorescent Deoxy-glucose Delineates Neoplasia from Normal in a Preclinical Model of Oral Epithelial Neoplasia Scientific Reports. 06, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29950704 Elimination of Intravascular Thrombi Prevents Early Mortality and Reduces Gliosis in Hyper-inflammatory Experimental Cerebral Malaria Journal of Neuroinflammation. Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29866139 Evaluation of Immunological Markers of Ovine Vaginal Irritation: Implications for Preclinical Assessment of Non-vaccine HIV Preventive Agents Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 11, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29054075 Discovery and Characterization of Human Amniochorionic Membrane Microfractures The American Journal of Pathology. Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28939208 Spectroscopic Characterization of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Multiphoton Autofluorescence Micro-spectroscopy Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 11, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28677822 Redefining 3Dimensional Placental Membrane Microarchitecture Using Multiphoton Microscopy and Optical Clearing Placenta. 05, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28487023 NF-κB Mediates Mesenchymal Transition, Remodeling, and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Response to Chronic Inflammation by Viral RNA Patterns American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27911568 Behavioural and Neurological Symptoms Accompanied by Cellular Neuroinflammation in IL-10-deficient Mice Infected with Plasmodium Chabaudi Malaria Journal. 08, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27557867 Topical Injury Evaluation of the Murine Colorectal Mucosa Using Confocal Endomicrosopy: a Valuable Method for Assessing Mucosal Injuries Associated with Risk of Pathogen Transmission Journal of Microscopy. 11, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27351717 Remodeling of the Epithelial-Connective Tissue Interface in Oral Epithelial Dysplasia As Visualized by Noninvasive 3D Imaging Cancer Research. 08, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27302162 In Vivo Rectal Mucosal Barrier Function Imaging in a Large-Animal Model by Using Confocal Endomicroscopy: Implications for Injury Assessment and Use in HIV Prevention Studies Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 08, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27185807 In-vivo Nonlinear Optical Microscopy (NLOM) of Epithelial-connective Tissue Interface (ECTI) Reveals Quantitative Measures of Neoplasia in Hamster Oral Mucosa PloS One. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25633927 IL-6 Regulates Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Associated with Aortic Dilation in a Fibrillin-1 Hypomorphic MgR/mgR Mouse Model of Severe Marfan Syndrome Journal of the American Heart Association. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24449804 MnSODtg Mice Control Myocardial Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress and Remodeling Responses Elicited in Chronic Chagas Disease Journal of the American Heart Association. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24136392 Image-based Noninvasive Evaluation of Colorectal Mucosal Injury in Sheep After Topical Application of Microbicides Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24113407 Production and Assessment of Decellularized Pig and Human Lung Scaffolds Tissue Engineering. Part A. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23638920 Heterogeneity in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Morphology and Metabolic Complications in Overweight and Obese Women Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23621112 Optical Coherence Tomography for Assessment of Microbicide Safety in a Small Animal Model Journal of Biomedical Optics. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23588808 Monitoring Vaginal Epithelial Thickness Changes Noninvasively in Sheep Using Optical Coherence Tomography American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23333551 Automated Segmentation Algorithm for Detection of Changes in Vaginal Epithelial Morphology Using Optical Coherence Tomography Journal of Biomedical Optics. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23117799 In Vivo Layer-resolved Characterization of Oral Dysplasia Via Nonlinear Optical Micro-spectroscopy Biomedical Optics Express. Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22808430 Quantitative Assessment of Microbicide-induced Injury in the Ovine Vaginal Epithelium Using Confocal Microendoscopy BMC Infectious Diseases. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22375797 Gold Nanorods for Intravital Vascular Imaging of Preneoplastic Oral Mucosa Biomedical Optics Express. 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21559131 Apolipoprotein E Receptor 2 is Involved in the Thrombotic Complications in a Murine Model of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome Blood. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21119114 Benzalkonium Chloride Causes Colposcopic Changes and Increased Susceptibility to Genital Herpes Infection in Mice Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20803781 Influence of Acellular Natural Lung Matrix on Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Formation Tissue Engineering. Part A. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20408765 Multiphoton Autofluorescence Microscopy and Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy of Oral Epithelial Neoplasms Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19963923 Estradiol Improves Genital Herpes Vaccine Efficacy in Mice Vaccine. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19660586 Visualizing Hepatitis C Virus Infections in Human Liver by Two-photon Microscopy Gastroenterology. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19632233 Annexin A2 is Involved in Antiphospholipid Antibody-mediated Pathogenic Effects in Vitro and in Vivo Blood. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19628708 Use of High-resolution Confocal Imaging of the Vaginal Epithelial Microstructure to Detect Microbicide Toxicity The Journal of Infectious Diseases. May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19355817 High Resolution Imaging of Epithelial Injury in the Sheep Cervicovaginal Tract: a Promising Model for Testing Safety of Candidate Microbicides Sexually Transmitted Diseases. May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19295469 Use of Hyperosmotic Chemical Agent to Improve the Laser Treatment of Cutaneous Vascular Lesions Journal of Biomedical Optics. Mar-Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18465963 Morphological Changes in Blood Vessels Produced by Hyperosmotic Agents and Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography Photochemistry and Photobiology. May, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12812298 Microsurgical Dissection and Tissue Clearing for High Resolution Intact Whole Retina and Vitreous Imaging Hossein Nazari1,2, Maxim Ivannikov2, Lorenzo Ochoa2,3, Gracie Vargas2,3, Massoud Motamedi3,4 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 2Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, 3Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Group, University of Texas Medical Branch, 4Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch JoVE 61595 Neuroscience
Microsurgical Dissection and Tissue Clearing for High Resolution Intact Whole Retina and Vitreous Imaging Hossein Nazari1,2, Maxim Ivannikov2, Lorenzo Ochoa2,3, Gracie Vargas2,3, Massoud Motamedi3,4 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 2Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, 3Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Group, University of Texas Medical Branch, 4Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch JoVE 61595 Neuroscience