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Thakur M, Awonuga A, Kohan-Ghadr H, Hoyos L, Puscheck E, Joshi N. Prognosis of slow growing human embryos in pronuclear stage frozen-thaw embryo transfer cases. Fertil Steril 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dhaka G, Thakur M, Singh J, Kumar S, Kaur N. A Novel Di(6-aminouracil-5-yl)-arylmethane Derivative as Fluorescence Ratiometric Chemodosimeter for Mercury Detection in Aqueous Solution. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Thakur M. Correlation between nonlinear optics in polydiacetylene and line-width in super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2015.1132920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kaur M, Behera B, Singh G, Singh V, Madhavan N, Muralithar S, Nath S, Gehlot J, Mohanto G, Mukul I, Siwal D, Thakur M, Kapoor K, Sharma P, Banerjee T, Jhingan A, Varughese T, Bala I, Nayak B, Saxena A, Chatterjee M, Stevenson P. Probing dynamics of fusion reactions through cross-section and spin distribution measurement. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611708026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mahajan A, Kawthalkar AS, Sable N, Thakur M, Desai S. The value a radiologist brings to a multidisciplinary team: Case in point. Indian J Cancer 2016; 53:621-622. [PMID: 28485367 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.204904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mahajan A, Cook G, Goh V, Basu S, Thakur M, Weeks A. Role of molecular functional imaging in present era of evidence based cancer medicine: to image or to imagine? Cancer Imaging 2015. [PMCID: PMC4601737 DOI: 10.1186/1470-7330-15-s1-p10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Thakur M, Bolnick A, Abuzeid O, Raju R, Dai J, Puscheck E, Diamond M, Abuzeid M. Comparison of hormonal levels in polycystic ovary patients using short and long antagonist protocols during controlled ovarian stimulation in IVF-ET cycles. Fertil Steril 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.1003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Thakur M, Shaeib F, Khan S, Puscheck E, Abu-Soud H. Galactose and its metabolites disrupt spindle structure in metaphase II mouse oocytes. Fertil Steril 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Thakur M, Benages C, Feldman G, Puscheck E. Primary ovarian insufficiency in classic galactosemia: results of a cross-sectional study of female patients with classic galactosemia. Fertil Steril 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bolnick A, Thakur M, Raju R, Abuzeid O, Dai J, Puscheck E, Diamond M, Abuzeid M. Hormonal concentrations in pregnant vs not pregnant polycystic ovarian syndrome patients undergoing IVF. Fertil Steril 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Van Cleave J, Thakur M. Photovoltaic Cells Involving the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer Iodine-Doped Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber (SBR). JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2015.1067022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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von Mallinckrodt B, Thakur M, Gilabert-Oriol R, Fuchs H, Melzig M. Dianthin-EGF: a leading candidate in combination therapy with saponins in the field of colon carcinoma. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv096.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Adhikari S, Basu C, Sugathan P, Jhingan A, Behera BR, Saneesh N, Kaur G, Thakur M, Mahajan R, Dubey R, Mitra AK. The study of 12C(α,γ) astrophysical reaction using 12C( 6Li,d) and 12C( 7Li,t) reaction at 20 MeV and in the framework of the potential model. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158600001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Agrawal N, Mohanty NC, Kadam NN, Shamim A, Thakur M. Types of Rotavirus Causing Acute Diarrhea among Children in Western India, their Demographic Pattern and Disease Severity. MGM JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2014. [DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10036-1018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sangal M, Jaju S, Telang G, Thakur M. Photovoltaic Cells Involving the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Iodine-Doped Poly(β-pinene). JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2014.937127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chourasia A, Thakur M, Singh A, Chakravarty J, Sundar S, Agarwal N. The epidemiology of high-risk human papillomavirus infection and its correlation to cervical cytology among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Eastern India. Int J Infect Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Thakur M, Seo EJ, Dever TE. Variola virus E3L Zα domain, but not its Z-DNA binding activity, is required for PKR inhibition. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:214-27. [PMID: 24335187 PMCID: PMC3895273 DOI: 10.1261/rna.042341.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Responding to viral infection, the interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated protein kinase PKR phosphorylates translation initiation factor eIF2α to inhibit cellular and viral protein synthesis. To overcome this host defense mechanism, many poxviruses express the protein E3L, containing an N-terminal Z-DNA binding (Zα) domain and a C-terminal dsRNA-binding domain (dsRBD). While E3L is thought to inhibit PKR activation by sequestering dsRNA activators and by directly binding the kinase, the role of the Zα domain in PKR inhibition remains unclear. Here, we show that the E3L Zα domain is required to suppress the growth-inhibitory properties associated with expression of human PKR in yeast, to inhibit PKR kinase activity in vitro, and to reverse the inhibitory effects of PKR on reporter gene expression in mammalian cells treated with dsRNA. Whereas previous studies revealed that the Z-DNA binding activity of E3L is critical for viral pathogenesis, we identified point mutations in E3L that functionally uncouple Z-DNA binding and PKR inhibition. Thus, our studies reveal a molecular distinction between the nucleic acid binding and PKR inhibitory functions of the E3L Zα domain, and they support the notion that E3L contributes to viral pathogenesis by targeting PKR and other components of the cellular anti-viral defense pathway.
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Wood PL, Pilapil C, Thakur M, Richard JW. WIN 44,441: A Stereospecific and Long-Acting Narcotic Antagonist. Pharm Res 2013; 1:46-8. [PMID: 24277186 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016386811268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The opiate antagonist WIN 44,441-3 is a potent, stereospecific antagonist of mu, delta, and kappa opiate receptors. This antagonist activity is of long duration (> 4 h) with no agonist activity being observed. It therefore appears that WIN 44,441-3 will be a useful long-acting opiate antagonist for in vivo studies.
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Thakur M, Lando J. Structure-Conductivity Relationship of a Novel Semiconducting Diacetylene Polymer. Isr J Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.198500046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Donnelly KM, Thakur M, Sakai J. Following the mackerel – Cost and benefits of improved information exchange in food supply chains. Food Control 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Thakur M, Dawes JM, McMahon SB. Genomics of pain in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2013; 21:1374-82. [PMID: 23973152 PMCID: PMC3769859 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) accounts for the majority of the disease burden for musculoskeletal disorders and is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. This disability is the result not of the cartilage loss that defines OA radiographically, but of the chronic pain whose presence defines symptomatic OA. It is becoming clear that many genes, each with a small effect size, contribute to the risk of developing OA. However, the genetics of OA pain are only just starting to be explored. This review will describe the first genes to have been identified in genomic studies of OA pain, as well as the possible dual roles of genes previously identified in genomic studies of OA in the context of pain. Difficulties associated with attempting to characterise the genetics of OA pain will be discussed and promising future avenues of research into genetic and epigenetic factors affecting OA pain described.
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Thakur M, Banerjee J, Shaeib F, Diamond M, Saed G, Abu-Soud H. Confocal 3-dimensional reconstruction can serve as a useful tool to quantify oxidative stress induced oocyte spindle damage. Fertil Steril 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Telang G, Shrivastava S, Thakur M. Thermal Studies of an Organic Nanometallic based on a Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Poly(ß-pinene). JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2013.781458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Borck G, Shin BS, Stiller B, Mimouni-Bloch A, Thiele H, Kim JR, Thakur M, Skinner C, Aschenbach L, Smirin-Yosef P, Har-Zahav A, Nürnberg G, Altmüller J, Frommolt P, Hofmann K, Konen O, Nürnberg P, Munnich A, Schwartz CE, Gothelf D, Colleaux L, Dever TE, Kubisch C, Basel-Vanagaite L. eIF2γ mutation that disrupts eIF2 complex integrity links intellectual disability to impaired translation initiation. Mol Cell 2012; 48:641-6. [PMID: 23063529 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Revised: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Together with GTP and initiator methionyl-tRNA, translation initiation factor eIF2 forms a ternary complex that binds the 40S ribosome and then scans an mRNA to select the AUG start codon for protein synthesis. Here, we show that a human X-chromosomal neurological disorder characterized by intellectual disability and microcephaly is caused by a missense mutation in eIF2γ (encoded by EIF2S3), the core subunit of the heterotrimeric eIF2 complex. Biochemical studies of human cells overexpressing the eIF2γ mutant and of yeast eIF2γ with the analogous mutation revealed a defect in binding the eIF2β subunit to eIF2γ. Consistent with this loss of eIF2 integrity, the yeast eIF2γ mutation impaired translation start codon selection and eIF2 function in vivo in a manner that was suppressed by overexpressing eIF2β. These findings directly link intellectual disability to impaired translation initiation, and provide a mechanistic basis for the human disease due to partial loss of eIF2 function.
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Thakur M, Imudia A, Shavell V, Singh M, Diamond M, Awonuga A. Should body mass index influence the dose of hCG for ovulation induction after superovulation in IVF/ICSI cycles? Fertil Steril 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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