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Hina A, Razzaq MK, Abbasi A, Shehzad MB, Arshad M, Sanaullah T, Arshad K, Raza G, Ali HM, Hayat F, Akhtar N, Abdelsalam NR. Genomic blueprints of soybean ( Glycine max) pathogen resistance: revealing the key genes for sustainable agriculture. Funct Plant Biol 2024; 51:FP23295. [PMID: 38669462 DOI: 10.1071/fp23295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Soybean (Glycine max ) is an important oilseed, protein and biodiesel crop. It faces significant threats from bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens, which cause economic losses and jeopardises global food security. In this article, we explore the relationship between soybeans and these pathogens, focusing on the molecular responses that are crucial for soybeans defence mechanisms. Molecular responses involve small RNAs and specific genes, including resistance (R) genes that are pivotal in triggering immune responses. Functional genomics, which makes use of cutting-edge technologies, such as CRISPR Cas9 gene editing, allows us to identify genes that provide insights into the defence mechanisms of soybeans with the focus on using genomics to understand the mechanisms involved in host pathogen interactions and ultimately improve the resilience of soybeans. Genes like GmKR3 and GmVQ58 have demonstrated resistance against soybean mosaic virus and common cutworm, respectively. Genetic studies have identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) including those linked with soybean cyst nematode, root-knot nematode and Phytophthora root and stem rot resistance. Additionally, resistance against Asian soybean rust and soybean cyst nematode involves specific genes and their variations in terms of different copy numbers. To address the challenges posed by evolving pathogens and meet the demands of a growing population, accelerated soybean breeding efforts leveraging functional genomics are imperative. Targeted breeding strategies based on a deeper understanding of soybean gene function and regulation will enhance disease resistance, ensuring sustainable agriculture and global food security. Collaborative research and continued technological advancements are crucial for securing a resilient and productive agricultural future.
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- Aiman Hina
- Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) National Centre for Soybean Improvement, State Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Soybean Research Institute, MARA National Centre for Soybean Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (NIBGE-C, PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Horticulture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, Egypt
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Yu G, Chen D, Ye M, Wu X, Zhu Z, Shen Y, Mehareb EM, Esh A, Raza G, Wang K, Wang Q, Jin JB. H3K27 demethylase SsJMJ4 negatively regulates drought-stress responses in sugarcane. J Exp Bot 2024:erae037. [PMID: 38310636 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), a leading sugar and energy crop, is seriously impacted by drought stress. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying sugarcane drought resistance, especially the functions of epigenetic regulators, remains elusive. Here, we show that a S. spontaneum KDM4/JHDM3 group JmjC protein, SsJMJ4, negatively regulates drought-stress responses through its H3K27me3 demethylase activity. Ectopic overexpression of SsJMJ4 in Arabidopsis reduced drought resistance possibly by promoting expression of AtWRKY54 and AtWRKY70, two negative regulators of drought stress. SsJMJ4 directly bound to AtWRKY54 and AtWRKY70, and reduced H3K27me3 levels at these loci to ensure their proper transcription under normal conditions. Drought stress downregulated both transcription and protein abundances of SsJMJ4, which was correlated with the reduced occupancy of SsJMJ4 at AtWRKY54 and AtWRKY70 chromatin, the increased H3K27me3 levels at these loci, as well as the reduced transcription levels of these genes. In S. spontaneum, drought stress-repressed transcription of SsWRKY122, an ortholog of AtWRKY54 and AtWRKY70, was associated with the increased H3K27me3 levels at these loci. Transient overexpression of SsJMJ4 in S. spontaneum protoplasts raised transcription of SsWRKY122, paralleled with reduced H3K27me3 levels at its loci. These results suggest that the SsJMJ4-mediated dynamic deposition of H3K27me3 is required for proper response to drought stress.
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- Guangrun Yu
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Academician Workstation of Agricultural High-tech Industrial Area of the Yellow River Delta, National Center of Technology Innovation for Comprehensive Utilization of Saline-Alkali Land, Dongying, Shandong, China
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Hassan M, Hussain M, Ali A, Rehman F, Tabassum A, Amin M, Usman N, Bashir S, Raza G, Yousaf A, Shaukat S, Shah SWA. Economic valuation of selected ecosystem services in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2024; 84:e260614. [DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.260614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is a mechanism where a consumer is able and ready to pay for the protection of the precise ecosystem service and there must be a provider such as local societies receiving an economic resource, who in return, must have the ability to maintain that ecosystem service. Economic valuation provides basis for payment for ecosystem services. Therefore, objective of this study was to evaluate tourism and carbon stock services of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pakistan. Two forest zones (Chirpine and Scrub) of Islamabad capital territory (ICT) were selected for estimation of carbon stock and their carbon credits and carbon worth, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted for tourism as a payment for ecosystem services. The method for carbon stock assessment was systematic sampling for Chirpine forest whereas random sampling was done for scrub forest. The size of sampling plot was 17.84 m radius, and a total of 93 plots (49 Scrub zone and 44 Chirpine zone) was taken in the study area. The carbon stock of both zones (Chirpine and Scrub zone) is 22556.75 ton/ha (Chirpine 20105.79, Scrub 2450.96) and total carbon dioxide sequestered by both zone is 82557.72 ton/ha (Chirpine 73587.2, Scrub 8970.52), total carbon credits of both zone is 302160.87 (Chirpine 269328.97, Scrub 32831.9) and the carbon worth of both Chirpine and scrub zone is 4532418.92 $ (Chirpine 4039937.09$, Scrub 492481.83$). Similarly, from tourism point of view, in Shakar Parian, 94% tourists were agreed for PES whereas 6% were disagreed for the PES (the 6% tourist were disagreed to contribute for PES, 40% were agreed for Rs.5 contribution and 54% for Rs.10.). moreover, in Lake view Park, 97% tourists were agreed and 3% are disagreed (In Lake View Park 5% tourists were disagreed for the PES contribution whereas 32% were agreed for Rs.5 and 63% were for Rs.10). In Damen e Koh, around 87% tourist were agreed and 13% were disagreed, (24% were agreed for the contribution of Rs.5 and 63% tourists were agreed for the contribution of Rs.10). In Marghazar Zoo, 93% tourists were agreed (22% were agreed for contribution of Rs.5 and 71% tourist were agreed for contribution of Rs.10) and 7% are disagreed for PES whereas 7% tourists were not agreed for contribution. PES may implement to compensate forest and parks manager to ensure better management of the forests and parks. Due to prime location and scenic beauty of the ICT, it has huge potential for implementation of PES mechanism for sustainable forest management and conservation. Therefore, it is recommended that Capital Development Authority (CDA) Islamabad should devise a plan for implementation of PES in forests and parks of ICT for its sustainable management of recreational and forest resources.
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- Karakoram International University, Pakistan
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Pakistan
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- Planning, Agriculture Research System, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Pakistan
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Yu G, Sun B, Zhu Z, Mehareb EM, Teng A, Han J, Zhang H, Liu J, Liu X, Raza G, Zhang B, Zhang Y, Wang K. Genome-wide DNase I-hypersensitive site assay reveals distinct genomic distributions and functional features of open chromatin in autopolyploid sugarcane. Plant J 2024; 117:573-589. [PMID: 37897092 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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The characterization of cis-regulatory DNA elements (CREs) is essential for deciphering the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. Although there have been endeavors to identify CREs in plants, the properties of CREs in polyploid genomes are still largely unknown. Here, we conducted the genome-wide identification of DNase I-hypersensitive sites (DHSs) in leaf and stem tissues of the auto-octoploid species Saccharum officinarum. We revealed that DHSs showed highly similar distributions in the genomes of these two S. officinarum tissues. Notably, we observed that approximately 74% of DHSs were located in distal intergenic regions, suggesting considerable differences in the abundance of distal CREs between S. officinarum and other plants. Leaf- and stem-dependent transcriptional regulatory networks were also developed by mining the binding motifs of transcription factors (TFs) from tissue-specific DHSs. Four TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1, CYCLOIDEA, and PCF1 (TCP) TFs (TCP2, TCP4, TCP7, and TCP14) and two ethylene-responsive factors (ERFs) (ERF109 and ERF03) showed strong causal connections with short binding distances from each other, pointing to their possible roles in the regulatory networks of leaf and stem development. Through functional validation in transiently transgenic protoplasts, we isolate a set of tissue-specific promoters. Overall, the DHS maps presented here offer a global view of the potential transcriptional regulatory elements in polyploid sugarcane and can be expected to serve as a valuable resource for both transcriptional network elucidation and genome editing in sugarcane breeding.
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- Guangrun Yu
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
- College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
- College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Sugar Crops Research Institute (SRCI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, 12619, Egypt
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- Sugarcane Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan, 661699, China
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- Sugarcane Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan, 661699, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 27858, USA
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- Sugarcane Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan, 661699, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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Zhu Z, Dai Y, Yu G, Zhang X, Chen Q, Kou X, Mehareb EM, Raza G, Zhang B, Wang B, Wang K, Han J. Dynamic physiological and transcriptomic changes reveal memory effects of salt stress in maize. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:726. [PMID: 38041011 PMCID: PMC10690987 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09845-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pre-exposing plants to abiotic stresses can induce stress memory, which is crucial for adapting to subsequent stress exposure. Although numerous genes involved in salt stress response have been identified, the understanding of memory responses to salt stress remains limited. RESULTS In this study, we conducted physiological and transcriptional assays on maize plants subjected to recurrent salt stress to characterize salt stress memory. During the second exposure to salt stress, the plants exhibited enhanced salt resistance, as evidenced by increased proline content and higher POD and SOD activity, along with decreased MDA content, indicative of physiological memory behavior. Transcriptional analysis revealed fewer differentially expressed genes and variations in response processes during the second exposure compared to the first, indicative of transcriptional memory behavior. A total of 2,213 salt stress memory genes (SMGs) were identified and categorized into four response patterns. The most prominent group of SMGs consisted of genes with elevated expression during the first exposure to salt stress but reduced expression after recurrent exposure to salt stress, or vice versa ([+ / -] or [- / +]), indicating that a revised response is a crucial process in plant stress memory. Furthermore, nine transcription factors (TFs) (WRKY40, WRKY46, WRKY53, WRKY18, WRKY33, WRKY70, MYB15, KNAT7, and WRKY54) were identified as crucial factors related to salt stress memory. These TFs regulate over 53% of SMGs, underscoring their potential significance in salt stress memory. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates that maize can develop salt stress memory, and the genes identified here will aid in the genetic improvement of maize and other crops.
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- Zhiying Zhu
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
- College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
- College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (NIBGE-C, PIEAS), Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
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Rahman SU, Khan MO, Ullah R, Ahmad F, Raza G. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation for the Development of Transgenic Crops; Present and Future Prospects. Mol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s12033-023-00826-8. [PMID: 37573566 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00826-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Plant transformation based on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is a technique that mimics the natural agrobacterium system for gene(s) introduction into crops. Through this technique, various crop species have been improved/modified for different trait/s, showing a successful genetic transformation so far. This technique has many advantages over other transformation methods such as stable integration of transgene, cost effective. However, there are many limitations of this technology such as mostly the crops are recalcitrant to agrobacterium, low transformation efficiency, transgene integration as well as off targets. So, it's very important to explore the major limitations and possible solutions for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in order to increase its genetic transformation efficiency. Therefore, the present review article gives a comprehensive study how the transgenic crops are developed using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, crops that have already been modified through this method, and risks associated with transgenic plants based on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Moreover, the challenges and problems associated with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and how those problems can be solved in future for a successful genetic transformation of crops using modern biotechnology techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 systems. The present review article will be really helpful for the audience those working on Genome editing of crops using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and will opens many ways for future plant genetic transformation.
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- Saleem Ur Rahman
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shahid Benazir Bhatoo University Sheringal, Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Agriculture Research Institute (ARI), Swat, Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Rani R, Raza G, Ashfaq H, Rizwan M, Razzaq MK, Waheed MQ, Shimelis H, Babar AD, Arif M. Genome-wide association study of soybean ( Glycine max [L.] Merr.) germplasm for dissecting the quantitative trait nucleotides and candidate genes underlying yield-related traits. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1229495. [PMID: 37636105 PMCID: PMC10450938 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1229495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) is one of the most significant crops in the world in terms of oil and protein. Owing to the rising demand for soybean products, there is an increasing need for improved varieties for more productive farming. However, complex correlation patterns among quantitative traits along with genetic interactions pose a challenge for soybean breeding. Association studies play an important role in the identification of accession with useful alleles by locating genomic sites associated with the phenotype in germplasm collections. In the present study, a genome-wide association study was carried out for seven agronomic and yield-related traits. A field experiment was conducted in 2015/2016 at two locations that include 155 diverse soybean germplasm. These germplasms were genotyped using SoySNP50K Illumina Infinium Bead-Chip. A total of 51 markers were identified for node number, plant height, pods per plant, seeds per plant, seed weight per plant, hundred-grain weight, and total yield using a multi-locus linear mixed model (MLMM) in FarmCPU. Among these significant SNPs, 18 were putative novel QTNs, while 33 co-localized with previously reported QTLs. A total of 2,356 genes were found in 250 kb upstream and downstream of significant SNPs, of which 17 genes were functional and the rest were hypothetical proteins. These 17 candidate genes were located in the region of 14 QTNs, of which ss715580365, ss715608427, ss715632502, and ss715620131 are novel QTNs for PH, PPP, SDPP, and TY respectively. Four candidate genes, Glyma.01g199200, Glyma.10g065700, Glyma.18g297900, and Glyma.14g009900, were identified in the vicinity of these novel QTNs, which encode lsd one like 1, Ergosterol biosynthesis ERG4/ERG24 family, HEAT repeat-containing protein, and RbcX2, respectively. Although further experimental validation of these candidate genes is required, several appear to be involved in growth and developmental processes related to the respective agronomic traits when compared with their homologs in Arabidopsis thaliana. This study supports the usefulness of association studies and provides valuable data for functional markers and investigating candidate genes within a diverse germplasm collection in future breeding programs.
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- Reena Rani
- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, Pakistan
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- Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Razzaq MK, Hina A, Abbasi A, Karikari B, Ashraf HJ, Mohiuddin M, Maqsood S, Maqsood A, Haq IU, Xing G, Raza G, Bhat JA. Correction to: Molecular and genetic insights into secondary metabolic regulation underlying insect‑pest resistance in legumes. Funct Integr Genomics 2023; 23:224. [PMID: 37410315 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-01169-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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- Muhammad Khuram Razzaq
- Soybean Research Institute & MARA National Centre for Soybean Improvement & MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean & National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement & Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) National Centre for Soybean Improvement, State Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University Murree, Murree, 47150, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Facult of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) Private Limited, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University Murree, Murree, 47150, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Central Punjab, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- College of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, No. 1 Yingmen Village, Anning District, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Soybean Research Institute & MARA National Centre for Soybean Improvement & MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean & National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement & Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- International Genome Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Razzaq MK, Hina A, Abbasi A, Karikari B, Ashraf HJ, Mohiuddin M, Maqsood S, Maqsood A, Haq IU, Xing G, Raza G, Bhat JA. Molecular and genetic insights into secondary metabolic regulation underlying insect-pest resistance in legumes. Funct Integr Genomics 2023; 23:217. [PMID: 37392308 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-01141-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
Abstract
Insect pests pose a major threat to agricultural production, resulting in significant economic losses for countries. A high infestation of insects in any given area can severely reduce crop yield and quality. This review examines the existing resources for managing insect pests and highlights alternative eco-friendly techniques to enhance insect pest resistance in legumes. Recently, the application of plant secondary metabolites has gained popularity in controlling insect attacks. Plant secondary metabolites encompass a wide range of compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids, which are often synthesized through intricate biosynthetic pathways. Classical methods of metabolic engineering involve manipulating key enzymes and regulatory genes to enhance or redirect the production of secondary metabolites in plants. Additionally, the role of genetic approaches, such as quantitative trait loci mapping, genome-wide association (GWAS) mapping, and metabolome-based GWAS in insect pest management is discussed, also, the role of precision breeding, such as genome editing technologies and RNA interference for identifying pest resistance and manipulating the genome to develop insect-resistant cultivars are explored, highlighting the positive contribution of plant secondary metabolites engineering-based resistance against insect pests. It is suggested that by understanding the genes responsible for beneficial metabolite compositions, future research might hold immense potential to shed more light on the molecular regulation of secondary metabolite biosynthesis, leading to advancements in insect-resistant traits in crop plants. In the future, the utilization of metabolic engineering and biotechnological methods may serve as an alternative means of producing biologically active, economically valuable, and medically significant compounds found in plant secondary metabolites, thereby addressing the challenge of limited availability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Muhammad Khuram Razzaq
- Soybean Research Institute & MARA National Centre for Soybean Improvement & MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean & National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement & Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) National Centre for Soybean Improvement, State Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University Murree, Murree, 47150, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) Private Limited, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University Murree, Murree, 47150, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Central Punjab, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- College of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, No. 1 Yingmen Village, Anning District, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Soybean Research Institute & MARA National Centre for Soybean Improvement & MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean & National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement & Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- International Genome Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Razzaq MK, Rani R, Xing G, Xu Y, Raza G, Aleem M, Iqbal S, Arif M, Mukhtar Z, Nguyen HT, Varshney RK, Siddique KHM, Gai J. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of the Hsp40/J-Protein Family Reveals Its Role in Soybean ( Glycine max) Growth and Development. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1254. [PMID: 37372434 DOI: 10.3390/genes14061254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The J-protein family comprises molecular chaperones involved in plant growth, development, and stress responses. Little is known about this gene family in soybean. Hence, we characterized J-protein genes in soybean, with the most highly expressed and responsive during flower and seed development. We also revealed their phylogeny, structure, motif analysis, chromosome location, and expression. Based on their evolutionary links, we divided the 111 potential soybean J-proteins into 12 main clades (I-XII). Gene-structure estimation revealed that each clade had an exon-intron structure resembling or comparable to others. Most soybean J-protein genes lacked introns in Clades I, III, and XII. Moreover, transcriptome data obtained from a publicly accessible soybean database and RT-qPCR were used to examine the differential expression of DnaJ genes in various soybean tissues and organs. The expression level of DnaJ genes indicated that, among 14 tissues, at least one tissue expressed the 91 soybean genes. The findings suggest that J-protein genes could be involved in the soybean growth period and offer a baseline for further functional research into J-proteins' role in soybean. One important application is the identification of J-proteins that are highly expressed and responsive during flower and seed development in soybean. These genes likely play crucial roles in these processes, and their identification can contribute to breeding programs to improve soybean yield and quality.
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- Muhammad Khuram Razzaq
- Soybean Research Institute, MARA National Center for Soybean Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Soybean Research Institute, MARA National Center for Soybean Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, MARA National Center for Soybean Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (CAS-AFS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Horticultural Science Department, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS, Quincy, FL 32351, USA
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
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- Soybean Research Institute, MARA National Center for Soybean Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Soybean, National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Rani R, Raza G, Tung MH, Rizwan M, Ashfaq H, Shimelis H, Razzaq MK, Arif M. Genetic diversity and population structure analysis in cultivated soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) using SSR and EST-SSR markers. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286099. [PMID: 37256876 PMCID: PMC10231820 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Soybean (Glycine max) is an important legume that is used to fulfill the need of protein and oil of large number of population across the world. There are large numbers of soybean germplasm present in the USDA germplasm resources. Finding and understanding genetically diverse germplasm is a top priority for crop improvement programs. The current study used 20 functional EST-SSR and 80 SSR markers to characterize 96 soybean accessions from diverse geographic backgrounds. Ninety-six of the 100 markers were polymorphic, with 262 alleles (average 2.79 per locus). The molecular markers had an average polymorphic information content (PIC) value of 0.44, with 28 markers ≥ 0.50. The average major allele frequency was 0.57. The observed heterozygosity of the population ranged from 0-0.184 (average 0.02), while the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.20-0.73 (average 0.51). The lower value for observed heterozygosity than expected heterozygosity suggests the likelihood of a population structure among the germplasm. The phylogenetic analysis and principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) divided the total population into two major groups (G1 and G2), with G1 comprising most of the USA lines and the Australian and Brazilian lines. Furthermore, the phylogenetic analysis and PCoA divided the USA lines into three major clusters without any specific differentiation, supported by the model-based STRUCTURE analysis. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) showed 94% variation among individuals in the total population, with 2% among the populations. For the USA lines, 93% of the variation occurred among individuals, with only 2% among lines from different US states. Pairwise population distance indicated more similarity between the lines from continental America and Australia (189.371) than Asia (199.518). Overall, the 96 soybean lines had a high degree of genetic diversity.
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- Reena Rani
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Soybean Research Institute, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Rahman SU, McCoy E, Raza G, Ali Z, Mansoor S, Amin I. Improvement of Soybean; A Way Forward Transition from Genetic Engineering to New Plant Breeding Technologies. Mol Biotechnol 2023; 65:162-180. [PMID: 35119645 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-022-00456-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Soybean is considered one of the important crops among legumes. Due to high nutritional contents in seed (proteins, sugars, oil, fatty acids, and amino acids), soybean is used globally for food, feed, and fuel. The primary consumption of soybean is vegetable oil and feed for chickens and livestock. Apart from this, soybean benefits soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen through root nodular bacteria. While conventional breeding is practiced for soybean improvement, with the advent of new biotechnological methods scientists have also engineered soybean to improve different traits (herbicide, insect, and disease resistance) to fulfill consumer requirements and to meet the global food deficiency. Genetic engineering (GE) techniques such as transgenesis and gene silencing help to minimize the risks and increase the adaptability of soybean. Recently, new plant breeding technologies (NPBTs) emerged such as zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases, and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR/Cas9), which paved the way for enhanced genetic modification of soybean. These NPBTs have the potential to improve soybean via gene functional characterization precision genome engineering for trait improvement. Importantly, these NPBTs address the ethical and public acceptance issues related to genetic modifications and transgenesis in soybean. In the present review, we summarized the improvement of soybean through GE and NPBTs. The valuable traits that have been improved through GE for different constraints have been discussed. Moreover, the traits that have been improved through NPBTs and potential targets for soybean improvements via NPBTs and solutions for ethical and public acceptance are also presented.
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- Saleem Ur Rahman
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT), University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture and Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
- Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Rani R, Raza G, Ashfaq H, Rizwan M, Shimelis H, Tung MH, Arif M. Analysis of genotype × environment interactions for agronomic traits of soybean ( Glycine max [L.] Merr.) using association mapping. Front Genet 2023; 13:1090994. [PMID: 36685981 PMCID: PMC9851276 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1090994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The soybean yield is a complex quantitative trait that is significantly influenced by environmental factors. G × E interaction (GEI), which derives the performance of soybean genotypes differentially in various environmental conditions, is one of the main obstacles to increasing the net production. The primary goal of this study is to identify the outperforming genotypes in different latitudes, which can then be used in future breeding programs. A total of 96 soybean genotypes were examined in two different ecological regions: Faisalabad and Tando Jam in Pakistan. The evaluation of genotypes in different environmental conditions showed a substantial amount of genetic diversity for grain yield. We identified 13 environment-specific genotypes showing their maximum grain yield in each environment. Genotype G69 was found to be an ideal genotype with higher grain yield than other genotypes tested in this study and is broadly adapted for environments E1 and E2 and also included in top-yielding genotypes in E3, E4, and E5. G92 is another genotype that is broadly adapted in E1, E3, and E4. In the case of environments, E3 is suggested to be a more ideal environment as it is plotted near the concentric circle and is very informative for the selection of genotypes with high yield. Despite the presence of GEI, advances in DNA technology provided very useful tools to investigate the insight of advanced genotypes. Association mapping is a useful method for swiftly and efficiently investigating the genetic basis of significant plant traits. A total of 26 marker-trait associations were found for six agronomic traits in five environments, with the highest significance (p-value = 2.48 × 10-08) for plant height and the lowest significance (1.03 × 10-03) for hundred-grain weight. Soybean genotypes identified in the present study could be a valuable source for future breeding programs as they are adaptable to a wide range of environments. Genetic selection of genotypes with the best yields can be used for gross grain production in a wide range of climatic conditions, and it would give an essential reference in terms of soybean variety selection.
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- Reena Rani
- DNA Markers and Applied Genomics Lab, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- DNA Markers and Applied Genomics Lab, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- DNA Markers and Applied Genomics Lab, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, Pakistan
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- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,*Correspondence: Hussein Shimelis, ; Muhammad Arif,
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- DNA Markers and Applied Genomics Lab, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- DNA Markers and Applied Genomics Lab, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan,*Correspondence: Hussein Shimelis, ; Muhammad Arif,
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Ullah A, Aldakheel FM, Anjum SI, Raza G, Khan SA, Tlak Gajger I. Pharmacological properties and therapeutic potential of honey bee venom. Saudi Pharm J 2023; 31:96-109. [PMID: 36685303 PMCID: PMC9845117 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2022.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Honey bee venom (BV) is a valuable product, and has a wide range of biological effects, and its use is rapidly increasing in apitherapy. Therefore, the current study, we reviewed the existing knowledge about BV composition and its numerous pharmacological properties for future research and use. Honey bee venom or apitoxin is produced in the venom gland in the honey bee abdomen. Adult bees use it as a primary colony defense mechanism. It is composed of many biologically active substances including peptides, enzymes, amines, amino acids, phospholipids, minerals, carbohydrates as well as some volatile components. Melittin and phospholipase A2 are the most important components of BV, having anti-cancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritis, anti-nociceptive and other curative potentials. Therefore, in medicine, BV has been used for centuries against different diseases like arthritis, rheumatism, back pain, and various inflammatory infections. Nowadays, BV or its components separately, are used for the treatment of various diseases in different countries as a natural medicine with limited side effects. Consequently, scientists as well as several pharmaceutical companies are trying to get a new understanding about BV, its substances and its activity for more effective use of this natural remedy in modern medicine.
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- Amjad Ullah
- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia,Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Research Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department for Biology and Pathology of Fish and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Roy D, Liu GS, Zeling Wang A, Zhou B, Yunus FUN, Raza G, Bharath Merugu S, Saidi Mashausi D, Li D, Zhao B. Construction and stable gene expression of AGR2xPD1 bi-specific antibody that enhances attachment between T-Cells and lung tumor cells, suppress tumor cell migration and promoting CD8 expression in cytotoxic T-cells. Saudi Pharm J 2023; 31:85-95. [PMID: 36685298 PMCID: PMC9845114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2022.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There has been a substantial and consistent rise in the number of clinical trials to develop advanced and potent bispecific antibodies (BsAb) over the past two decades with multiple targets to improve the efficacy or tissue specificity of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) treatment for diseases with multiple determining factors or widely-expressed targets. In this study, we designed and synthesized BsAb AGR2xPD1 targeting extracellular AGR2, a paracrine signal, and PD1, an immune checkpoint protein. Our design is intended to use AGR2 binding to guide PD1 targeting for AGR2+cancer. We used this construction to produce AGR2xPD1 BsAb by generating clonally selected stable 293F cell line with high expression. Applying this BsAb in a T cell-Tumor cell co-culture system showed that targeting both PD1 and AGR2 with this BsAb induces the attachment of TALL-104 (CD8+ T-lymphocytes) cells onto co-cultured H460 AGR2+ Lung tumor cells and significantly reduces migration of H460 cells. T-cell expression of CD8 and IFNγ is also synergistically enhanced by the AGR2xPD1 BsAb treatment in the AGR2+H460 co-culture system. These effects are significantly reduced with AGR2 expression negative WI38 cells. Our results demonstrate that the AGR2xPD1 BsAb could be a potential therapeutic agent to provide better solid tumor targeting and synergetic efficacy for treating AGR2+ cancer by blocking AGR2 paracrine signaling to reduce tumor survival, and redirecting cytotoxic T-cells into AGR2+ cancer cells.
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- Debmalya Roy
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Engineering Research Center of Cell and Therapeutic Antibody, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Corresponding authors at: School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Engineering Research Center of Cell and Therapeutic Antibody, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Corresponding authors at: School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Minniti G, Giraffa M, Capone L, Raza G, Russo I, Navarria P, Tini P, Romano A, Bozzao A, Paolini S, Esposito V. KS01.5.A Impact of reduced treatment volumes on pattern of tumor recurrence and radiation dose to normal brain parenchyma in glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
to analyze GBM recurrence pattern after standard chemoradiotherapy according to different target volume delineations. We hypothesized that reduced target volume margins may result in similar pattern of failure.
Material and Methods
207 patients with GBM who recurred after standard chemoradiation were evaluated. According to the Advisory Committee for Radiation Oncology Practice (ACROP) committee of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) target volume delineation guideline, the clinical target volume (CTV) used for treatment planning consisted of residual tumor and resection cavity plus 2-cm margin. MRI scans showing tumor recurrences were fused with the planning computed tomography (CT), and the patterns of failure were analyzed dosimetrically using dose-volume histograms. The recurrent lesions were defined as in-field, marginal, or distant if >80%, 20-80%, or <20% of the intersecting volume was included in the 95% isodose line. For each patient a theoretical plan consisting of a reduced CTV using 1-cm margin was created and patterns of failure evaluated.
Results
The median overall survival and progression-free survival were 15.3 months and 7.8 months, respectively, from the date of surgery. Recurrences were in-field in 180 patients, marginal in 5 patients, and distant in 22 patients. Analysis of O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation status showed different recurrence patterns of GBMs in patients with MGMT methylated compared with patients with MGMT unmethylated status. Recurrences occurred in-field and distant in 75.6% and 18.6% of methylated patients and in 91.8% and 6% of unmethylated patients, respectively (p=0.0046). Patterns of failure were similar between the different treatment plans. Reduced target volumes were associated with significantly lower doses of 20-50 Gy to normal brain and hippocampi (p=0.0001).
Conclusion
Most of patients treated with standard chemioradiotherapy have in-field recurrences; however, an increased risk of distant recurrences occurs in methylated tumors. The use of target delineation using 1-cm CTV margin is associated with smaller volumes of normal brain and hippocampi irradiated to high doses, without significant changes in the pattern of failure. The impact of different target delineation in terms of efficacy and risk of late radiation-induced toxicity should be assessed prospectively.
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- G Minniti
- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte , Siena , Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed , Pozzilli (IS) , Italy
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center San Pietro , Rome , Italy
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center San Pietro , Rome , Italy
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center San Pietro , Rome , Italy
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Villa Maria , Mirabella Eclano , Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Dept., IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, , Milano (Rozzano) , Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte , Siena , Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital , Rome , Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital , Rome , Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Neuromed , Pozzilli (IS) , Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Neuromed , Pozzilli (IS) , Italy
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Razzaq MK, Akhter M, Ahmad RM, Cheema KL, Hina A, Karikari B, Raza G, Xing G, Gai J, Khurshid M. CRISPR-Cas9 based stress tolerance: New hope for abiotic stress tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:8977-8985. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07391-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Asghar K, Ali A, Tabassum A, Nadeem SG, Hakim ST, Amin M, Raza G, Bashir S, Afshan N, Usman N, Aurangzeb N, Naz A, Hussain M. Assessment of particulate matter (PM) in ambient air of different settings and its associated health risk in Haripur city, Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2022; 84:e256190. [PMID: 35239789 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.256190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollutant causing serious health problems. The aim of the present study was to find out concentration of PM in ambient air and its associated health risk in Haripur city, Pakistan. Twenty-three samples were taken at various educational institutes, hospitals, recreational areas and industries in Haripur city. Concentration of PM2.5 (µg/m3) and PM10 (µg/m3) was measured with Youngteng YT-HPC 3000A portable PM counter. The results revealed that values of both PM2.5 and PM10 were above the permissible limits (35 µg/m3 for PM2.5 and 150 µg/m3 for PM10) set by Environmental Protection Agency Pakistan (Pak-EPA) in all the educational institutes, hospitals, recreational areas and industries investigated. Furthermore, significant (p<0.05) variation was found in the concentration of both PM2.5 and PM10 in all the educational institutes, hospitals, recreational areas, and industries studied. The concentration of PM2.5 was positively correlated with the concentration of PM10 in all the sampling sites. Therefore, from 1-14 scale standard of health index, the values of PM2.5 and PM10 exhibited that the ambient air quality of Haripur city Pakistan is under high risk. If the regulatory authorities such as Environmental Protection Agency, Health Department and Local Government monitor PM pollution in different settings of Haripur city, then a decrease can be possible in the pollution level. The remedies that can be taken to overcome the problem of ambient air pollution such as PM are plantation of trees at the sites where there are higher levels of air pollutants and use of masks on personal protection basis along with implementation of pollution control system in industries of Hattar Industrial Estate Haripur city, Pakistan.
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- K Asghar
- University of Haripur, Department of Environmental Sciences, Hattar Road, Haripur city KP, Pakistan
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- Karakoram International University, Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Department of Commerce, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Dine College, School of STEM, Tuba City, Arizona, USA
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sheringal, Dir (U), KP, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Planning, Agriculture Research System, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Hattar Road, Haripur City, KP, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Environmental Sciences, Hattar Road, Haripur city KP, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Environmental Sciences, Hattar Road, Haripur city KP, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Hattar Road, Haripur City, KP, Pakistan
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Mashausi DS, Roy D, Mangukiya HB, Merugu SB, Raza G, Yunus FUN, Liu GS, Negi H, Li D. A high efficient FVIII variant corrects bleeding in hemophilia A mouse model. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 637:358-364. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Ali F, Rehman F, Hadi R, Raza G, Khan N, Ibrahim F, Aziz F, Amin M, Khalil B, Mahwish M, Bashir S, Ali A, Hussain M. Environmental sustainability assessment of wooden furniture produced in Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2022; 84:e253107. [PMID: 35019094 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.253107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Life cycle assessment was carried out for a conventional wooden furniture set produced in Mardan division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during 2018-19. Primary data regarding inputs and outputs were collected through questionnaire surveys from 100 conventional wooden furniture set manufacturers, 50 in district Mardan and 50 in district Swabi. In the present study, cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment approach was applied for a functional unit of one conventional wooden furniture set. Production weighted average data were modelled in the environmental impacts modelling software i.e., SimaPro v.8.5. The results showed that textile used in sofa set, wood preservative for polishing and preventing insects attack and petrol used in generator had the highest contribution to all the environmental impact categories evaluated. Total cumulative energy demand for wooden furniture set manufactured was 30,005 MJ with most of the energy acquired from non-renewable fossil fuel resources.
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- F Ali
- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- COMSATS University Islamabad - CUI, Department of Economics, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Biochemistry, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sheringal, Dir (U), KP, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Planning, Agriculture Research System, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Karakoram International University, 15100, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Yousafzai A, Manzoor W, Raza G, Mahmood T, Rehman F, Hadi R, Shah S, Amin M, Akhtar A, Bashir S, Habiba U, Hussain M. Forest yield prediction under different climate change scenarios using data intelligent models in Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 84:e253106. [PMID: 34730700 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.253106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study aimed to develop and evaluate data driven models for prediction of forest yield under different climate change scenarios in the Gallies forest division of district Abbottabad, Pakistan. The Random Forest (RF) and Kernel Ridge Regression (KRR) models were developed and evaluated using yield data of two species (Blue pine and Silver fir) as an objective variable and climate data (temperature, humidity, rainfall and wind speed) as predictive variables. Prediction accuracy of both the models were assessed by means of root mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), correlation coefficient (r), relative root mean squared error (RRMSE), Legates-McCabe's (LM), Willmott's index (WI) and Nash-Sutcliffe (NSE) metrics. Overall, the RF model outperformed the KRR model due to its higher accuracy in forecasting of forest yield. The study strongly recommends that RF model should be applied in other regions of the country for prediction of forest growth and yield, which may help in the management and future planning of forest productivity in Pakistan.
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- A Yousafzai
- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- COMSATS University Islamabad - CUI, Lahore Campus, Department of Economics, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- University of Sargodha, University College of Agriculture, Department of Forestry, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
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- COMSATS University Islamabad - CUI, Lahore Campus, Department of Economics, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Jinnah University for Women, Department of Zoology, Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- University of Swat, Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Forestry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sheringal, Dir (U), KP, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Psychology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Planning, Agriculture Research System, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Khan BM, Sabir M, Alyemeni MN, Kaushik P, Saeed M, Raza G, Khan KA, Habiba U. Genetic similarities and phylogenetic analysis of Muntjac (Muntiacus spp.) by comparing the nucleotide sequence of 16S rRNA and cytochrome B genome. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 83:e248153. [PMID: 34468532 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.248153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study aimed to identify the phylogenetic similarities among the muntjac (Muntiacus spp.). The phylogenetic similarities among seven major muntjac species were studied by comparing the nucleotide sequence of 16s rRNA and cytochrome b genome. Nucleotide sequences, retrieved from NCBI databases were aligned by using DNASTAR software. A phylogenetic tree was created for the selected species of muntjac by using the maximum likelihood method on MEGA7 software. The results of nucleotide sequences (16s rRNA) showed phylogenetic similarities between, the M. truongsonensis and M. rooseveltorum had the highest (99.2%) while the lowest similarities (96.8%) found between M. crinifrons and M. putaoensi. While the results of nucleotide sequences (Cty b) showed the highest similarity (100%) between M. muntjak and M. truongsonensis and the lowest s (91.5%) among M. putaoensis and M. crinifrons. The phylogenetic tree of muntjac species (16s rRNA gene) shows the main two clusters, the one including M. putaoensis, M. truongsonensis, M. rooseveltorum, and M. muntjak, and the second one including M. crinifrons and M. vuquangensis. The M. reevesi exists separately in the phylogenetic tree. The phylogenetic tree of muntjac species using cytochrome b genes shows that the M. muntjak and M. truongsonensis are clustered in the same group.
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- B M Khan
- University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Haripur, Pakistan
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- King Saud University, College of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Kikugawa research station, Yokohama Ueki, Kamo, Kikugawa, Shizuka, Japan
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- The University of Agriculture, Department of Weed Science and Botany, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Pakistan
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- Shandong Normal University, College of Life Sciences, Jinan, China
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- University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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Meng Z, Wang Q, Khurshid H, Raza G, Han J, Wang B, Wang K. Chromosome Painting Provides Insights Into the Genome Structure and Evolution of Sugarcane. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:731664. [PMID: 34512706 PMCID: PMC8429501 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.731664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The genus Saccharum is composed of species with high polyploidy and highly varied chromosome numbers, laying a challenge for uncovering its genomic structure and evolution. We developed a chromosome 2 painting (CP2) probe by designing oligonucleotides covering chromosome 2 of Saccharum spontaneum (2n = 8x = 64). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using this CP2 probe revealed six types of ploidies from twenty S. spontaneum clones, including 6x, 8x, 10x, 11x, 12x, and 13x clones. The finding of S. spontaneum clones with uneven of ploid suggested that certain S. spontaneum clones come from hybridization. It renews our knowledge that S. spontaneum is derived from autopolyploidization. Combined with a S. spontaneum-specific probe, chromosome 2-derived chromosome or fragments from either S. spontaneum or Saccharum officinarum can be identified in sugarcane modern cultivars. We revealed unexpected high level of interspecific recombination from introgressive S. spontaneum chromosomes (>50.0%) in cultivars ROC22 and ZZ1, indicating frequent chromosome exchange in cultivars. Intriguingly, we observed interspecific recombination recurring among either homoeologous or non-homoeologous chromosomes in sugarcane cultivars. These results demonstrated that chromosome painting FISH is a powerful tool in the genome dissection of sugarcane and provide new insights into the genome structure and evolution of the complex genus Saccharum.
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- Zhuang Meng
- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Oilseeds Research Program, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Muhammad S, Habiba U, Raza G, Bano SA, Shah S, Sabir M, Amin M, Alam S, Akhtar A, Hussain M. Payment for ecosystem services (PES): a holistic tool for sustainable forest management-a case study from Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 83:e246002. [PMID: 34378665 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.246002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Economic valuation of ecosystem services is a new concept in forest management. Economic valuation provides basis for payment for ecosystem services (PES). Therefore, objective of this study was to evaluate eco-tourism and carbon stock services of the Maindam valley, District Swat, Pakistan. For the carbon stock calculation, a sample size of 155 plots of 0.1 hectare (Ha) was taken using preliminary survey at 95% confidence interval and 10% allowable error. The data for tourism services was collected from owners of all the hotels, 100 tourists and key informants of the area at 10% sampling intensity on pretested questionnaire for twenty years period (1997-2017). Results showed that Miandam valley has carbon stock worth US$ 16,306,000 while the value of eco-tourism was US$ 1,578,458 on annual basis. The results also showed that trend of tourism has drastically declined after the 9/11 incident for foreigners and locals and the situation was further deteriorated during the era of Talibanization or militancy from 2008-2011. This study recommends implementation of PES strategy at the rate of 5%, thus a total of US$ 78,922 can be earned from eco-tourism and carbon crediting in the study area annually, which could play important role in sustainable forest management.
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- S Muhammad
- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.,University of Swat, Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Forestry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Microbiology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Swat, Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Forestry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Microbiology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sheringal, Dir (U), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Microbiology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Psychology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Haripur, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Rehman JU, Alam S, Khalil S, Hussain M, Iqbal M, Khan KA, Sabir M, Akhtar A, Raza G, Hussain A, Habiba U. Major threats and habitat use status of Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo), in district Bannu, Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e242636. [PMID: 34346960 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.242636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cranes are the large and attractive Creatures of nature with long necks, legs, and life-span. Adults of both sexes are the same with similar color patterns. Demoiselle cranes spend most of their lifespan on dry grasses. They are also found around the stream, rivers, shallow lakes, natural wetlands, and depressions. To evaluate the current status of habitat use and major threats a study was conducted in tehsil Domel district Bannu. Line transect method and water quality tests (temperature, PH, contamination of E-coli bacteria) were used. To determine the major threats questionnaire method was used. The whole data was analyzed by using SPSS 21 version. Based on the distribution four study sites were selected and four water samples from each study site were taken. Most sites were moderate to highly degraded except Kashoo and kurram river mixing point which was low degraded with livestock grazing and human activities. Water quality tests showed PH ranges from 7-9, temperature 6.5-8.5, and contamination of E-coli in all samples. The social survey revealed that hunting, habitat degradation, and pollution as major threats. Effective long-term conservation and management in the study area are needed to focus on the protection of disturbance-free habitat.
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- J U Rehman
- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Microbiology, Haripur, Pakistan
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- The Islamia University Bahawalpur, Department of Forestry Range and Wildlife Management, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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- The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Shandong Normal University, College of Life Sciences, Jinan, China
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- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Microbiology, Haripur, Pakistan
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- The University of Haripur, Department of Psychology, Haripur, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu, Pakistan
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- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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- The University of Haripur, Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Haripur, Pakistan
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Abbas K, Hussain Z, Hussain M, Rahim F, Ashraf N, Khan Q, Raza G, Ali A, Khan DM, Khalil U, Irshad N. Statistical modeling for analyzing grain yield of durum wheat under rainfed conditions in Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e240199. [PMID: 34190802 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.240199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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One of the most important traits that plant breeders aim to improve is grain yield which is a highly quantitative trait controlled by various agro-morphological traits. Twelve morphological traits such as Germination Percentage, Days to Spike Emergence, Plant Height, Spike Length, Awn Length, Tillers/Plant, Leaf Angle, Seeds/Spike, Plant Thickness, 1000-Grain Weight, Harvest Index and Days to Maturity have been considered as independent factors. Correlation, regression, and principal component analysis (PCA) are used to identify the different durum wheat traits, which significantly contribute to the yield. The necessary assumptions required for applying regression modeling have been tested and all the assumptions are satisfied by the observed data. The outliers are detected in the observations of fixed traits and Grain Yield. Some observations are detected as outliers but the outlying observations did not show any influence on the regression fit. For selecting a parsimonious regression model for durum wheat, best subset regression, and stepwise regression techniques have been applied. The best subset regression analysis revealed that Germination Percentage, Tillers/Plant, and Seeds/Spike have a marked increasing effect whereas Plant thickness has a negative effect on durum wheat yield. While stepwise regression analysis identified that the traits, Germination Percentage, Tillers/Plant, and Seeds/Spike significantly contribute to increasing the durum wheat yield. The simple correlation coefficient specified the significant positive correlation of Grain Yield with Germination Percentage, Number of Tillers/Plant, Seeds/Spike, and Harvest Index. These results of correlation analysis directed the importance of morphological characters and their significant positive impact on Grain Yield. The results of PCA showed that most variation (70%) among data set can be explained by the first five components. It also identified that Seeds/Spike; 1000-Grain Weight and Harvest Index have a higher influence in contributing to the durum wheat yield. Based on the results it is recommended that these important parameters might be considered and focused in future durum wheat breeding programs to develop high yield varieties.
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- K Abbas
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Department of Statistics, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Research Center for Modelling and Simulation (RCMS), H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Department of Statistics, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agriculture Research Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Department of Zoology, Muzaffrabad, Pakistan
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- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Department of Botany, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- University of Baltistan, Department of Biological Sciences, Skardu
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- Islamia College Peshawar, Department of Statistics, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Abdul Wali Khan University, Department of Statistics, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Abdul Wali Khan University, Department of Statistics, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- University of Poonch, Department of Zoology, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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Abbas Z, Kousar S, Aziz MA, Pieroni A, Aldosari AA, Bussmann RW, Raza G, Abbasi AM. Comparative Assessment of Medicinal Plant Utilization among Balti and Shina Communities in the Periphery of Deosai National Park, Pakistan. Biology (Basel) 2021; 10:biology10050434. [PMID: 34068859 PMCID: PMC8153600 DOI: 10.3390/biology10050434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simple Summary Traditional ecological knowledge is a key contributor to environmental sustainability; therefore, it is essential to identify and preserve this biocultural heritage. We documented traditional uses of plant species among the two marginalized communities, namely Baltis and Shinas, living in Deosai National Park, western Himalayas, Pakistan, using random and purposive sampling techniques targeting middle- and old-aged informants. In total, 47 medicinal plant species were recorded, which were cited by both Baltis and Shinas (42 and 38 plant species, respectively) to treat various diseases. Considerable homo- and heterogeneities were noted in vernacular names, plant part(s) used, drug formulation, and administration. Ribes alpestre, Aconitum violaceum, Delphinium brunonianum, Thymus linearis, and Swertia petiolata were the highly utilized species. In addition, medicinal uses of Allardia tomentosa, A. tridactylites, Jurinea dolomiaea, and Gallium boreale were reported for the first time from this region. Both Balti and Shina communities retain substantial biocultural and ethnological diversity, which has been reflected in the present survey. Abstract Traditional ecological knowledge, linguistic, and sociocultural perspectives are key contributors to environmental sustainability. Therefore, it is essential to identify and preserve this biocultural heritage, especially that of indigenous communities and minorities. We conducted an ethnobotanical survey to document the plant species used by the Balti and Shina communities living in the buffer zone of Deosai National Park (DNP), western Himalayas, Pakistan. A combination of random and purposive sampling techniques was adapted, targeting middle- and old-aged informants. A total of 46 semi-structured interviews were conducted and the gathered data were evaluated using relative frequency of citation (RFC) and through comparison with the ethnomedicinal literature. In total, 47 medicinal plant species belonging to 42 genera and 23 families were recorded. Baltis and Shinas cited 42 and 38 plant species, respectively, that were used to treat various diseases. About 60% of species were common among both communities, but 27.7% and 12.8% were exclusive to Baltis and Shinas, respectively. Considerable heterogeneity was noted in vernacular names, plant part(s) used, preparation, and administration. Ribes alpestre, Aconitum violaceum, Delphinium brunonianum, Thymus linearis, and Swertia petiolata were highly utilized species having RFCs > 50. In addition, 46% of medicinal uses, specifically that of Allardia tomentosa, A. tridactylites, Jurinea dolomiaea, and Gallium boreale, were reported for the first time from the region. Cross-cultural analysis revealed sociocultural gaps between both groups. Relatively, Baltis retained more ethnomedicinal knowledge and their traditional medicinal system is more closely associated with traditional Tibetan medicine. Generally, Balti and Shina communities retain substantial biocultural and ethnological diversity, which has been reflected in the present study. Our findings underline the importance and need for sustainable utilization of natural resources, specifically the plant species of this region. However, an in-depth ethnobotanical investigation may underpin the holistic comparative medical ethnobotany of the entire region.
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- Zaheer Abbas
- Department of Botany, University of Education Lahore, Lahore 54770, Pakistan;
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- Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan;
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, 12042 Pollenzo, Italy; (M.A.A.); (A.P.)
- Department of Medical Analysis, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Iraq
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu 15100, Pakistan;
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
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Murtaza G, Abdul Wahab AW, Raza G, Shuib L. A tree-based multiclassification of breast tumor histopathology images through deep learning. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2021; 89:101870. [PMID: 33545489 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2021.101870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Worldwide, the burden of cancer is drastically increasing over the past few years. Among all types of cancers in women, breast cancer (BrC) is the main cause of unnatural deaths. For early diagnosis, histopathology (Hp) imaging is a gold standard for positive and detailed (at tissue level) diagnosis of breast tumor (BrT) compared to mammogram images. A large number of studies used BrT Hp images to solve binary or multiclassification problems using high computational resources. However, classification models' performance may be compromised due to the high correlation among various types of BrT in Hp images, which raises the misclassification rate. Thus, this paper aims to develop a tree-based BrT multiclassification model via deep learning (DL) to extract discriminative features to solve the multiclassification problem with better performance using less computational resources. The main contributions of this work are to create an ensemble, tree-based DL model that is pre-trained on the BreakHis dataset, and implementation of a misclassification reduction algorithm. The ensemble, tree-based DL model, extracts discriminative BrT features from Hp images. The target dataset (i.e., Bioimaging challenge 2015 breast histology) is small in size; thus, to avoid overfitting of the proposed model, pretraining is performed on the BreakHis dataset. Whereas, misclassification reduction algorithm is implemented to enhance the performance of the classification model. The experimental results show that the proposed model outperformed the existing state-of-the-art baseline studies. The achieved classification accuracy is ranging from 87.50 % to 100 % for four subtypes of BrT. Thus, the proposed model can assist doctors as the second opinion in any healthcare centre.
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- Ghulam Murtaza
- Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Computer Science, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Pakistan.
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- Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda Ireland, Ireland.
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- Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Raza G, Anawar M, Akbar M, Ali M, Hussain A, Hussain A, Hussain T. Habitat Characteristics and Preference of Himalayan Ibex (Capra ibex sibrica) in Hushe Valley in Central Karakorum National Park, Pakistan. PAK J ZOOL 2021. [DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200905074522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Raza G, Yunus FUN, Mangukiya HB, Merugu SB, Mashausi DS, Zeling W, Negi H, Zhou B, Roy D, Wu Z, Li D. A novel target anti-interleukin-13 receptor subunit alpha-2 monoclonal antibody inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in lung cancer. Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 90:107155. [PMID: 33243603 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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IL13Rα2 shows high expression in different types of tumors and can be a target for cancer therapy in humans due to its poor prognosis. The aim of our study is to characterize and investigate the effect of interleukin-13 receptor subunit alpha-2monoclonal antibody mAb15D8 on lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by blocking its specific epitope in IL13Rα2 antigen. The mAb15D8 blocking epitope was analyzed through the mutagenesis of IL13Rα2 and confirmed with western blot. We found that the IL13Rα2 epitope recognized by mAb15D8 antibody is a new binding site localized in the fibronectin-III domain-1 of IL13Rα2 antigen. Moreover, the mAb15D8 obviously reduced cell proliferation, migration of H460, A549, SKOV3, and B16F10 cells. Treatment with mAb15D8 significantly reduced the H460 xenograft tumor formation and growth in nude mice and inhibited B16F10 tumor metastasis and increased survival in C57BL/6 mice. Pharmacokinetic and toxicological analysis demonstrated the safety of mAb15D8 as a potential therapeutic agent. We developed a novel mouse monoclonal antibody against IL13Rα2 which binds to specific epitope on IL13Rα2 antigen. In vivo treatment with the antibody significantly reduced tumor growth and lung metastasis and prolonged survival. These results suggest mAb15D8 antibody as a potential therapeutic agent for cancer therapy.
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- Ghulam Raza
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan.
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Engineering Research Center of Cell and Therapeutic Antibody of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
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Capone L, Nardiello B, El Gawhary R, Raza G, Scaringi C, Bianciardi F, Tolu B, Rea F, Gentile P, Paolini S, Minniti G. PO-1873: SIDCA in patients with ≥ 10 brain mets: evaluation of neurological toxicity and treatment accuracy. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01891-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Capone L, Nardiello B, El Gawhary R, Raza G, Scaringi C, Bianciardi F, Gentile P, Paolini S, Minniti G. PO-1838: Multiple Brain Mets: impact of patient positioning errors on optimal PTV margin strategy. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01856-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murtaza G, Shuib L, Abdul Wahab AW, Mujtaba G, Mujtaba G, Nweke HF, Al-garadi MA, Zulfiqar F, Raza G, Azmi NA. Deep learning-based breast cancer classification through medical imaging modalities: state of the art and research challenges. Artif Intell Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10462-019-09716-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ali M, Ahmed K, Ali S, Raza G, Hussain I, Nafees MA, Anjum SI. An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Zookeys 2018:93-120. [PMID: 30643484 PMCID: PMC6292984 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.803.22543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Some new ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) records collected during the last four years across Sindh are reported. A first preliminary checklist of ladybirds from Sindh is presented, consisting of one subfamily, ten tribes, 21 genera, and 29 species including four new records, namely Bulaealichatschovii (Hummel), Exochomuspubescens Küster, Scymnus (Pullus) latemaculatus Motschulsky, Scymnus (Pullus) syriacus Marseul, and four varieties of the species Cheilomenessexmaculatus (Fabricius).
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- Muhammad Ali
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.,Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Science, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Agriculture, District Kharmang, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Butt FM, Shahzad MI, Khalid S, Iqbal N, Rasheed A, Raza G. Comparison of Aerosol Optical Depth Products from Multi-Satellites over Densely Populated Cities of Pakistan. ILNS 2018. [DOI: 10.56431/p-81xadi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Air pollution in Pakistan is causing damage to health, environment and quality of life. Air pollution in Pakistan is not effectively monitored due to heavy cost involved in setting up ground stations. However, Satellite remote sensing can effectively monitor the air pollution in terms of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) at regional as well as global level. However, algorithms used to derive AOD from different sensors have some inherited differences which can pose challenges in monitoring regional AOD at high temporal resolution using more than one sensor. Therefore, this study focuses on comparison of four major satellite based AOD products namely Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS), Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), Ozone Monitoring Instrument multiwavelength (OMI) aerosol product and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) with the ground based AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) AOD which is only available from Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan. The correlation of various AOD products with AERONET AOD is estimated statistically through coefficient of determination (R2), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), slope and intercept. It is noticed that MODIS is relatively accurate and reliable for monitoring air quality on operational bases over the land cover area of Lahore (R2 = 0.78; RMSE = 0.18 ), whereas MISR over the coastal areas of Karachi (R2 = 0.82; RMSE = 0.20 ). The results of the study will help the stakeholders in planning additional ground stations for operational monitoring of air quality at regional level.
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Butt FM, Shahzad MI, Khalid S, Iqbal N, Rasheed A, Raza G. Comparison of Aerosol Optical Depth Products from Multi-Satellites over Densely Populated Cities of Pakistan. ILNS 2018. [DOI: 10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilns.69.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Air pollution in Pakistan is causing damage to health, environment and quality of life. Air pollution in Pakistan is not effectively monitored due to heavy cost involved in setting up ground stations. However, Satellite remote sensing can effectively monitor the air pollution in terms of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) at regional as well as global level. However, algorithms used to derive AOD from different sensors have some inherited differences which can pose challenges in monitoring regional AOD at high temporal resolution using more than one sensor. Therefore, this study focuses on comparison of four major satellite based AOD products namely Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS), Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), Ozone Monitoring Instrument multiwavelength (OMI) aerosol product and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) with the ground based AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) AOD which is only available from Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan. The correlation of various AOD products with AERONET AOD is estimated statistically through coefficient of determination (R2), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), slope and intercept. It is noticed that MODIS is relatively accurate and reliable for monitoring air quality on operational bases over the land cover area of Lahore (R2= 0.78; RMSE = 0.18 ), whereas MISR over the coastal areas of Karachi (R2= 0.82; RMSE = 0.20 ). The results of the study will help the stakeholders in planning additional ground stations for operational monitoring of air quality at regional level.
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Rehan M, Nizami AS, Asam ZUZ, Ouda OK, Gardy J, Raza G, Naqvi M, Mohammad Ismail I. Waste to Energy: A Case Study of Madinah City. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Amjad M, Yang Y, Raza G, Gao H, Zhang J, Zhou L, Du X, Wen D. Deposition pattern and tracer particle motion of evaporating multi-component sessile droplets. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 506:83-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Raza G, Singh MB, Bhalla PL. In Vitro Plant Regeneration from Commercial Cultivars of Soybean. Biomed Res Int 2017; 2017:7379693. [PMID: 28691031 PMCID: PMC5485301 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7379693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Soybean, a major legume crop, is the source of vegetable oil and protein. There is a need for transgenic approaches to breeding superior soybean varieties to meet future climate challenges. Efficient plant regeneration is a prerequisite for successful application of genetic transformation technology. Soybean cultivars are classified into different maturity groups based on photoperiod requirements. In this study, nine soybean varieties belonging to different maturity group were regenerated successfully from three different explants: half split hypocotyl, complete hypocotyl, and cotyledonary node. All the genotypes and explant types responded by producing adventitious shoots. Shoot induction potential ranged within 60-87%, 50-100%, and 75-100%, and regeneration rate ranged within 4.2-10, 2.7-4.2, and 2.6-10.5 shoots per explant using half split hypocotyl, complete hypocotyl, and cotyledonary explants, respectively, among all the tested genotypes. Bunya variety showed the best regeneration response using half split and complete hypocotyl explants and the PNR791 with cotyledonary node. The regenerated shoots were successfully rooted and acclimatized to glasshouse conditions. This study shows that commercial varieties of soybean are amenable to shoot regeneration with high regeneration frequencies and could be exploited for genetic transformation. Further, our results show no correlation between shoots regeneration capacity with the maturity grouping of the soybean cultivars tested.
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- Ghulam Raza
- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Raza G, Amjad M, Kaur I, Baalousha M, Lead J, Wen D. Correction to Stability and Aggregation Kinetics of Titania Nanomaterials under Environmentally Realistic Conditions. Environ Sci Technol 2016; 50:12525. [PMID: 27934239 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Ghulam Raza
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham , Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University , Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Talamonti C, Russo S, Barone TL, Benecchi G, Borzi G, Bresciani S, Cagni E, Carbonino C, Casale M, Clemente S, Consorti R, D’Alessio V, Dicastro E, Donofrio G, Falco M, Fedele D, Fiandra C, Frassanito C, Gasperi C, Giglioli F, Iervolino C, Infusino E, Linsalata S, Loi G, Lorenzini E, Marino C, Martinotti S, Masi L, Menghi E, Miceli R, Moretti E, Nardiello B, Nigro R, Pastore G, Pressello M, Pimpinella M, Raza G, Rosica F, Ruggeri R, Spiazzi L, Stasi M, Strigari L, Tremolada V, Vaiano A, Vigorito S, Villaggi E, Vittorini F, Mancosu P. Small beam dosimetry: A multi-center multi-detector italian project. Phys Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.07.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Raza G, Amjad M, Kaur I, Baalousha M, Lead J, Wen D. Stability and Aggregation Kinetics of Titania Nanomaterials under Environmentally Realistic Conditions. Environ Sci Technol 2016; 50:8462-72. [PMID: 27228447 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Nanoparticle morphology is expected to play a significant role in the stability, aggregation behavior, and ultimate fate of engineered nanomaterials in natural aquatic environments. The aggregation kinetics of ellipsoidal and spherical titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) under different surfactant loadings, pH values, and ionic strengths were investigated in this study. The stability results revealed that alteration of surface charge was the stability determining factor. Among five different surfactants investigated, sodium citrate and Suwannee river fulvic acid (SRFA) were the most effective stabilizers. It was observed that both types of NPs were more stable in monovalent salts (NaCl and NaNO3) as compared with divalent salts (Ca(NO3)2 and CaCl2). The aggregation of spherical TiO2 NPs demonstrated a strong dependency on the ionic strength regardless of the presence of mono or divalent salts; while the ellipsoids exhibited a lower dependency on the ionic strength but was more stable. This work acts as a benchmark study toward understanding the ultimate fate of stabilized NPs in natural environments that are rich in Ca(CO3)2, NaNO3, NaCl, and CaCl2 along with natural organic matters.
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- Ghulam Raza
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JU, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JU, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham , Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JU, United Kingdom
- School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University , Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Barba M, Aquilanti F, Bianciardi F, Nardiello B, Raza G, El Gawhary R, Rinaldi A, D'Ambrosio C, Gentile P. EP-1363: Salvage SBRT in isolated nodal oligo recurrence from prostate cancer: UPMC San Pietro FBF experience. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)32613-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cagni E, Russo S, Bresciani S, Bruzzaniti V, Esposito M, Fedele D, Iori M, Naccarato S, Nardiello B, Orsingher L, Raza G, Reggiori G, Rinaldi A, Ruggieri R, Stasi M, Stravato A, Strigari L, Zani M, Mancosu P. Small field characterization of TrueBeam FFF beams with a new stereotactic diode: A multicenter study. Phys Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Ali M, Perveen R, Naqvi AUN, Ahmed K, Raza G, Hussain I. The tribe Scymnini (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) from Sindh Province, Pakistan. J Insect Sci 2015; 15:iev105. [PMID: 26454480 PMCID: PMC4664943 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Coccinellids are important natural enemies of aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies, jassids and mites. They are being augmented or conserved for population reduction of different agricultural crop pests in the concept of Integrated Pest Management throughout the world. The genera and species in the tribe Scymnini known from Pakistan are revised and redescribed. Two genera including two subgenera and six species among which three species are newly reported, is therefore, a new addition to Coccinellid fauna of Pakistan. Keys to all taxa, descriptions of the higher taxa, species diagnoses, synonymies, and distribution records are included.
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- Muhammad Ali
- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Science, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Hisamuddin E, Hisam A, Wahid S, Raza G. Validity of C-reactive protein (CRP) for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. Pak J Med Sci 2015; 31:527-31. [PMID: 26150837 PMCID: PMC4485264 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.313.6668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the validity of C-reactive protein levels for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. METHODS A cross sectional (Validation) study was conducted at Neonatology unit in KRL general hospital (emergency/OPD) of 7 months duration from February 2012 to August 2012. By using purposive sampling technique, 147, sample size was calculated by using WHO sample size calculator taking sensitivity 75%, specificity 95%, expected prevalence 50%, desired precision 10% and confidence level 95%. RESULTS Mean age of the neonates was 5.72 days + 3.86. Male patients were 81(55.1%) while 66(44.9%) were female. Neonatal sepsis was observed in 43(29.25%) and were confirmed through blood culture while 104(70.75%) were not confirmed on blood culture as neonatal sepsis. The sensitivity and specificity of CRP in diagnosis of acute neonatal sepsis was 76.92% and 53.49% respectively while it had a positive predictive value of 80% and negative predictive value of 48.94%. Over all the diagnostic accuracy of CRP in diagnosis of neonatal sepsis was 70.07%. CONCLUSION CRP estimation does have a role in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis but the test is not specific enough to be relied upon as the only indicator.
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- Effat Hisamuddin
- Effat Hisamuddin, MBBS, FCPS (Paeds), Consultant Paediatrician, Tehsil Headquarter Hospital (THQ), Chakdara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Aliya Hisam, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community Medicine Department, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Sughra Wahid, MBBS, FCPS (Paeds), MRCPCH, Head of Pediatric Department, Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) Hospital, G9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Ghulam Raza, MBBS, MSc (Medical Administration), Vice Principal, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Hisam A, Rahman MU, Mashhadi SF, Raza G. Type A and Type B personality among Undergraduate Medical Students: Need for psychosocial rehabilitation. Pak J Med Sci 2015; 30:1304-7. [PMID: 25674128 PMCID: PMC4320720 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.306.5541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Objectives: To find out the frequency of Type A and Type B personality among the students of Undergraduate Medical College. To find association between student year and personality type. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Undergraduate Medical College, Rawalpindi from Sept. 2012 till Feb. 2013. Among 500 sample size, 100 students from each MBBS year were inducted by probability systematic sampling technique. After taking consent from the institute and students, data was collected on BECK anxiety inventory (BAI) questionnaire. According to BAI scale, students were identified as Type A or B personality. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. To find association between student year and personality type, Chi-square test of significance with 95% confidence level was used. Results: First, second, third, fourth and final year students had 5 (1%), 6 (1.2%), 11 (2.2%), (13 (2.6%) and 19 (3.8%) type A personality respectively. Among all the study participants (n=500), total number of type A was 54 (10.8%) and type B personality students were 446 (89.2%). Type A personality was 29 (11.6%) in female students (n=250) and 25 (10%) in male students (n=250). Association between student year and personality type was significant (p=0.010) at 95% confidence level. Conclusion: Type A personality students existed in every class and there was a gradual increase in the number of type A personality students from 1st year to final year in an undergraduate medical college of Rawalpindi. Significant association was observed in student year and type A personality.
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- Aliya Hisam
- Aliya Hisam, MBBS, MPH, Lecturer in Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Mahmood Ur Rahman, MBBS, DPH, MPH, MSc, FCPS, Professor and Head of Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Syed Fawad Mashhadi, MBBS, MPH, MPhil, Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Ghulam Raza, MBBS, MSc (Medical Administration), Vice Principal, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Mutt S, Raza G, Karhu T, Keinänen‐Kiukaanniemi S, Jarvelin M, Herzig K. Effect of vitamin D on insulin resistance and tissue inflammation in western and control diet‐fed mice (1108.7). FASEB J 2014. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1108.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Shivaprakash Mutt
- Institue of Biomedicine and Biocenter of OuluOulu UniversityOuluFinland
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- Institue of Biomedicine and Biocenter of OuluOulu UniversityOuluFinland
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- Institue of Biomedicine and Biocenter of OuluOulu UniversityOuluFinland
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- MRC‐HPA Centre for Environment and HealthImperial College London LondonUnited Kingdom
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- Institue of Biomedicine and Biocenter of OuluOulu UniversityOuluFinland
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Raza G, Siddique A, Khan IA, Ashraf MY, Khatri A. Determination of essential fatty acid composition among mutant lines of Canola (Brassica napus), through high pressure liquid chromatography. J Integr Plant Biol 2009; 51:1080-1085. [PMID: 20021555 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00880.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The present study aimed to quantify the methyl esters of lenoleic acid (LA), gamma-lenolenic acid (LNA) and oleic acid (OL) in the oil of Brassica napus mutants. Five stable mutants (ROO-75/1, ROO-100/6, ROO-125/12, ROO-125/14, and ROO-125/17) of B. napus cv. 'Rainbow' (P) and three mutants (W97-95/16, W97-0.75/11 and W97-.075/13) of B. napus cv. 'Westar' (P) at M6 stage, exhibiting better yield and yield components, were analyzed for essential fatty acids. The highest seed yield was observed in the mutant (ROO-100/6) followed by ROO-125/14 of Rainbow, that is, 34% and 32% higher than their parent plants, respectively. Westar mutant W97-75/11 also showed 30% higher seed yield than its parent plant. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of the composition of fatty acids indicated that OL was the most dominant fatty acid, ranging from 39.1 to 66.3%; LA was second (15.3-41.6%) and LNA was third (18.1-28.9%). Mutant ROO-125/14 showed higher OL contents than parent (Rainbow). These results are expected to support the approval of ROO-125/14 in the National Uniform Varietal Yield Trials (NUVYT) as a new variety based on high oil quality.
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- Ghulam Raza
- Plant Genetic Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, 70060, Pakistan.
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Raza G, Dutt B, Singh S. Kaleidoscoping public understanding of science on hygiene, health and plague: a survey in the aftermath of a plague epidemic in India. Public Underst Sci 1997; 6:247-267. [PMID: 11619415 DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/6/3/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In September 1994 a plague epidemic hit a number of cities in India. Though the spread of the disease was controlled within a short period of about one month, its influences on various channels of information, on the functioning of government departments (especially health and sanitation), on the scientific community and on people's scientific information level were remarkable. This paper analyzes the responses of 1127 individuals interviewed in December 1994. The data indicates high levels of informedness about health, hygiene and plague, with little reference to extra-scientific explanations of the causes of the epidemic. Respondents expressed a high degree of confidence in the modern system of medicine. From this analysis we also infer that the public could not be described as 'superstitious', 'unscientific' or 'unhygienic': only when denied access to information and civic amenities did they show extra-scientific thinking or 'unhygienic' behaviour.
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- G Raza
- National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, India
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