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Oral Candidal Load and Oral Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Case-Cohort Study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:5548746. [PMID: 34545329 PMCID: PMC8449733 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5548746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Objective The objective of this study was to determine the candidal load of the patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and evaluate the oral health status of subjects with COPD. Material and Methods. N = 112 COPD subjects and N = 100 control subjects were included in the study. The selection of COPD cases was confirmed based on the set criteria from the American College of Physicians. The oral health status was assessed as per WHO criteria to determine the score of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT), significant caries index (SiC), community periodontal index and treatment needs (CPITN), and oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S). Gram staining was performed to identify Candida using the whole saliva. Quantitative evaluation of the candidal load was carried out using Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA). Chrome agar was used to differentiate between the commensal carriages. A statistical analysis paired t-test and 95% confidence interval (CI) for proportions was carried out using STATA software. Results Candidal growth was found in 21.42% (n = 24) of COPD cases and 1.1% (n = 11) of control cases (p < 0.05) (95% CI 0.45, 0.59). The DMFT score was 8.26 in COPD subjects and 4.6 in controls, the SiC score was 16.42 in COPD subjects and 10.25 in controls, and the CPITN score for both COPD and control cases was score 2. Conclusion In conclusion, there was a higher candidal load among subjects suffering from COPD. Theophylline medication can be a risk factor for increased candidal load in COPD patients.
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Thrivikraman Nair S, Kamalasanan K, Moidu A, Shyamsundar P, Nair LJ, P V. Ethyl cellulose coated sustained release aspirin spherules for treating COVID-19: DOE led rapid optimization using arbitrary interface; applicable for emergency situations. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 182:1769-1784. [PMID: 34051259 PMCID: PMC8152213 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This work attempts to resolve one of the key issues related to the design and development of sustained-release spherule of aspirin for oral formulations, tailored to treat COVID-19. For that, in the Design of Experiments (DOE) an arbitrary interface, "coating efficiency" (CE) is introduced and scaled the cumulative percentage coating (CPC) to get predictable control over drug release (DR). Subsequently, the granules containing ASP are converted to spherules and then to Ethyl cellulose (EC) Coated spherules (CS) by a novel bed coating during the rolling (BCDR) process. Among spherules, one with 0.35 mm than 0.71 mm shows required properties. The CS has a low 1200 angle by Optical Microscopy (OM), smooth surface without cracks by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and better flow properties (Angle of repose 29.69 ± 0.780, Carr's index 6.73 ± 2.24%, Hausner's Ratio 1.07 ± 0.03) than granules and spherules. Once certain structure-dependent control over release is attained (EC coated spherules shows 10% reduction in burst release (BR) than uncoated spherules showing a release of 80-91%) the predictability is achieved and Design of space (DOS) by DOE (CE-70.14%and CPC-200% and DR-61.54%) is established. The results of DOE to experimentally validated results were within 20% deviation. The aspirin is changing its crystal structure by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) from Form-I to Form-II showing polymorphism inside the drug reservoir with respect to the process. This CE and CPC approach in DOE can be used for delivery system design of other labile drugs similar to aspirin in emergency situations.
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- Sreejith Thrivikraman Nair
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India
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Wu S, Rish AJ, Skomo A, Zhao Y, Drennen JK, Anderson CA. Rapid serum-free/suspension adaptation: Medium development using a definitive screening design for Chinese hamster ovary cells. Biotechnol Prog 2021; 37:e3154. [PMID: 33864359 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.3154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The biopharmaceutical industry prefers to culture the mammalian cells in suspension with a serum-free media (SFM) due to improved productivity and process consistency. However, mammalian cells preferentially grow as adherent cells in a complete medium (CM) containing serum. Therefore, cells require adaptation from adherence in CM to suspension culture in SFM. This work proposes an adaptation method that includes media supplementation during the adaption of Chinese hamster ovary cells. As a result, the adaptation was accelerated compared to the traditional repetitive subculturing. Ca2+ /Mg2+ supplementation significantly reduced the doubling time compared to the adaptation without supplementation during the adaptation of adherent cells from 100% CM to 75% CM (p < 0.05). Furthermore, a definitive screening design (DSD) was applied to select essential nutrients during the adaptation from 10% CM to 0% CM. The main effects of Ca2+ and Dulbecco's modified essential medium (DMEM) were found significant to both viable cell density and viability at harvest. Additionally, the interaction term between Ca2+ and DMEM was found significant, which highlights the ability of DSD to capture interaction terms. Eventually, the media supplementation method resulted in adaptation SFM in 27 days, compared to the previously reported 66 days. Additionally, the membrane surface integrin expression was found significantly decreased when adherent cells were adapted to suspension. Moreover, the Ca2+ /Mg2+ supplementation correlated with faster integrin recovery after trypsinization. However, faster integrin recovery did not contribute to the accelerated cell growth when subculturing from 100% CM to 75% CM.
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- Suyang Wu
- Graduate School for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Graduate School for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Graduate School for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Graduate School for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Duquesne Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Graduate School for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Duquesne Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chen K, Park J, Li F, Patil SM, Keire DA. Chemometric Methods to Quantify 1D and 2D NMR Spectral Differences Among Similar Protein Therapeutics. AAPS PharmSciTech 2018; 19:1011-1019. [PMID: 29110294 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-017-0911-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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NMR spectroscopy is an emerging analytical tool for measuring complex drug product qualities, e.g., protein higher order structure (HOS) or heparin chemical composition. Most drug NMR spectra have been visually analyzed; however, NMR spectra are inherently quantitative and multivariate and thus suitable for chemometric analysis. Therefore, quantitative measurements derived from chemometric comparisons between spectra could be a key step in establishing acceptance criteria for a new generic drug or a new batch after manufacture change. To measure the capability of chemometric methods to differentiate comparator NMR spectra, we calculated inter-spectra difference metrics on 1D/2D spectra of two insulin drugs, Humulin R® and Novolin R®, from different manufacturers. Both insulin drugs have an identical drug substance but differ in formulation. Chemometric methods (i.e., principal component analysis (PCA), 3-way Tucker3 or graph invariant (GI)) were performed to calculate Mahalanobis distance (D M) between the two brands (inter-brand) and distance ratio (D R) among the different lots (intra-brand). The PCA on 1D inter-brand spectral comparison yielded a D M value of 213. In comparing 2D spectra, the Tucker3 analysis yielded the highest differentiability value (D M = 305) in the comparisons made followed by PCA (D M = 255) then the GI method (D M = 40). In conclusion, drug quality comparisons among different lots might benefit from PCA on 1D spectra for rapidly comparing many samples, while higher resolution but more time-consuming 2D-NMR-data-based comparisons using Tucker3 analysis or PCA provide a greater level of assurance for drug structural similarity evaluation between drug brands.
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Zeng X, Xiong X, Yang H, Tang B, Du Q, Hou Q, Suo Z, Li H. Quantitative Monitoring the Anti-Solvent Crystallization and Storage Process for Nandrolone by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. J Pharm Sci 2018; 107:1928-1936. [PMID: 29339135 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A novel hydrate (SH2O) of nandrolone was prepared by anti-solvent methods. The crystallization processes with 2 schemes (A and B) were monitored by in-line near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. The amounts of SH2O in powder samples obtained by the anti-solvent crystallization and storage process were quantified by NIR combined with chemometrics methods. In-line NIR spectra from 4500 to 8000 cm-1 were chosen to capture physicochemical changes during the whole crystallization process. The combination of the principal component results with offline characterization (scanning electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, NIR) data showed that both schemes yielded high purity SH2O products, but the crystallization speed of scheme B was significantly accelerated. It was demonstrated that in-line NIR spectroscopy combined with principal component analysis can be very useful to monitor in real time and control the anti-solvent crystallization process. Moreover, the solubility and the solid-state transformation of nandrolone under different storage conditions were investigated. The apparent solubility of SH2O was 2.19-2.44 times of Form I, and SH2O was relatively stable when stored at a high relative humidity and temperature below 25°C.
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- Xia Zeng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Sun Y, Kang C, Yao Z, Liu F, Zhou Y. Peptide-Based Ligand for Active Delivery of Liposomal Doxorubicin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1142/s1793984416420046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Doxorubicin (DOX) has been extensively used in the clinic to treat malignant tumors such as leukemias and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. However, the severe cardiotoxicity associated with the use of DOX requests the development of alternative and efficient pharmaceutical formulations. The PEGylated liposome of DOX can significantly reduce the cardiotoxicity but still lacks the active targeting towards cancer cells. Modification of liposomal DOX with active ligands would then be a rational approach to enhance the transportation of the toxin into tumor cells. Currently used targeting ligands include antibodies, proteins, small molecules, and peptides. By virtue of the advantages such as easy preparation, lower cost, and elevated resistance to enzymatic degradation, peptides are attracting a significant amount of interest as active targeting ligands for pharmaceutics. In this paper, we will briefly discuss the application of peptide ligands for the improvement of the therapeutic efficacy of liposomal DOX.
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- Yuan Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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Shah DA, Patel M, Murdande SB, Dave RH. Influence of spray drying and dispersing agent on surface and dissolution properties of griseofulvin micro and nanocrystals. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2016; 42:1842-50. [PMID: 27080146 DOI: 10.1080/03639045.2016.1178770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The purpose for the current research is to compare and evaluate physiochemical properties of spray-dried (SD) microcrystals (MCs), nanocrystals (NCs), and nanocrystals with a dispersion agent (NCm) from a poorly soluble compound. The characterization was carried out by performing size and surface analysis, interfacial tension (at particle moisture interface), and in-vitro drug dissolution rate experiments. Nanosuspensions were prepared by media milling and were spray-dried. The SD powders that were obtained were characterized morphologically using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), polarized light microscopy (PLM), and Flowchem. Solid-state characterization was performed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier transfer infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for the identification of the crystalline nature of all the SD powders. The powders were characterized for their redispersion tendency in the water and in pH 1.2. Significant differences in redispersion were noted for both the NCs in both dissolution media. The interfacial tension for particle moisture interface was determined by applying the BET (Braunauer-Emmett-Teller) equation to the vapor sorption data. No significant reduction in the interfacial tension was observed between MCs and NCs; however, a significant reduction in the interfacial tension was observed for NCm at both 25 °C and 35 °C temperatures. The difference in interfacial tension and redispersion behavior can be attributed to a difference in the wetting tendency for all the SD powders. The dissolution studies were carried out under sink and under non-sink conditions. The non-sink dissolution approach was found suitable for quantification of the dissolution rate enhancement, and also for providing the rank order to the SD formulations.
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- Dhaval A Shah
- a Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University , Brooklyn , NY , USA
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- a Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University , Brooklyn , NY , USA
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- a Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University , Brooklyn , NY , USA
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