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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2017

Tracing overlapping biological signals in mid-infrared using colonic tissues as a model system.

Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Ahmad Salman, Shaul Mordechai

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ranjit Kumar SahuRanjit Kumar Sahu, Shaul Mordechai, Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Ahmad SalmanRanjit Kumar Sahu, Shaul Mordechai, Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Shaul MordechaiRanjit Kumar Sahu, Shaul Mordechai, Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILUniversity of Virginia · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo understand the interference of carbohydrates absorbance in nucleic acids signals during diagnosis of malignancy using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

methodsWe used formalin fixed paraffin embedded colonic tissues to obtain infrared (IR) spectra in the mid IR region using a bruker II IR microscope with a facility for varying the measurement area by varying the aperture available. Following this procedure we could measure different regions of the crypt circles containing different biochemicals. Crypts from 18 patients were measured. Circular crypts with a maximum diameter of 120 μm and a lumen of about 30 μm were selected for uniformity. The spectral data was analyzed using conventional and advanced computational methods.

resultsAmong the various components that are observed to contribute to the diagnostic capabilities of FTIR, the carbohydrates and nucleic acids are prominent. However there are intrinsic difficulties in the diagnostic capabilities due to the overlap of major absorbance bands of nucleic acids, carbohydrates and phospholipids in the mid-IR region. The result demonstrates colonic tissues as a biological system suitable for studying interference of carbohydrates and nucleic acids under

conclusionThe present work, proposes one mechanism for the observed changes in the nucleic acid absorbance in mid-IR during disease progression (carcinogenesis).

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BiopsyCarcinogenesisColonColonic NeoplasmsHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIntestinal MucosaMicroscopyModels, BiologicalNucleic AcidsParaffin EmbeddingSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredNucleic AcidsColonic tissueFourier transform infrared diagnosisMalignancyNucleic acidsSpectral interference

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