Gracie Vargas

Morphological changes in blood vessels produced by hyperosmotic agents and measured by optical coherence tomography.

Use of hyperosmotic chemical agent to improve the laser treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions.

High resolution imaging of epithelial injury in the sheep cervicovaginal tract: a promising model for testing safety of candidate microbicides.

Use of high-resolution confocal imaging of the vaginal epithelial microstructure to detect microbicide toxicity.

Annexin A2 is involved in antiphospholipid antibody-mediated pathogenic effects in vitro and in vivo.

Visualizing hepatitis C virus infections in human liver by two-photon microscopy.

Estradiol improves genital herpes vaccine efficacy in mice.

Multiphoton autofluorescence microscopy and second harmonic generation microscopy of oral epithelial neoplasms.

Influence of acellular natural lung matrix on murine embryonic stem cell differentiation and tissue formation.

Benzalkonium chloride causes colposcopic changes and increased susceptibility to genital herpes infection in mice.

Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 is involved in the thrombotic complications in a murine model of the antiphospholipid syndrome.

Gold nanorods for intravital vascular imaging of preneoplastic oral mucosa.

Quantitative assessment of microbicide-induced injury in the ovine vaginal epithelium using confocal microendoscopy.

In vivo layer-resolved characterization of oral dysplasia via nonlinear optical micro-spectroscopy.

Automated segmentation algorithm for detection of changes in vaginal epithelial morphology using optical coherence tomography.

Monitoring vaginal epithelial thickness changes noninvasively in sheep using optical coherence tomography.

Optical coherence tomography for assessment of microbicide safety in a small animal model.

Heterogeneity in subcutaneous adipose tissue morphology and metabolic complications in overweight and obese women.

Production and assessment of decellularized pig and human lung scaffolds.

Image-based noninvasive evaluation of colorectal mucosal injury in sheep after topical application of microbicides.

MnSODtg mice control myocardial inflammatory and oxidative stress and remodeling responses elicited in chronic Chagas disease.

IL-6 regulates extracellular matrix remodeling associated with aortic dilation in a fibrillin-1 hypomorphic mgR/mgR mouse model of severe Marfan syndrome.

In-vivo nonlinear optical microscopy (NLOM) of epithelial-connective tissue interface (ECTI) reveals quantitative measures of neoplasia in hamster oral mucosa.

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.

Remodeling of the Epithelial-Connective Tissue Interface in Oral Epithelial Dysplasia as Visualized by Noninvasive 3D Imaging.

Topical injury evaluation of the murine colorectal mucosa using confocal endomicrosopy: a valuable method for assessing mucosal injuries associated with risk of pathogen transmission.

Behavioural and neurological symptoms accompanied by cellular neuroinflammation in IL-10-deficient mice infected with Plasmodium chabaudi.

NF-κB Mediates Mesenchymal Transition, Remodeling, and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Response to Chronic Inflammation by Viral RNA Patterns.

Redefining 3Dimensional placental membrane microarchitecture using multiphoton microscopy and optical clearing.

Spectroscopic characterization of oral epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma using multiphoton autofluorescence micro-spectroscopy.

Discovery and Characterization of Human Amniochorionic Membrane Microfractures.

Evaluation of immunological markers of ovine vaginal irritation: Implications for preclinical assessment of non-vaccine HIV preventive agents.

Elimination of intravascular thrombi prevents early mortality and reduces gliosis in hyper-inflammatory experimental cerebral malaria.

In-vivo topical mucosal delivery of a fluorescent deoxy-glucose delineates neoplasia from normal in a preclinical model of oral epithelial neoplasia.

Efficacy of Novel Highly Specific Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 Inhibitors in Innate Inflammation-Driven Airway Remodeling.

Imaging of Murine Whole Lung Fibrosis by Large Scale 3D Microscopy aided by Tissue Optical Clearing.

In Vivo Epithelial Metabolic Imaging Using a Topical Fluorescent Glucose Analog.

Role of microglia in the dissemination of Zika virus from mother to fetal brain.

Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers in a Treat-and-Extend Dosing Regimen in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Scattering Angle Resolved Optical Coherence Tomography Detects Early Changes in 3xTg Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model.

Surrogate post-coital testing for contraceptive efficacy against human sperm activity in the ovine vaginal model†.