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Babu KS, Jana S, K VP. Correlating W-Boson Mass Shift with Muon g-2 in the Two Higgs Doublet Model. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:121803. [PMID: 36179169 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.121803] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We show an interesting correlation between the recent high precision measurement of the W-boson mass by the CDF Collaboration and the muon (g-2) anomaly in the context of the two Higgs doublet model. One-loop diagrams involving the exchange of neutral scalar bosons can explain the muon (g-2), which, however, requires significant mass splittings among members of the second Higgs doublet. These splittings also generate a positive shift in the mass of the W boson, consistent with the recent CDF measurement. The charged and neutral scalars of the model cannot be heavier than about 600 GeV for a simultaneous explanation of the two anomalies. The entire parameter space of the model can be tested at the LHC by a combination of same sign dimuon signals in pp→(μ^{+}μ^{+}jj+E_{T}) and pp→(μ^{+}μ^{-}τ^{+}τ^{-}+X) signals.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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Shiby VK, Babu KS, Thorakkattu P, Pandey MC. Water vapour sorption thermodynamic properties and stability of spray dried avocado milkshake powder. IJDS 2021. [DOI: 10.33785/ijds.2021.v74i03.004] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Suby SB, Lakshmi Soujanya P, Yadava P, Patil J, Subaharan K, Shyam Prasad G, Srinivasa Babu K, Jat SL, Yathish KR, Vadassery J, Kalia VK, Bakthavatsalam N, Shekhar JC, Rakshit S. Invasion of Fall Armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda) in India: Nature, Distribution, Management and Potential Impact. CURR SCI INDIA 2020. [DOI: 10.18520/cs/v119/i1/44-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Babu KS, Dev PSB, Jana S, Sui Y. Zee-Burst: A New Probe of Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions at IceCube. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:041805. [PMID: 32058789 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.041805] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We propose a new way to probe nonstandard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter using the ultrahigh energy (UHE) neutrino data at current and future neutrino telescopes. We consider the Zee model of radiative neutrino mass generation as a prototype, which allows two charged scalars-one SU(2)_{L} doublet and one singlet, both being leptophilic, to be as light as 100 GeV, thereby inducing potentially observable NSI with electrons. We show that these light charged Zee scalars could give rise to a Glashow-like resonance feature in the UHE neutrino event spectrum at the IceCube neutrino observatory and its high-energy upgrade IceCube-Gen2, which can probe a sizable fraction of the allowed NSI parameter space.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Babu KS, Amamcharla JK. Application of front-face fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for monitoring changes in milk protein concentrate powders during storage. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:10844-10859. [PMID: 30316594 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-14885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study investigated the feasibility of front-face fluorescence spectroscopy (FFFS) to predict the solubility index and relative dissolution index (RDI) of milk protein concentrate (MPC) powders during storage. Twenty MPC powders with varying protein contents from 4 different commercial manufacturers were used in this study. The MPC powders were stored at 2 temperatures (25 and 40°C) for 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 wk. The front-face fluorescence spectra of tryptophan and Maillard products were recorded and analyzed with chemometrics to predict solubility of MPC powders. The similarity maps showed clear discrimination of the MPC samples stored at 25 and 40°C. Partial least squares regression models were developed using the fluorescence spectra of tryptophan and Maillard products to predict the solubility index and RDI measurements of MPC powders, and the prediction models were validated using an independent test set. Coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.76, 0.84, and 0.68 were obtained between fluorescence spectra (tryptophan emission, Maillard emission, and Maillard excitation, respectively) and solubility index. The R2 values for the RDI predictions were 0.58 and 0.60 for the data set of tryptophan emission and Maillard emission, respectively. The ratio of prediction error to standard deviation was >2 for Maillard emission fluorescence spectra and solubility index measurements, indicating good practical utility of the partial least squares regression prediction models. The results indicated that the solubility and dissolution behavior of MPC powders were related to their protein content and storage conditions that could be measured using FFFS. Hence, FFFS can be used as a rapid nondestructive analytical technique to predict the solubility and dissolution characteristics of MPC powders.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Animal Sciences and Industry/Food Science Institute, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Industry/Food Science Institute, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
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Kumar CG, Mongolla P, Pombala S, Bandi S, Babu KS, Ramakrishna KVS. Biological evaluation of 3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, an extrolite produced by Aspergillus nidulans strain KZR-132. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 122:1518-1528. [PMID: 28314049 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The aim of the study was to purify and characterize a bioactive compound from Aspergillus nidulans strain KZR-132 and its biological evaluation. METHODS AND RESULTS A bioactive extolite was purified from A. nidulans strain KZR-132, and its chemical structure was elucidated as 3-hydroxylbenzyl alcohol (3-HBA) based on 1 H and 13 C NMR, FT-IR and mass spectroscopic analysis. The antimicrobial efficacy of 3-HBA was established against Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and different Candida strains. It also showed promising antibiofilm activity against various tested microbial strains. Reactive oxygen species induced by 3-HBA treatment on different Candida strains killed most of the cells and showed necrotic effect. It also exhibited dose-dependent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. CONCLUSIONS This bioactive extrolite produced by A. nidulans isolated from a niche habitat was demonstrated to possess significant biotechnological and pharmacological potential since it exhibited broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities which are reported for the first time. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The overall study demonstrates that 3-HBA produced by A. nidulansKZR-132 is a promising bioactive metabolite and possibly can function as a pharmacologically suitable broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug candidate against various dreaded human-related bacterial and fungal pathogens.
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- C Ganesh Kumar
- Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India.,Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
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- Natural Products Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
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- Natural Products Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
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Abraham AP, Srinivas SB, Murthy M, Babu KS, Chacko AG. Surface electromyography activity in the upper limbs of patients following surgery for compressive cervical myelopathy. Neurol India 2015; 63:903-10. [PMID: 26588624 DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.170071] [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: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surface electromyography (EMG) is a noninvasive, accurate method to measure electrical activity produced in muscles. AIM To assess the improvement of spasticity after decompressive surgery for compressive myelopathy using surface EMG. SETTING AND DESIGN Neurophysiology laboratory of a tertiary care center. Before-after trial. Both EMG and Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS) were utilized. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-one nonconsecutive patients (28 males; age 25-72 years) with compressive cervical myelopathy and spasticity (MMAS score ≥1) were recruited. Patients with lower motor neuron findings, Nurick grade 5, and those with joint deformities, contractures, or thrombophlebitis of the upper limbs were excluded. EMG activity was measured from the pronator teres and biceps brachii for 31 age-related controls (25 males) as well as for the patients both pre- and post-operatively. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Student's t-test for comparison of continuous variables and Pearson correlation co-efficient for assessing the significance of associations. RESULTS EMG recording done 1-week postoperatively showed a reduction in baseline activity in the pronators and supinators by 21% and 36%, respectively. There was a decrease in co-activation of the pronators during active supination by almost 62% and of the supinators during active pronation by around 33% (P < 0.05). On passive movement, there was a decrease in co-activation of the pronators during supination by approximately 23%, and the supinators during pronation by 35% (P < 0.05). EMG activity was significantly reduced in the pronators during supination in all patients, including those in whom the MMAS scores remained the same postoperatively. CONCLUSION Surface EMG is an objective tool to detect improvement in spasticity following decompressive surgery for compressive cervical myelopathy even in those patients who showed no improvement on the MMAS.
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- Divisions of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Pratheesh R, Babu KS, Rajshekhar V. Improvement in intraoperative transcranial electrical motor-evoked potentials in tethered cord surgery: an analysis of 45 cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2014; 156:723-31. [PMID: 24452593 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-1999-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Improvement of transcranial electrical motor-evoked potentials (TeMEPs) following untethering during tethered cord surgery (TCS) and its clinical significance have not been analyzed in the literature. METHODS Forty-five consecutive cases of tethered cord were operated on with multimodality intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) between February 2005 and January 2012. Intraoperative TeMEP change was classified as improvement, worsening or no change. Motor, sensory, bladder and bowel symptoms and signs were evaluated preoperatively, in the first week post-surgery and at the last follow-up (maximum of 2 years). RESULTS Patient age ranged from 5 to 44 years (mean, 16 ± 10 years), with 30 children. Intraoperative MEPs improved in 23 (51 %), remained the same in 21 (46.7 %) and worsened in 1 (2 %) patient. Motor improvement occurred in 7 patients and clinical improvement in 17 patients in the immediate postoperative period. Postoperative neurological worsening occurred in one patient (2.2 %). Improved and stable MEPs correlated with the motor (p = 0.002) and clinical improvement (p = 0.02) in the immediate postoperative period. Follow-up was available in 35 patients (77.7 %), ranging from 5 to 24 months (median, 21 months; mean, 17.7 ± 6.8 months). There was late clinical improvement in 73.5 % of the patients in whom the intraoperative MEP had remained the same or improved. However, there was no statistically significant correlation between MEP change and long-term outcome. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative MEP improvement occurs in about 50 % of the patients following successful untethering. This finding probably provides support to the ischemic theory of tethered cord syndrome.
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- Ravindran Pratheesh
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 632004, India
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Prabhav NR, Devasahayam SR, Babu KS. Implanted myoneural interface for artificial hand control. IJBET 2014. [DOI: 10.1504/ijbet.2014.059057] [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: 11/21/2022]
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Idris LO, Richardson V, Johnson I, Sobrany G, Babu KS. M16 Staff-Patient perception of discomfort with fibre-optic bronchoscopy-Is there a correlation? Thorax 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204457.426] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Chacko AG, Thomas SG, Babu KS, Daniel RT, Chacko G, Prabhu K, Cherian V, Korula G. Awake craniotomy and electrophysiological mapping for eloquent area tumours. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012. [PMID: 23177182 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE An awake craniotomy facilitates radical excision of eloquent area gliomas and ensures neural integrity during the excision. The study describes our experience with 67 consecutive awake craniotomies for the excision of such tumours. METHODS Sixty-seven patients with gliomas in or adjacent to eloquent areas were included in this study. The patient was awake during the procedure and intraoperative cortical and white matter stimulation was performed to safely maximize the extent of surgical resection. RESULTS Of the 883 patients who underwent craniotomies for supratentorial intraaxial tumours during the study period, 84 were chosen for an awake craniotomy. Sixty-seven with a histological diagnosis of glioma were included in this study. There were 55 men and 12 women with a median age of 34.6 years. Forty-two (62.6%) patients had positive localization on cortical stimulation. In 6 (8.9%) patients white matter stimulation was positive, five of whom had responses at the end of a radical excision. In 3 patients who developed a neurological deficit during tumour removal, white matter stimulation was negative and cessation of the surgery did not result in neurological improvement. Sixteen patients (24.6%) had intraoperative neurological deficits at the time of wound closure, 9 (13.4%) of whom had persistent mild neurological deficits at discharge, while the remaining 7 improved to normal. At a mean follow-up of 40.8 months, only 4 (5.9%) of these 9 patients had persistent neurological deficits. CONCLUSION Awake craniotomy for excision of eloquent area gliomas enable accurate mapping of motor and language areas as well as continuous neurological monitoring during tumour removal. Furthermore, positive responses on white matter stimulation indicate close proximity of eloquent cortex and projection fibres. This should alert the surgeon to the possibility of postoperative deficits to change the surgical strategy. Thus the surgeon can resect tumour safely, with the knowledge that he has not damaged neurological function up to that point in time thus maximizing the tumour resection and minimizing neurological deficits.
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- Ari George Chacko
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Section of Neurosurgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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We show that grand unified theories based on SO(10) generate quite naturally baryon number violating dimension seven operators that violate B-L, and lead to novel nucleon decay modes such as n→e(-)K(+), e(-)π(+) and p→νπ(+). We find that in two-step breaking schemes of nonsupersymmetric SO(10), the partial lifetimes for these modes can be within reach of experiments. The interactions responsible for these decay modes also provide a new way to understand the origin of matter in the Universe via the decays of grand unified theory (GUT) scale scalar bosons of SO(10). Their (B-L)-violating nature guarantees that the GUT scale induced baryon asymmetry is not washed out by the electroweak sphaleron interactions. In minimal SO(10) models this asymmetry is closely tied to the masses of quarks, leptons and the neutrinos.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
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Adhikary SD, Thiruvenkatarajan V, Babu KS, Tharyan P. The effects of anaesthetic agents on cortical mapping during neurosurgical procedures involving eloquent areas of the brain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011:CD006679. [PMID: 22071831 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006679.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients presenting for surgical resection of lesions involving, or adjacent to, the functionally important eloquent cortical areas, it is vital to achieve complete or near complete resection of the pathology without damaging the healthy surrounding tissues.The eloquent areas that the surgeons are concerned with are the primary motor, premotor cortex, supplementary motor cortex and speech areas. If the lesions are within these regions surgeons could either take a biopsy or do a intracapsular decompression without damaging the mentioned areas to avoid postoperative dysfunction. If the lesions are adjacent to the above mentioned areas, the normal anatomy would get distorted. However, proper identification of the above mentioned areas would enable the surgeon to radically remove the tumours. Intraoperative mapping of the cortex with stimulating and recording electrodes is termed as electrophysiological (EP) mapping.The EP mapping of motor, sensory and language cortex is widely employed in the resection of lesions involving or adjacent to the eloquent areas. Both intravenous and inhalational agents are known to affect these EP mapping techniques. OBJECTIVES The aim of this review was to evaluate the effect of anaesthetic agents on intra-operative EP mapping in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures involving, or adjacent to, the functional areas of the cortex under general anaesthesia. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Epilepsy Group Specialized Register (7 March 2011), The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL issue 1 of 4, The Cochrane Library 2011), MEDLINE (Ovid, 1948 to February week 4, 2011), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost, 7 March 2011), and the National Research Register Archive and UK Clinical Research Network (7 March 2011). We also contacted other researchers in the field in an attempt to ascertain unpublished studies. SELECTION CRITERIA We planned to include randomised and quasi randomised controlled trials irrespective of blinding in patients of any age or gender undergoing neurosurgery under general anaesthesia where cortical mapping was attempted to identify eloquent areas using either somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs), or direct cortical stimulation (DCS) triggered muscle motor evoked potentials (mMEPs), or both. We excluded patients from trials where the anaesthetic effects were evaluated during spinal cord surgery or where MEPs were recorded from modes other than direct cortical stimulation such as transcranial electrical stimulation (TcMEPs), MEPs derived from epidural electrodes (D waves) and magnetic stimulation and trials involving awake craniotomies or the asleep-awake-asleep technique during cortical mapping. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors planned to independently apply the inclusion criteria and extract data. MAIN RESULTS No RCTs were found for this study population. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS This review highlights the need for well-designed randomised controlled trials to assess the effect of anaesthetic agents on cortical mapping during neurosurgical procedures involving eloquent areas of the brain.
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- Sanjib D Adhikary
- Department of Anaesthesia/Discipline of Acute CareMedicine, TheQueen ElizabethHospital/The University of Adelaide,Woodville,Adelaide, Australia
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We show that the scalar sector needed for fermion mass generation when the flavor symmetry of the standard model is maximally gauged can consistently explain two anomalies reported recently by the CDF Collaboration-the forward-backward asymmetry in tt pair production and the dijet invariant mass in the Wjj channel. A pair of nearly degenerate scalar doublets with masses in the range 150-200 GeV explain these anomalies, with additional scalars predicted in the mass range 100-400 GeV. Consistency of such low scale flavor physics with flavor-changing processes is shown, and expectations for the LHC are outlined.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 74078, USA
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Rajshekhar V, Velayutham P, Joseph M, Babu KS. Factors predicting the feasibility of monitoring lower-limb muscle motor evoked potentials in patients undergoing excision of spinal cord tumors. J Neurosurg Spine 2011; 14:748-53. [PMID: 21438657 DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.spine10310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT This prospective study on intraoperative muscle motor evoked potentials (MMEPs) from lower-limb muscles in patients undergoing surgery for spinal cord tumors was performed to: 1) determine preoperative clinical features that could predict successful recording of lower-limb MMEPs; 2) determine the muscle in the lower limb from which MMEPs could be most consistently obtained; 3) assess the need to monitor more than 1 muscle per limb; and 4) determine the effect of a successful baseline MMEP recording on early postoperative motor outcome. METHODS Of 115 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for spinal cord tumors, 110 were included in this study (44 intramedullary and 66 intradural extramedullary tumors). Muscle MEPs were generated using transcranial electrical stimulation under controlled anesthesia and were recorded from the tibialis anterior, quadriceps, soleus, and external anal sphincter muscles bilaterally. The effect of age (≤ 20 or > 20 years old), location of the tumor (intramedullary or extramedullary), segmental location of the tumor (cervical, thoracic, or lumbar), duration of symptoms (≤ 12 or > 12 months), preoperative functional grade (Nurick Grades 0-3 or 4-5), and muscle power (Medical Research Council Grades 0/5-3/5 or 4/5-5/5) on the success rate of obtaining MMEPs was studied using multiple regression analysis. The effect of the ability to monitor MMEPs on motor outcome at discharge from the hospital was also analyzed. RESULTS The overall success rate for obtaining baseline lower-limb MMEPs was 68.2% (75 of 110 patients). Eighty-nine percent of patients with Nurick Grades 0-3 had successful MMEP recordings. Muscle MEPs could not be obtained in any patient in whom muscle power was 2/5 or less, but were obtained from 91.4% of patients with muscle power of 4/5 or more. Analysis showed that only preoperative Nurick grade (p ≤ 0.0001) and muscle power (p < 0.0001) were significant predictors of the likelihood of obtaining MMEPs. Responses were most consistently obtained from the tibialis anterior muscle (68%), but in the other 32% MMEPs could not be recorded from the tibialis anterior but could be recorded from another muscle. The ability to monitor MMEPs was associated with better motor outcome at discharge from the hospital (p = 0.052). CONCLUSIONS The likelihood of obtaining lower-limb MMEPs is significantly greater in patients with better functional grades and higher motor power. Muscle MEPs are most consistently obtained from the tibialis anterior muscle but other muscles should also be monitored to optimize the chances of obtaining MMEP responses from the lower limbs.
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- Vedantam Rajshekhar
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Yadav RK, Prasad SK, Deolekar SS, Babu KS, Ramesh N, Ranjan R, Meena TR. Radiological safety study of clad failed fuel handling during fifty years of operation of cirus. Radiat Prot Environ 2011. [DOI: 10.4103/0972-0464.106180] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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Morjaria JB, Babu KS, Vijayanand P, Chauhan AJ, Davies DE, Holgate ST. Sputum IL-6 concentrations in severe asthma and its relationship with FEV1. Thorax 2010; 66:537. [PMID: 20880874 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.136523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Srinivasa Babu K, Antony A, Muthukumaran T, Meenakshisundaram S. Construction of intein-mediated hGMCSF expression vector and its purification in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2008; 57:201-5. [PMID: 18309571 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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As a novel attempt for the intracellular recombinant protein over expression and easy purification from Pichia pastoris, the therapeutic cytokine human granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGMCSF) gene was fused to an intein-chitin-binding domain (gene from pTYB11 vector) fusion tag by overlap extension PCR and inserted into pPICZB vector, allowing for the purification of a native recombinant protein without the need for enzymatic cleavage. The fusion protein under the AOX1 promoter was integrated into the P. pastoris genome (SMD 1168) and the recombinant Pichia clones were screened for multicopy integrants. Expression of hGMCSF was done using glycerol and methanol based synthetic medium by three stage cultivation in a bioreactor. Purification of the expressed hGMCSF fusion protein was done after cell disruption and binding of the solubilized fusion protein to chitin affinity column, followed by DTT induced on column cleavage of hGMCSF from the intein tag. In this study, final biomass of 89 g dry cell weight/l and purified hGMCSF of 120 mg/l having a specific activity of 0.657 x 10(7) IU/mg was obtained. This strategy has an edge over the other--His or--GST based fusion protein purification where non-specific protein binding, expensive enzymatic cleavage and further purification of the enzyme is required. It distinguishes itself from all other purification systems by its ability to purify, in a single chromatographic step.
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- K Srinivasa Babu
- Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India
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Morjaria JB, Chauhan AJ, Babu KS, Polosa R, Davies DE, Holgate ST. The role of a soluble TNFalpha receptor fusion protein (etanercept) in corticosteroid refractory asthma: a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. Thorax 2008; 63:584-91. [PMID: 18245148 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.086314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIM Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is a cytokine recognised as a therapeutic target in chronic inflammatory diseases. METHODS A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled parallel group trial is reported of etanercept (an IgG1-TNF p75 receptor fusion protein), administered once weekly for 12 weeks in 39 patients with severe corticosteroid refractory asthma. Efficacy was measured by change from the pretreatment baseline in Asthma Related Quality of Life (AQLQ) and Asthma Control (ACQ) Questionnaire scores (the primary endpoints), lung function, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). Sputum and serum inflammatory cells and cytokines, serum albumin and C reactive protein (CRP) as biomarkers of inflammation were also assessed. RESULTS There was a small but significant difference in reduction of ACQ scores between treatment and placebo (-1.11 (95% CI -1.56 to -0.75) and -0.52 (95% CI -0.97 to -0.07), respectively, p = 0.037). There was no significant difference in improvements in AQLQ scores, lung function, PEF, BHR or exacerbation rates between the groups. Minor adverse events, including injection site pain and skin rashes, were more frequent with etanercept. There was a significant reduction in sputum macrophages and CRP, and increases in serum TNFalpha and albumin following treatment, but not in other laboratory parameters. CONCLUSION Etanercept therapy over 12 weeks demonstrated only a small but significant improvement in asthma control and systemic inflammation, as measured by serum albumin and CRP. Larger randomised, placebo controlled trials are required to clarify the role of TNFalpha antagonism in subjects with severe refractory asthma.
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- J B Morjaria
- Infection, Inflammation and Repair Division, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK.
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Gardner EP, Babu KS, Ghosh S, Sherwood A, Chen J. Neurophysiology of prehension. III. Representation of object features in posterior parietal cortex of the macaque monkey. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:3708-30. [PMID: 17942625 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00609.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neurons in posterior parietal cortex (PPC) may serve both proprioceptive and exteroceptive functions during prehension, signaling hand actions and object properties. To assess these roles, we used digital video recordings to analyze responses of 83 hand-manipulation neurons in area 5 as monkeys grasped and lifted objects that differed in shape (round and rectangular), size (large and small spheres), and location (identical rectangular blocks placed lateral and medial to the shoulder). The task contained seven stages -- approach, contact, grasp, lift, hold, lower, relax -- plus a pretrial interval. The four test objects evoked similar spike trains and mean rate profiles that rose significantly above baseline from approach through lift, with peak activity at contact. Although representation by the spike train of specific hand actions was stronger than distinctions between grasped objects, 34% of these neurons showed statistically significant effects of object properties or hand postures on firing rates. Somatosensory input from the hand played an important role as firing rates diverged most prominently on contact as grasp was secured. The small sphere -- grasped with the most flexed hand posture -- evoked the highest firing rates in 43% of the population. Twenty-one percent distinguished spheres that differed in size and weight, and 14% discriminated spheres from rectangular blocks. Location in the workspace modulated response amplitude as objects placed across the midline evoked higher firing rates than positions lateral to the shoulder. We conclude that area 5 neurons, like those in area AIP, integrate object features, hand actions, and grasp postures during prehension.
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- Esther P Gardner
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Electrophysiological mapping of the sacral nervous system was used during operations on 80 patients with conus and cauda equina lesions. At surgery, under controlled muscle relaxation, the sacral neural elements (S2-4) were mapped using direct mono-polar stimulation and recording of compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) from the external anal sphincter (EAS). Responses were obtained in 86.25% (69/80) of the patients. In 33 (82.5%) out of 40 patients with preoperative deficits involving the S2-4 segments, CMAPs could be elicited. Identification of nerve roots was useful in dissection of lipomyelomeningocoeles, tumour excisions and untethering of filum terminale. In three patients, stimulation of the filum terminale elicited motor responses and, hence, it was not sectioned. Intraoperative mapping of the S2-4 nerve roots under controlled muscle relaxation is feasible in a majority of patients, including those with deficits involving S2-4. This method was useful in sparing viable nerve roots during surgery in conus and cauda equina regions, and identification of 'functional' filum terminale.
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- G Samson Sujit Kumar
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
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We present a simple extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model which provides a unified picture of cosmological baryon asymmetry and dark matter. Our model introduces a gauge singlet field N and a color triplet field X which couple to the right-handed quark fields. The out-of-equilibrium decay of the Majorana fermion N mediated by the exchange of the scalar field X generates adequate baryon asymmetry for MN approximately 100 GeV and MX approximately TeV. The scalar partner of N (denoted N1) is naturally the lightest SUSY particle as it has no gauge interactions and plays the role of dark matter. The model is experimentally testable in (i) neutron-antineutron oscillations with a transition time estimated to be around 10(10)sec, (ii) discovery of colored particles X at LHC with mass of order TeV, and (iii) direct dark matter detection with a predicted cross section in the observable range.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
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Gardner EP, Ro JY, Babu KS, Ghosh S. Neurophysiology of prehension. II. Response diversity in primary somatosensory (S-I) and motor (M-I) cortices. J Neurophysiol 2007; 97:1656-70. [PMID: 17093113 PMCID: PMC2868365 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01031.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Prehension responses of 76 neurons in primary somatosensory (S-I) and motor (M-I) cortices were analyzed in three macaques during performance of a grasp and lift task. Digital video recordings of hand kinematics synchronized to neuronal spike trains were compared with responses in posterior parietal areas 5 and AIP/7b (PPC) of the same monkeys during seven task stages: 1) approach, 2) contact, 3) grasp, 4) lift, 5) hold, 6) lower, and 7) relax. S-I and M-I firing patterns signaled particular hand actions, rather than overall task goals. S-I responses were more diverse than those in PPC, occurred later in time, and focused primarily on grasping. Sixty-three percent of S-I neurons fired at peak rates during contact and/or grasping. Lift, hold, and lowering excited fewer S-I cells. Only 8% of S-I cells fired at peak rates before contact, compared with 27% in PPC. M-I responses were also diverse, forming functional groups for hand preshaping, object acquisition, and grip force application. M-I activity began < or =500 ms before contact, coinciding with the earliest activity in PPC. Activation of specific muscle groups in the hand was paralleled by matching patterns of somatosensory feedback from S-I needed for efficient performance. These findings support hypotheses that predictive and planning components of prehension are represented in PPC and premotor cortex, whereas performance and feedback circuits dominate activity in M-I and S-I. Somatosensory feedback from the hand to S-I enables real-time adjustments of grasping by connections to M-I and updates future prehension plans through projections to PPC.
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- Esther P Gardner
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 442, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Ballal HS, Anupama YJ, Ravishankar B, Babu KS. An unusual case of hypercalcaemic osteomalacia: Role of a novel calcimimetic agent. Indian J Nephrol 2007. [DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.35016] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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We present a new mechanism for generating the baryon asymmetry of the Universe directly in the decay of a singlet scalar field S(r) with a weak scale mass and a high dimensional baryon number-violating coupling. Unlike most currently popular models, this mechanism, which becomes effective after the electroweak phase transition, does not rely on the sphalerons for inducing a nonzero baryon number. CP asymmetry in S(r) decay arises through loop diagrams involving the exchange of W+/- gauge bosons and is suppressed by light quark masses, leading naturally to a value of eta(B) approximately 10(-10). The simplest realization of this idea which uses a six quark DeltaB=2 operator predicts colored scalars accessible to the CERN Large Hadron Collider and neutron-antineutron oscillation within reach of the next-generation experiments.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Gardner EP, Babu KS, Reitzen SD, Ghosh S, Brown AS, Chen J, Hall AL, Herzlinger MD, Kohlenstein JB, Ro JY. Neurophysiology of prehension. I. Posterior parietal cortex and object-oriented hand behaviors. J Neurophysiol 2006; 97:387-406. [PMID: 16971679 PMCID: PMC2868366 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00558.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hand manipulation neurons in areas 5 and 7b/anterior intraparietal area (AIP) of posterior parietal cortex were analyzed in three macaque monkeys during a trained prehension task. Digital video recordings of hand kinematics synchronized to neuronal spike trains were used to correlate firing rates of 128 neurons with hand actions as the animals grasped and lifted rectangular and round objects. We distinguished seven task stages: approach, contact, grasp, lift, hold, lower, and relax. Posterior parietal cortex (PPC) firing rates were highest during object acquisition; 88% of task-related area 5 neurons and 77% in AIP/7b fired maximally during stages 1, 2, or 3. Firing rates rose 200-500 ms before contact, peaked at contact, and declined after grasp was secured. 83% of area 5 neurons and 72% in AIP/7b showed significant increases in mean rates during approach as the fingers were preshaped for grasp. Somatosensory signals at contact provided feedback concerning the accuracy of reach and helped guide the hand to grasp sites. In error trials, tactile information was used to abort grasp, or to initiate corrective actions to achieve task goals. Firing rates declined as lift began. 41% of area 5 neurons and 38% in AIP/7b were inhibited during holding, and returned to baseline when grasp was relaxed. Anatomical connections suggest that area 5 provides somesthetic information to circuits linking AIP/7b to frontal motor areas involved in grasping. Area 5 may also participate in sensorimotor transformations coordinating reach and grasp behaviors and provide on-line feedback needed for goal-directed hand movements.
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- Esther P Gardner
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 442, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Adhikary SD, Babu KS. Effective securement of BIS sensors for optimal monitoring. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006; 50:646-7. [PMID: 16643255 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.00965.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Das AS, Babu KS. Informed awareness: is it ethical? Anesth Analg 2006; 102:967-8; author reply 968. [PMID: 16492865 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000190858.41770.f2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Howarth PH, Babu KS, Arshad HS, Lau L, Buckley M, McConnell W, Beckett P, Al Ali M, Chauhan A, Wilson SJ, Reynolds A, Davies DE, Holgate ST. Tumour necrosis factor (TNFalpha) as a novel therapeutic target in symptomatic corticosteroid dependent asthma. Thorax 2005; 60:1012-8. [PMID: 16166100 PMCID: PMC1747263 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.045260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 392] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is a major therapeutic target in a range of chronic inflammatory disorders characterised by a Th1 type immune response in which TNFalpha is generated in excess. By contrast, asthma is regarded as a Th2 type disorder, especially when associated with atopy. However, as asthma becomes more severe and chronic, it adopts additional characteristics including corticosteroid refractoriness and involvement of neutrophils suggestive of an altered inflammatory profile towards a Th1 type response, incriminating cytokines such as TNFalpha. METHODS TNFalpha levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of 26 healthy controls, 42 subjects with mild asthma and 20 with severe asthma were measured by immunoassay, and TNFalpha gene expression was determined in endobronchial biopsy specimens from 14 patients with mild asthma and 14 with severe asthma. The cellular localisation of TNFalpha was assessed by immunohistochemistry. An open label uncontrolled clinical study was then undertaken in 17 subjects with severe asthma to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of treatment with the soluble TNFalpha receptor-IgG1Fc fusion protein, etanercept. RESULTS TNFalpha levels in BAL fluid, TNFalpha gene expression and TNFalpha immunoreative cells were increased in subjects with severe corticosteroid dependent asthma. Etanercept treatment was associated with improvement in asthma symptoms, lung function, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. CONCLUSIONS These findings may be of clinical significance in identifying TNFalpha as a new therapeutic target in subjects with severe asthma. The effects of anti-TNF treatment now require confirmation in placebo controlled studies.
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- P H Howarth
- Allergy and Inflammation Research, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, School of Medicine, F Level South Block (810), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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Babu KS, Woodcock DA, Smith SE, Staniforth JN, Holgate ST, Conway JH. Inhaled synthetic surfactant abolishes the early allergen-induced response in asthma. Eur Respir J 2003; 21:1046-9. [PMID: 12797502 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00069202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Allergen-induced inhibition of pulmonary surfactant in asthma may promote airway oedema and consequently potentiate the severity of the asthmatic response. A randomised, single-blind, cross-over study of an inhaled synthetic phospholipid dry-powder surfactant (Pumactant) was conducted in atopic, asthmatic subjects with previously documented early and late asthmatic responses (EAR and LAR) to an inhaled allergen. This was conducted to evaluate the role of exogenous surfactant administration on EAR and LAR. A total of seven subjects had complete evaluable data and received the full dose of Pumactant. Asthmatic subjects inhaled two separate doses of 400 mg Pumactant prior to an allergen exposure. The first dose was administered 8 h in advance and the second dose 30 min in advance. The dosage occurred through a purpose-built administration device. This was followed by a standard bronchial-provocation test, and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) was measured at regular intervals over a 10-h period. Pumactant was well tolerated and, surprisingly, abolished the EAR but not the LAR in all seven subjects. The mean area under the curve between 0-2 h (EAR) following bronchial provocation test was 0.08 for the Pumactant treatment group (PT) and 13.29 for the no treatment (NT) group. The maximum drop in FEV1 for EAR was 4.19% and 23.98% in the PT and the NT group, respectively. The demonstration of inhibition of the early asthmatic response by exogenous surfactant, provides the first evidence that pulmonary surfactant dysfunction may also contribute to the very early asthmatic response to allergen. Exogenous surfactant administration could serve as a useful adjunct in controlling the early allergen-induced symptoms in patients with allergic asthma.
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- K S Babu
- Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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Recent observations of neutrino oscillations imply nonzero neutrino masses and lepton flavor violation (LFV), most economically explained by the seesaw mechanism. Within the context of supersymmetry, LFV among the neutrinos can be communicated to the sleptons and from there to the charged leptons. We show that LFV can appear in the couplings of the neutral Higgs bosons, an effect that is strongly enhanced at large tan(beta. We calculate the branching fraction for tau-->3micro and micro-->3e mediated by Higgs and find they can be as large as 10(-7) and 5x10(-14), respectively. These modes, along with tau-->mugamma and mu-->egamma, can provide key insights into the neutrino mass matrix.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA
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Digital video provides technological tools for monitoring hand kinematics during prehension, and for correlating motor behavior with the simultaneously recorded firing patterns of neurons in parietal cortex of monkeys. The constancy of the hand action in the task allowed us to derive population responses of neurons in both S-I and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) from serial single unit recordings. Activity of PPC neurons preceded that in S-I, and was often shape-selective for particular objects, suggesting that they play an important role in motor planning of prehension. Detailed sensory monitoring of hand-object interactions occurred in S-I, where distinct groups of neurons responded to specific behaviors such as grasping, lifting, holding or releasing objects.
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- Esther P Gardner
- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Drugs are potent chemicals that often have effects in the body beyond the desired action. These effects may range from mild and expected side effects to dramatic and life-threatening anaphylaxis. Adverse drug reactions account for between 2% and 6% of hospital admissions and may prevent administration of otherwise effective therapeutic agents. Cutaneous and mucocutaneous eruptions are the most common adverse reactions to oral or parenteral drug therapy, and the spectrum ranges from transitory exanthematous rash to the potentially fatal toxic epidermal necrolysis. Different mechanisms, including both immunologic and nonimmunologic, are responsible for cutaneous adverse drug reaction. The treatment of cutaneous drug eruptions essentially rests on accurate history, a thorough physical examination, discontinuation of the offending drug, and supportive care. The management of a cutaneous drug eruption is very much individualized, based on the clinical setting. This review aims to provide a general approach to the patient with a presumed cutaneous drug reaction.
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- K S Babu
- Medical Specialities, Southampton General Hospital, Mail point 810, Level D, Centre Block, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
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Kulkarni V, Chandy MJ, Babu KS. Quantitative study of muscle spindles in suboccipital muscles of human foetuses. Neurol India 2001; 49:355-9. [PMID: 11799407] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The proprioceptive inputs from the cervical musculature play an important role in head-eye co-ordination and postural processes. Deep cervical muscles in humans are shown to have high spindle content. The density, distribution and morphology of muscle spindles were studied in superior oblique capitis, inferior oblique capitis and rectus capitis posterior major and minor three small suboccipital muscles. The muscles were obtained, post-mortem from stillborn human foetus. The spindle density was calculated as the ratio of mean spindle content to the mean wet weight of that muscle in grams. The distribution and arrangement of spindles within the muscle and their arrangement was studied. The spindle density of superior oblique muscle was found to be 190, that of inferior oblique was 242 and the rectus capitis posterior contained 98 spindles per gram of muscle. No tendon organs were seen. The serial transverse sections of inferior oblique muscle revealed muscle spindles of varying sizes, length varying between 100-650 microns and, diameter 50-250 microns. A complex parallel arrangements of group of large spindles were seen in the belly of the inferior oblique muscle, while the polar regions contain few small isolated spindles. The relevance of such high spindle receptor content in these tiny muscles is discussed.
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- V Kulkarni
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
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- K S Babu
- Medical Specialties, Mail Point 810, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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The incidence of allergic diseases is increasing to epidemic proportions both in the developed and developing world with increasing medical costs and lost productivity. The discovery of immunoglobulin (Ig) E heralded a new era in pathophysiological understanding of allergic disorders. Twenty-five years later, a humanised, non-anaphylactogenic antibody was developed against IgE that could provide a therapeutic alternative to the existing medications. RhuMAb-E25 (omalizumab, Xolair, Genetech, Inc.) is a novel anti-IgE antibody that is directed against the receptor-binding domain of IgE. This binding is specific towards free IgE thereby preventing it from attaching to the mast cell and its subsequent activation. Initial studies demonstrated attenuation of the early and late asthmatic responses when anti-IgE was administered to asthmatic subjects. Later this novel molecule was found to improve symptom scores, rescue medication use, quality of life scores and peak expiratory flows in patients with allergic asthma. Most importantly, omalizumab treatment reduced the corticosteroid use in asthmatic individuals. In patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis, there was a significant reduction in the nasal and ocular symptoms as well as the use of rescue medications. Omalizumab also demonstrated a high level of safety in adults, adolescents and children with a side effect profile no different from the placebo. Its development is an exciting milestone in the treatment of allergic diseases.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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- S S Salvi
- Department of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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Arunkumar MJ, Srinivasa Babu K, Chandy MJ. Motor and somatosensory evoked potentials in a primate model of experimental spinal cord injury. Neurol India 2001; 49:219-24. [PMID: 11593236] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Motor and somatosensory evoked potentials (MEP and SSEP) were compared after experimental spinal cord injury in Bonnet monkeys (macaca radiata). The MEP and SSEP changes following graded injuries were related to clinical outcome. Eight healthy mature monkeys with a mean weight of 4.2 + 0.9 Kg were chosen for the study. Graded spinal cord injury was caused using 50, 100, 200, 300 gm-cm force by modified Allens' weight drop device. MEP and SSEP recordings were done before injury and at 0, 2, 4 and 6 hours after injury and on the 7th postoperative day. Neurological assessment was done at 24 hours and on the 7th day following injury. 50, 100, 200 gm-cm force caused partial injuries and 300 gm-cm force caused severe spinal cord injury. The predictive value of MEP and SSEP following partial injuries was 80% and 66.67% respectively. Both MEP and SSEP were 100% predictive in severe injury. MEP and SSEP monitoring can therefore be complementary to each other in predicting the neurological outcome in partial injuries to the spinal cord.
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- M J Arunkumar
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore-632 004, India
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Babu KS, Dutta B, Mohapatra RN. Enhanced electric dipole moment of the muon in the presence of large neutrino mixing. Phys Rev Lett 2000; 85:5064-5067. [PMID: 11102187 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.5064] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The electric dipole moment (edm) of the muon ( d(e)(&mgr;)) is evaluated in supersymmetric models with nonzero neutrino masses and large neutrino mixing arising from the seesaw mechanism. It is found that if the seesaw mechanism is embedded in the framework of a left-right symmetric gauge structure, the interactions responsible for the right-handed neutrino Majorana masses lead to an enhancement in d(e)(&mgr;) to values as large as 5x10(-23)e cm, with a correlated value of (g-2)(&mgr;) approximately 13x10(-10). This should provide a strong motivation for improving the edm of the muon to the level of 10(-24)e cm as has recently been proposed.
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- KS Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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Aspirin is not only one of the best-documented medicines in the world, but also one of the most frequently used drugs of all times. In addition to its role as an analgesic, aspirin is being increasingly used in the prophylaxis of ischemic heart disease and strokes. The prevalence of aspirin intolerance is around 5 to 6%. Up to 20% of the asthmatic population is sensitive to aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and present with a triad of rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma when exposed to the offending drugs. This syndrome is referred to as aspirin-induced asthma (AIA). The pathogenesis of AIA has implicated both the lipoxygenase (LO) and the cyclooxygenase (COX) pathways. By inhibiting the COX pathway, aspirin diverts arachidonic acid metabolites to the LO pathway. This also leads to a decrease in the levels of prostaglandin (PG) E(2), the anti-inflammatory PG, along with an increase in the synthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes (LTs). Evidence suggests that patients with AIA have increased activity of LTC(4) synthase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the cysteinyl LT synthesis, in their bronchial biopsy specimens, thereby tilting the balance in favor of inflammation. LT-modifying drugs are effective in blocking the bronchoconstriction provoked by aspirin and are used in the treatment of this condition. Aspirin desensitization has a role in the management of AIA, especially in patients who need prophylaxis from thromboembolic diseases, myocardial infarction, and stroke. This review covers the latest understanding of pathogenesis, clinical features, and management of AIA.
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- K S Babu
- Department of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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Babu KS, Holgate ST. Potential and novel therapies for asthma. J Assoc Physicians India 2000; 48:1096-102. [PMID: 11310390] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterised by airflow obstruction. The inflammatory process involves mast cells, antigen presenting cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, airway epithelial cells and TH2 lymphocytes. These cells produce a broad array of pro-inflammatory mediators and cytokines that lead to the pathophysiological changes seen in asthma. The improved understanding of this complex disease, the specific cells and the complex mediators has lead to newer insights into the efficacy of various novel and potential therapies. In this review, we discuss the pharmacological agents that interrupt the synthesis and action of leukotrienes, cytokine antagonism, monoclonal antibodies against IgEs, selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors, adenosine receptor ligands and immunomodulators to drive the inflammatory response towards a TH1 type and other possible specific targeted therapy for the management of asthma. Although most of these therapies are in the inchoate stages these may hold the future for use in asthma.
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- K S Babu
- University Medicine, Southampton General Hospital Southampton, SO 16 6YD, UK
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A generalization of the well-known Georgi-Jarlskog relation (m(&mgr;)/m(tau)) = 3(m(s)/m(b)) to neutrinos is found in the context of SO(10). This new relation is (m(nu(&mgr;))/m(nu(tau))) = 16(m(c)/m(t)), which is consistent with present data, assuming the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein solution to the solar neutrino problem.
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- KS Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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We demonstrate a new source for flavor-changing neutral currents within the minimal supersymmetric standard model. At moderate to large tanbeta, it is no longer possible to diagonalize the masses of the quarks in the same basis as their Yukawa couplings. This generates flavor-violating couplings of the form &bmacr;(R)d(L)straight phi and &bmacr;(R)s(L)straight phi where straight phi is any of the three neutral, physical Higgs bosons. These new couplings lead to rare processes in the B system such as B0-->&mgr;(+)&mgr;(-) and B0-&Bmacr;(0) mixing. We show that the latter are anomalously suppressed, while the former is in the experimentally interesting range, with an observable signal possible at Run II of the Tevatron if m(A) less, similar400-700 GeV.
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- KS Babu
- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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Singh RB, Babu KS. Pulmonary sarcoidosis in a south Indian hospital: clinical and lung function profile. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1999; 41:145-51. [PMID: 10534939] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Twenty-two histopathologically proven cases of sarcoidosis were analyzed to determine the clinical presentation, lung function and the response to treatment. Laboratory data, chest x-ray and pulmonary function tests (PFT) were analyzed. Sarcoidosis was found to be more common in females in this study. Cough, breathlessness and weight loss were the predominant symptoms. Serum angiotensin converting enzyme (SACE) was elevated in 50% patients. Comparison of chest radiographs and PFT at the time of diagnosis revealed that stage I disease was associated with normal pulmonary function, 50% patients with stage II disease had mildly impaired PFT and 75% patient with stage III disease had severely impaired PFT. The indication for oral steroid treatment was respiratory symptoms in 58.8% of cases. Of the 13 patients who were available for follow up 10 (76.9%) had subjective improvement in symptoms. Majority of patients showed regression on chest radiograph but one patient progressed to stage IV disease. Pulmonary function data of the patients who were followed up showed improvement but this was not significant statistically. Oral corticosteroids improved symptoms but changes in pulmonary function seemed to be independent of steroid therapy. Further study of a larger number of patients over a longer period would be necessary.
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- R B Singh
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
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Mukerji PK, Babu KS, Mehrotra P, Agarwal PK, Tandon R. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma masquerading as empyema thoracis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1997; 39:259-62. [PMID: 9654824] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Non-hodgkin's lymphoma has varied presentations. Malignant lymphoma arising in chronic pyothorax is very rare and has been reported from Japan. We report a case of non-hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as empyema thoracis.
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- P K Mukerji
- Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, King George's Medical College, Lucknow
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Babu KS, Chandy MJ. Reliability of somatosensory evoked potentials in intraoperative localization of the central sulcus in patients with perirolandic mass lesions. Br J Neurosurg 1997; 11:411-7. [PMID: 9474272 DOI: 10.1080/02688699745907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Patients with parenchymatous mass lesions in the perirolandic area as seen by CT or MRI are unique in that identification of the central sulcus (CS) intraoperatively is crucial in determining the surgical strategy. Somatosensory-evoked potential (SEP) responses were used under general anaesthesia for the intraoperative identification of the central sulcus (CS). Sixty-five patients with parenchymatous mass lesions were included in the study and a phase reversal in the hand area across the central sulcus was used to identify this sulcus. Based on the clinical findings the patients were classified into three groups: Group A were patients with predominant motor deficits, Group B, patients with predominant sensory deficits; and Group C were patients with gross sensory and motor deficits. This study shows that in patients with predominant motor deficits a phase reversal with good amplitude was obtained in all cases. In patients with predominant sensory deficits a phase reversal could be obtained, but their amplitudes were markedly decreased. In patients with predominant sensorimotor deficits no phase reversal could be obtained. The central sulcus could not be located accurately by somatosensory evoked potentials in these cases (group C).
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- K S Babu
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India
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