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Sharma H, Kaushik M, Goswami P, Sreevani S, Chakraborty A, Ashique S, Pal R. Role of miRNAs in Brain Development. Microrna 2024; 13:MIRNA-EPUB-139520. [PMID: 38571343 DOI: 10.2174/0122115366287127240322054519] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Non-coding RNAs that are small in size, called microRNAs (miRNAs), exert a conse-quence in neutralizing gene activity after transcription. The nervous system is a massively ex-pressed organ, and an expanding body of research reveals the vital functions that miRNAs play in the brain's growth and neural activity. The significant benefit of miRNAs on the development of the central nervous system is currently shown through new scientific methods that concentrate on targeting and eradicating vital miRNA biogenesis pathways the elements involving Dicer and DGCR8. Modulation of miRNA has been associated with numerous essential cellular processes on neural progenitors, like differentiation, proliferation, and destiny determination. Current re-search discoveries that emphasize the significance of miRNAs in the complex process of brain development are included in this book. The miRNA pathway plays a major role in brain devel-opment, its operational dynamics, and even diseases. Recent studies on miRNA-mediated gene regulation within neural discrepancy, the circadian period and synaptic remodeling are signs of this. We also discussed how these discoveries may affect our comprehension of the fundamental processes behind brain diseases, highlighting the novel therapeutic opportunities miRNAs pro-vide for treating various human illnesses.
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- Himanshu Sharma
- Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad (UP), 244001, India
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- Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Gwalior, 474005, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Maharashtra Educational Society's H. K. College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400102, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vivekananda college of pharmacy, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560055, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, 700064, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur, 713212, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur, 713212, West Bengal, India
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Ashique S, Mishra N, Mohanto S, Gowda BJ, Kumar S, Raikar AS, Masand P, Garg A, Goswami P, Kahwa I. Overview of processed excipients in ocular drug delivery: Opportunities so far and bottlenecks. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23810. [PMID: 38226207 PMCID: PMC10788286 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23810] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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Ocular drug delivery presents a unique set of challenges owing to the complex anatomy and physiology of the eye. Processed excipients have emerged as crucial components in overcoming these challenges and improving the efficacy and safety of ocular drug delivery systems. This comprehensive overview examines the opportunities that processed excipients offer in enhancing drug delivery to the eye. By analyzing the current landscape, this review highlights the successful applications of processed excipients, such as micro- and nano-formulations, sustained-release systems, and targeted delivery strategies. Furthermore, this article delves into the bottlenecks that have impeded the widespread adoption of these excipients, including formulation stability, biocompatibility, regulatory constraints, and cost-effectiveness. Through a critical evaluation of existing research and industry practices, this review aims to provide insights into the potential avenues for innovation and development in ocular drug delivery, with a focus on addressing the existing challenges associated with processed excipients. This synthesis contributes to a deeper understanding of the promising role of processed excipients in improving ocular drug delivery systems and encourages further research and development in this rapidly evolving field.
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- Sumel Ashique
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur 713212, West Bengal, India
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- Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, 474005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Yenepoya Pharmacy College & Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Bharat Institute of Technology, School of Pharmacy, Meerut 250103, UP, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, PES Rajaram and Tarabai Bandekar College of Pharmacy, Ponda, Goa 403401, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, (MIET), NH-58, Delhi-Roorkee Highway, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250005, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Guru Ramdas Khalsa Institute of Science and Technology (Pharmacy), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gandhinagar 382355, Gujarat, India
- Maharashtra Educational Society's H.K. College of Pharmacy, Mumbai: 400102.India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda
- Pharm-Bio Technology and Traditional Medicine Centre, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, P. O Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda
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Treidel LA, Goswami P, Williams CM. Changes in mitochondrial function parallel life history transitions between flight and reproduction in wing polymorphic field crickets. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2023; 324:R735-R746. [PMID: 37036301 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00191.2022] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Mitochondria serve as critical producers of both cellular energy and metabolic precursors for biosynthesis required for organismal growth, activity, somatic maintenance, and reproduction. Consequently, variation in mitochondrial function is commonly associated with variation in life histories both within and across species. For instance, flight-capable long-winged crickets have mitochondria with larger bioenergetic capacities than flightless short-winged crickets investing in early lifetime fecundity instead of flight. However, we do not know whether differences in mitochondrial function associated with life history are fixed or result from flexible changes in metabolism throughout the life cycle. We measured mitochondrial function of fat body tissue across early adulthood of long-winged and short-winged crickets from two species of wing-polymorphic field crickets (Gryllus firmus and Gryllus lineaticeps). Fat body is a multifunctional organ that supports both flight and reproduction in insects. Consistent with flexibility in mitochondrial function specific for alternative life histories, capacity for oxidative phosphorylation increases in mitochondria throughout early adulthood in fat body of long-winged but not short-winged crickets. Furthermore, fat body mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation capacities declined rapidly when long-wing crickets degraded their flight muscles and initiated large-scale oogenesis. This finding suggests that shifts in tissue function require a concurrent shift in mitochondrial function, and that tissue-specific functional constraints may underpin the flight-oogenesis trade-off. In conclusion, changes in mitochondrial bioenergetics form a component of alternative life histories, indicating that mitochondrial function is dynamic and set to a level that matches current and future energetic demands and biosynthetic requirements of life history.
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- Lisa A Treidel
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln NE, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Goswami P, Adeniran O, Frantz S, Matsuoka L, Du L, Gandhi R, Collins Z, Matrana M, Petroziello M, Brower J, Sze D, Kennedy A, Golzarian J, Wang E, Brown D. Abstract No. 196 Overall survival and toxicities of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Barcelona clinic liver cancer C (BCLC-C) patients following Y-90 radioembolization: assessment from the RESiN Registry (NCT: 02685631). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.277] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Soni G, Jain S, Rathi P, Goswami P. CURRENT TRENDS IN PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF ANTI-MIGRAINE DRUGS IN PATIENTS OF MIGRAINE AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL. IJMMR 2022. [DOI: 10.11603/ijmmr.2413-6077.2021.2.12636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background. An inappropriate prescribing pattern of antimigraine drugs by doctors may often encourage inappropriate self-medication by patients because of the asymmetry of medical information.
Objective. The study is aimed to assess the current trends in prescribing patterns of anti-migraine drugs, rationality of prescription, and pattern of migraine severity in patients of migraine.
Methods. A cross sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital. All the prescribing details including patient’s demographic details, diagnosis, details of drug therapy (drug name, dose, duration, and frequency) were recorded. Rationality of prescription was assessed using the WHO core drug prescribing indicators and the pattern of severity of migraine was assessed using MIDAS scoring system.
Results. Out of 85 patients, 71 were female (83.5%), mostly around 21-30 years of age, and 27 (31.7%) patients had other comorbidities. Naproxen was the most commonly used NSAID for termination of acute migraine attack (15.3 %). The most common drugs prescribed for prophylaxis included beta adrenergic blockers (Propranolol, 14.66%), antidepressants (Amitriptyline, 9.33% and Fluoxetine 3.33%), and antipsychotics (Prochlorperazine, 4.66%). Domperidone (17.30%) was the most commonly prescribed antiemetic. Prescription of triptans was low (2.66%) with Rizatriptan as the most commonly prescribed triptan.
Conclusions. The current study revealed that further improvements are required in prescribing practices especially in average number of drugs per prescription, prescription of drugs with generic names, and prescription of drugs of the essential drugs list.
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Patil P, Sehgal T, Goswami P, Gaur M, Khan M, Pandey S, Datta SK. Assessment of Stability of Prothrombin Time, International Normalized Ratio, and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Under Different Storage Conditions in Human Plasma. Cureus 2022; 14:e21268. [PMID: 35178322 PMCID: PMC8842643 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of storage time and temperature on commonly performed coagulation tests such as prothrombin time (PT), international normalized ratio (INR), and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in human plasma. Methodology Whole blood samples from 100 patients were collected in a 3.2% sodium citrate vacutainer. The blood was centrifuged within two hours of collection at 2,000 g for 10 minutes, and the platelet-poor plasma (PPP) obtained was analyzed for PT, INR, and APTT tests at zero hours (baseline) and repeated at 12 hours, 24 hours, and 36 hours on a fully automated coagulation analyzer at various storage conditions (room temperature, refrigerator, and freezer). The results were categorized into two groups: group 1 comprised results with normal coagulation profile and group 2 comprised results with abnormal coagulation profile. The percentage change of the results from baseline (zero hours) for PT, INR, and APTT tests was also studied. A percentage change of more than ±10% from baseline was considered as a clinically significant change. Results In this study, a total of 95 PPP samples were evaluated. The median age of all patients was 44 years (range: 19-65 years). The male-to-female ratio was 0.9:1. The baseline PT, INR, and APTT values were 12.1 seconds, 1.06, and 26.5 seconds, respectively, in group 1, whereas the baseline PT, INR, and APTT values were 19.1 seconds, 1.80, and 36.0 seconds, respectively, in group 2. In the freezer, the samples were stable for PT, INR, and APTT tests at 12 hours, 24 hours, and 36 hours showing a change of <10% from baseline at all three time-points. In the refrigerator, the samples were stable for PT and INR tests for up to 24 hours showing a change of <10% from baseline. In comparison, the samples for the APTT test were not stable at 12 hours, 24 hours, and 36 hours showing a change of 12.1%, 15.5%, and 17.9%, respectively, from the baseline (zero hours). Finally, at room temperature, the samples deteriorated at 12 hours for all coagulation parameters (PT, INR, and APTT). Conclusions The patient plasma samples for PT, INR, and APTT tests could be safely stored for up to 36 hours in the freezer. In the refrigerator, samples for PT and INR tests could be safely stored for up to 24 hours while the samples for APTT deteriorated at 12 hours. All patient samples for PT, INR, and APTT tests deteriorated at 12 hours at room temperature.
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Goswami P, Gupta S, Joshi N, Sharma S, Singh S. Corrigendum to "Astrocyte activation and neurotoxicity: A study in different rat brain regions and in rat C6 astroglial cells" [Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 40 (2015) 122-139]. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 89:103758. [PMID: 34776397 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2021.103758] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- P Goswami
- Toxicology Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow 226031, India; Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India
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- Toxicology Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow 226031, India; Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Toxicology Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Toxicology Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow 226031, India; Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India.
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Goswami P, Basak M. Medicinal Plants Exhibiting Antifertility Activity: A Review. JPRI 2021. [DOI: 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i60b34610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review reveals that some plants and their part used having anti-fertility action, which are helpful for researcher to develop new herbal anti-fertility formulations. In the recent years, interest in drugs of plant origin has been progressively increased. The aim of this review is to highlight the work on anti-fertility of plant origin. We undertook an extensive bibliographic review by analysing peer reviewed papers, and further consulting well accepted worldwide scientific databases. Peer reviewed articles were gathered consulting the databases NISCAIR, SCOPUS, PUBMED and Google scholar using terms such as “antifertility”, “anti-implantation”, and “antispermatogenic” activity of plants. Plants, including their parts and extracts, that have traditionally been used to facilitate antifertility have been considered as antifertility agents. In this paper, various medicinal plants have been reviewed for thorough studies such as Aegle marmelos, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Jatropha gossypifolia, Leonotis ocymifolia. For women who can't use modern forms of contraception due to adverse effect or other reasons, therefore herbs can offer alternatives and reducing fertility would be better than other contraceptives. This review creates a solid foundation upon which to further study the efficacy of plants that are both currently used by women as traditional antifertility medicines, but also could be efficacious as an antifertility agent with additional research and study.
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Deltamethrin and piperonyl butoxide two synthetic pyrethroids, when used in a combination it produces synergistic effect. This two insecticide has found to be widely used in the management of mosquito, housefly and other insects to control the various vector born diseases. In this review we assessed the toxic effect of deltamethrin and piperonyl butoxide on beneficial organisms commonly available in the ecosystem. It was found to be toxic to fish, honey bees the prime pollinators of crop plant; earthworm is also susceptible at a lethal concentration for a particular exposure. As far the birds are concerned, they have a less toxic risk in lower concentration of exposure. The alterations obtained in the hematological, biochemical and histopathological studies, further conclude that it can cause environment hazards and toxic to the non-targeted organisms. This investigation gives an insight into the combined toxicological profile of deltamethrin and PBO for better risk assessment and safe use of pyrethroids and their synergist in non-targeted organisms.
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Basak M, Dey BK, Ansari SH, Laskar MA, Goswami P, Jyrwa R, Gogoi P, Choudhury MRA. A Review on the Reported Antibacterial Activity of 1,3,5-Triazine. JPRI 2021. [DOI: 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i48a33251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Antibiotics are the class of drugs used for bacterial, viral & fungal infection. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of microorganism to withstand themselves against the effects of a drug. Every year antibiotic resistance causes more than 38000 deaths in Thailand, 23000 deaths in USA. In South Asia one new born child dies every 5 minutes from blood stream infection because antibiotics given are ineffective due to bacterial resistance. Now antibiotic resistance is a threat to global health. In this paper, triazene derivatives are kept in concern. Triazines are six-membered, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic scaffold with a wide range of pharmaceutical properties such as antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, antioxidants, antitubercular, antimalarial and anti-inflammatory. Due to lack of new antibiotics as well older antibiotic are rapidly proving ineffective, derivatives of triazine would be of great significance in future prospective.
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Callaghan C, Abukhiran I, VanRheeden R, Ali M, Petronek M, Mapuskar K, Seyedin S, Kalen A, Rodman S, Cullen J, Coleman M, Goswami P, Buatti J, Spitz D, Allen B, Caster J. Pharmacologic Ascorbate Enhances the Therapeutic Index of ATM-Inhibitor Based Chemoradiation for Colorectal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.144] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Thazhathe Peedika NN, Goswami P. 942 Outcome of Image Guided Intra-Articular Thumb Base Steroid Injections-Retrospective Study of Consecutive Patient Over 4 Years in A Plastic and Hand Surgery Unit in West Lothian, Scotland. Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab259.707] [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]
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Introduction
Osteoarthritis of the thumb base is a common condition. Usually effects the elderly population causing significant disability. Modalities of treatment of osteoarthritis which includes conservative measures, non-operative interventions, and surgery.
In this study we endeavored to assess how effective are image guided steroid injections for base of thumb Osteoarthritis as assessed by subjective pain relief perceived by patient and what percentage of these patients proceed to operative treatment.
Method
Retrospective data between January 2015 and December 2018 of the patients who underwent Steroid injections to the Base of thumb joints (CMCJ and/or STTJ) for Osteoarthritis under image intensifier guidance was collected from Hospital management system –TRAK and eHealth services. Follow up of the patients were done for Maximum 1 to 5 years.
Results
A total number of 692 patients with thumb base osteoarthritis were included in the study of which 546 patients underwent Image guided steroid injection to the thumb base. The mean Age of patients was 64.5 years and the Female: Male ratio was 401:145. Mean number of injections each patient received- 3.25 (1 – 7 times). Pain relief after first, second and third injections were 3.15 months, 2.63 and 1.75 months, respectively. 127 (23.2% of injections patients) underwent trapeziectomy. Mean time between first injection & Surgery was 1.3yrs (6 months -2 years)
Conclusions
This study demonstrates the effectiveness of image guided steroid injections for thumb base osteoarthritis. Though about a quarter of these patients proceed to operative management, steroid injections can delay the same considerably.
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- NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Borkataki S, Katoch R, Goswami P, Bhat A, Chakraborty D. Acceleration of cutaneous wound healing by Lucilia sericata maggots in diabetic Wistar rats. Trop Biomed 2021; 38:86-93. [PMID: 33797529 DOI: 10.47665/tb.38.1.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of maggot therapy in healing of cutaneous infected wound in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic Wistar rat. For live maggots, the sterilized eggs of Lucilia sericata were obtained from colonies established in laboratory. Diabetes model was established in 48 male Wister rat by intra-peritoneal injection of STZ at the dose of 60 mg/kg body-weight. Cutaneous wounds exposed with mixed colonies of bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were prepared in all rat. The animals equally divided in 4 groups with 12 rats each being presented as treatment group of control, antibiotic, maggot and maggot with antibiotic in combination. All treatments were done once and hold for 24 hours. Wound kinetics and bacterial bio burden were measured at weekly interval to till complete healing. Significant reduction in wound area with maximum contraction was found (>95%) in maggot treated group when compared to antibiotic treated (79%) and control (72%). In maggot as well as maggot and antibiotic in combination group showed early elimination of bacterial bio-burden 7.88±0.03log CFU/ml to 1.12±0.65log CFU/ml and 7.86±0.04) log CFU/ml to 1.54±0.52log CFU/ml respectively in three weeks of time. Early healing indication was also experienced on histomorphological examination of wounded tissue of maggot treated groups by early and better epithelialization, collagenation and neovascularization with complete healing of wound in three weeks in comparison to antibiotic and control respectively. However, the present study did not show any difference in healing of wound with use of maggot alone or in antibiotic combination. Live maggot of Lucilia sericata effectively lower bacterial bioburden and and accelerate healing of infected cutaneous wound in diabetic conditions.
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- S Borkataki
- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, India
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, Indi
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Sutnga I, Marbaniang B, Hazarika G, Goswami P, Choudhury A. Anthelmintic and Analgesic Activities of Trachyspermum Khasianum H. Wolff. J Pharmacopuncture 2020; 23:230-236. [PMID: 33408899 PMCID: PMC7772083 DOI: 10.3831/kpi.2020.23.4.230] [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: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Objectives Trachyspermum khasianum H. Wolff is a rare medicinal plant characteristically used by the traditional healers in traditional medicine for the treatment of throat-pain, toothache, and stomach ache. The study was designed to determine the anthelmintic and analgesic properties of the aerial parts of Trachyspermum khasianum H. Wolff (Family Apiaceae). The aqueous and ethanol extract of T. khasianum H. Wolff was prepared and subjected for evaluation to determine the possible therapeutic effects. Methods Anthelmintic activities of the extracts were determined by observing the time taken to paralyze and the time taken for the death of earthworms (Eisenia foetida) as compared to the standard drug–Albendazole (20 mg/ml) and control. Analgesic potential of the extracts was evaluated using Eddy’s hot plate method to understand the analgesic activity in rats (Wistar rats) at 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg body weight doses and compared with the standard reference (Diclofenac sodium 10 mg/kg of animals). Results The extracts showed a significant dose-dependent anthelmintic effect at the different concentrations (10, 20, and 40) mg/ml, compared to that of the standard drug (20 mg/ml). Also, the results suggested that the plant extracts possess significantly analgesic activity in rats. Conclusion The studies indicate that Trachyspermum khasianum shows anthelmintic and potent analgesic activities. Further research should be carried out to identify the specific phytoconstituents responsible for both analgesic and anthelmintic activities and its possible mechanism of action.
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- Innocent Sutnga
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India
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Gandhi K, Goswami P, Malhotra R. Phlebotomy for obtaining platelet-rich fibrin autograft in children for pediatric dental procedures: Parental views, understanding, and acceptance. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2020; 38:119-125. [PMID: 32611856 DOI: 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_4_20] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The negative perception of parents toward invasive dental procedures has always created a barrier in delivering successful treatment to pediatric patients. Surprisingly, little is known about the perspective of parents and the impact of demographic and psychological factors guiding their decision. AIM To evaluate the acceptability of phlebotomy for obtaining platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) to be used in pediatric endodontic procedures among parents of children. DESIGN A cross-sectional study design was used for the survey. The design involved interviewing the parents of children aged 3 to 14 years, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were indicated for regenerative pulp therapy using PRF. MATERIALS AND METHOD The sample included one hundred and fifty shortlisted parents who were made to answer questionnaires on sociodemographic data and psychological variables. A single pediatric dentist educated the parents individually on the procedure, risks, and benefits of PRF, following which parental consent and views were recorded in the developed performa. RESULTS Consent of 63.3% was recorded at the end of the study. Parenting pattern and parental dental anxiety were found to have significant correlation with the treatment acceptance. CONCLUSION It is the responsibility of the pediatric dentist to communicate the treatment strategies in a manner that is acceptable to the parents for which a thorough knowledge about parental factors is necessary. This study helps in identifying such factors and highlights the importance of demonstration aids in parental education and motivation.
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- Kapil Gandhi
- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Poonia D, Goswami P, Mishra S. Variant morphology and arterial supply of diaphragmatic crura with probe patent foramen ovale. Morphologie 2018; 102:289-293. [PMID: 30197033 DOI: 10.1016/j.morpho.2018.07.002] [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: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Crura are the posterior pillars of the tendino-muscular partition between thoracic and abdominal cavity. This study highlights bilaterally an unfamiliar morphology of diaphragmatic crura with uncommon origin of inferior phrenic artery and accompanying atrial septal defect in a 63-years-old female cadaver with scoliosis. An attempt is made to portray the clinical implications of these variations. In addition authors have discussed the embryological and genetic basis of these variations. In the recent few decades, surgical correction of scoliosis involving intervention with the crura has gained pace. Knowledge about the normal as well as variant crural morphology is imperative for the surgeons to decide the correct approach during spinal corrective surgeries and for radiologist to prevent any diagnostic pitfall. Familiarity about the variant origin of inferior phrenic artery may prevent complications during treatment of pathological conditions related to inferior phrenic artery. Preoperative awareness about the coexisting atrial septal defect is vital for anesthesiologists promoting them to administer cardioprotective anesthetic drugs. To the best of our knowledge, description of such a combination of variations in anatomical literature is rare and scarcely reported. Awareness of these anatomical variations is relevant for operating surgeons, radiologists, anesthesiologists and anatomists.
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- D Poonia
- Department of Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, 01 New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, 01 New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, 01 New Delhi, India
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Borkataki S, Katoch R, Goswami P, Bhat A, Bhardwaj HR, Chakraborty D, Chandrawathani P. Therapeutic use of Lucilia sericata maggot in controlling bacterial bio-burden in Rat wound model. Trop Biomed 2018; 35:627-638. [PMID: 33601750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Delayed wound healing due to extraneous bacterial contamination, antibacterial resistance and other associated factors are of great concern in dealing patients having chronically infected wound. Medicinal properties of certain maggots of Calliphoridae family are known for its effective wound debridement therapy. The objective of the study was to evaluate the wound healing potential of maggots of Lucilia sericata in an experimentally infected cutaneous wound model in Wistar rat. The study was carried out by using male Wistar rats (n=48) by creating excisional wounds and later contaminated with mixed population of gram positive and gram-negative bacteria. Animals were divided randomly in to four groups with 12 individuals each, being denominated as control, antibiotic treated, maggot treated, and antibiotic plus maggot combination treated group. Ten pre-sterilized maggots were applied per centimetre square wound bed for 24 hours. Different wound kinetics in L. sericata maggot treated wounds revealed significant reduction in wound area with maximum contraction, early elimination of bacterial bioburden as compared to group of infected control and group of rats receiving only antibiotic treatment. The histopathological examination of wounded tissue of maggot treated groups showed early and better epithelialization, collagenation and neovascularization with complete healing of wound in two weeks. The maggot effects on healing when used singly or in combination with antibiotic were recorded to be similar. The results of the present study clearly demonstrate that the maggots of L. sericata possesses a definite antibacterial action along with removal of dead tissues and effectively reduced the bacterial bio-burden in infected wound and induced wound healing quickly.
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- S Borkataki
- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, India
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- Division r of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Teaching Clinical Complex, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Division of Animal Genetic and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, R S Pura, Jammu, India
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- Research and Innovation Division, Department of Veterinary Services, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Mandal K, Kshitij A, Goswami P. Techno-Foresight in R&D. CURR SCI INDIA 2018. [DOI: 10.18520/cs/v115/i4/606-607] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Wais M, Aqil M, Goswami P, Agnihotri J, Nadeem S. Nanoemulsion-Based Transdermal Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Tuberculosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 12:107-119. [PMID: 28571549 DOI: 10.2174/1574891x12666170602075733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The nanoemulsion based carriers are the most suitable delivery systems for poorly soluble drugs to improve the drugs solubility, permeation of drugs and ultimately increase bioavailability by transdermal therapeutic system. The nanoemulsion for poorly soluble drugs is admirable and offered several advantages over others drug delivery. METHODS For nanoemulsions formulation, they have to deliver the energetic element at the specific organ with nominal uneasiness. Because of the prevention of hepatic first pass uptake transdermal course excel usual crest and trough plasma shape that usually comfort the administration. The antitubercular drugs relate to the formulation of Poly DL-Lactide-Co-Glycolide nanoparticles having an active substance encapsulated within and that the encapsulated substances are stable with respect to each other. CONCLUSION The present study aimed to explore the challenges and methods in order to increase the solubility of poorly aqueous soluble drug for improved bioavailability alongwith relative study of toxicity problems related to anti-tubercular drug.
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- Mohammad Wais
- H.K. College of Pharmacy, H.K. Building, Partiksha Nagar Relief Road, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai-400102, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-62, India
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- H.K. College of Pharmacy, H.K. Building, Partiksha Nagar Relief Road, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai-400102, India
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- H.K. College of Pharmacy, H.K. Building, Partiksha Nagar Relief Road, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai-400102, India
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- H.K. College of Pharmacy, H.K. Building, Partiksha Nagar Relief Road, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai-400102, India
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Tian Y, Verheugd P, Goswami P, Goswami A, Komnig D, Lüscher B, Gründer S. The Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase ARTD10 Regulates KV1.1 through PKCD. Biophys J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.1683] [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: 10/18/2022] Open
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Kuroda K, Tomita T, Suzuki MT, Bareille C, Nugroho AA, Goswami P, Ochi M, Ikhlas M, Nakayama M, Akebi S, Noguchi R, Ishii R, Inami N, Ono K, Kumigashira H, Varykhalov A, Muro T, Koretsune T, Arita R, Shin S, Kondo T, Nakatsuji S. Evidence for magnetic Weyl fermions in a correlated metal. Nat Mater 2017; 16:1090-1095. [PMID: 28967918 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Weyl fermions have been observed as three-dimensional, gapless topological excitations in weakly correlated, inversion-symmetry-breaking semimetals. However, their realization in spontaneously time-reversal-symmetry-breaking phases of strongly correlated materials has so far remained hypothetical. Here, we report experimental evidence for magnetic Weyl fermions in Mn3Sn, a non-collinear antiferromagnet that exhibits a large anomalous Hall effect, even at room temperature. Detailed comparison between angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveals significant bandwidth renormalization and damping effects due to the strong correlation among Mn 3d electrons. Magnetotransport measurements provide strong evidence for the chiral anomaly of Weyl fermions-namely, the emergence of positive magnetoconductance only in the presence of parallel electric and magnetic fields. Since weak magnetic fields (approximately 10 mT) are adequate to control the distribution of Weyl points and the large fictitious fields (equivalent to approximately a few hundred T) produced by them in momentum space, our discovery lays the foundation for a new field of science and technology involving the magnetic Weyl excitations of strongly correlated electron systems such as Mn3Sn.
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- K Kuroda
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10, 40132 Bandung, Indonesia
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- Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742- 4111, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Elektronenspeicherring BESSY II, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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There has been limited success defining environmental factors important to the development of connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recent work has suggested that the perinatal environment may be important. To investigate this we measured antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in a general population with well-defined early lives to see whether fetal and infant growth and infections were associated with ANA positivity in adult life. Included in our investigation were 1334 individuals (668 men, 666 women) from the Hertfordshire cohort study. ANA was measured using an ANA ELISA and confirmed using immunofluorescence. We investigated associations between the presence of ANA and early growth and infectious exposure in infancy in men and women combined, but with adjustment for gender throughout. A positive ANA was present in 73 (10.9%) of men and 81 (12.2%) women. Of these, 26 women and 14 men were positive using IF on HEP2 cells. Sharing a bedroom during childhood was associated with a higher risk of being ANA positive (odds ratio (OR), 1.42, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00-2.01, P = 0.05). A record of diarrhoeal illness (OR 2.12 95% CI 1.07, 4.23, P = 0.03) and rubella or mumps during the first year of life (OR 16.12, 95% CI 2.92, 88.94, P = 0.001) was also significantly associated with ANA in adult life. Higher ANA titres by Inova ELISA were associated with infections in the first year of life from mumps (2.74-fold higher, 95% CI 0.98, 7.64, P = 0.05) and rubella (3.90-fold higher, 95% CI 1.89, 8.04, P < 0.001). In addition, higher ANA titres were also associated with mumps (1.26-fold higher, 95% CI 1.02, 1.56, P = 0.03) between one and five years of age. Our results suggest that a developing immune system exposed to increased infection is more likely to produce ANA in adult life and perhaps begin the pathological process that leads to SLE.
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- C J Edwards
- Medical Research Council Epidemiology Resource Centre, Southampton, UK.
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The objective was to identify the main factors and interactions influencing the fibre diameter in the production of electrospun cellulose acetate (CA) webs. A systematic parameter study was completed for producing electrospun CA fibres that were substantially free of bead defects and the effect of different process parameters during electrospinning CA were evaluated in respect of mean fibre diameter. The experiments were planned using factorial designs. Altogether three parameters, each at three levels, were selected for this study. The results indicate that polymer concentration, voltage and flow rate interact so that the magnitude of any change in the mean fibre diameter is dependent upon the level of the other factors. Furthermore, stable electrospinning conditions for CA were confirmed using an acetone: N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) (2:1) solvent system that minimised the presence of structural defects in the web and promoted uniform fibre diameters.
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Padalia R, Verma R, Chauhan A, Goswami P. Quality evaluation of elite mint cultivars in two cropping seasons in subtropical conditions of Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Essential Oil Research 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2014.962190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Das DK, Goswami P, Medhi B. N-benzoate-N′ salicylaldehyde ethynelediamine: A new fluorescent sensor for Zn2+ ion by “off-on” mode. J Fluoresc 2013; 24:689-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-013-1338-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Agarwal M, Nitta R, Dovat S, Li G, Arita H, Narita Y, Fukushima S, Tateishi K, Matsushita Y, Yoshida A, Miyakita Y, Ohno M, Collins VP, Kawahara N, Shibui S, Ichimura K, Kahn SA, Gholamin S, Junier MP, Chneiweiss H, Weissman I, Mitra S, Cheshier S, Avril T, Hamlat A, Le Reste PJ, Mosser J, Quillien V, Carrato C, Munoz-Marmol A, Serrano L, Pijuan L, Hostalot C, Villa SL, Ariza A, Etxaniz O, Balana C, Benveniste ET, Zheng Y, McFarland B, Drygin D, Bellis S, Bredel M, Lotsch D, Engelmaier C, Allerstorfer S, Grusch M, Pichler J, Weis S, Hainfellner J, Marosi C, Spiegl-Kreinecker S, Berger W, Bronisz A, Nowicki MO, Wang Y, Ansari K, Chiocca EA, Godlewski J, Brown K, Kwatra M, Brown K, Kwatra M, Bui T, Nitta R, Li G, Zhu S, Kozono D, Li J, Kushwaha D, Carter B, Chen C, Schulte J, Srikanth M, Das S, Zhang J, Lathia J, Yin L, Rich J, Olson E, Kessler J, Chenn A, Cherry A, Haas B, Lin YH, Ong SE, Stella N, Cifarelli CP, Griffin RJ, Cong D, Zhu W, Shi Y, Clark P, Kuo J, Hu S, Sun D, Bookland M, Darbinian N, Dey A, Robitaille M, Remke M, Faury D, Maier C, Malhotra A, Jabado N, Taylor M, Angers S, Kenney A, Ren X, Zhou H, Schur M, Baweja A, Singh M, Erdreich-Epstein A, Fu J, Koul D, Yao J, Saito N, Zheng S, Verhaak R, Lu Z, Yung WKA, Gomez G, Volinia S, Croce C, Brennan C, Cavenee W, Furnari F, Lopez SG, Qu D, Petritsch C, Gonzalez-Huarriz M, Aldave G, Ravi D, Rubio A, Diez-Valle R, Marigil M, Jauregi P, Vera B, Rocha AADL, Tejada-Solis S, Alonso MM, Gopal U, Isaacs J, Gruber-Olipitz M, Dabral S, Ramkissoon S, Kung A, Pak E, Chung J, Theisen M, Sun Y, Monrose V, Franchetti Y, Sun Y, Shulman D, Redjal N, Tabak B, Beroukhim R, Zhao J, Buonamici S, Ligon K, Kelleher J, Segal R, Haas B, Canton D, Diaz P, Scott J, Stella N, Hara K, Kageji T, Mizobuchi Y, Kitazato K, Okazaki T, Fujihara T, Nakajima K, Mure H, Kuwayama K, Hara T, Nagahiro S, Hill L, Botfield H, Hossain-Ibrahim K, Logan A, Cruickshank G, Liu Y, Gilbert M, Kyprianou N, Rangnekar V, Horbinski C, Hu Y, Vo C, Li Z, Ke C, Ru N, Hess KR, Linskey ME, Zhou YAH, Hu F, Vinnakota K, Wolf S, Kettenmann H, Jackson PJ, Larson JD, Beckmann DA, Moriarity BS, Largaespada DA, Jalali S, Agnihotri S, Singh S, Burrell K, Croul S, Zadeh G, Kang SH, Yu MO, Song NH, Park KJ, Chi SG, Chung YG, Kim SK, Kim JW, Kim JY, Kim JE, Choi SH, Kim TM, Lee SH, Kim SK, Park SH, Kim IH, Park CK, Jung HW, Koldobskiy M, Ahmed I, Ho G, Snowman A, Raabe E, Eberhart C, Snyder S, Agnihotri S, Gugel I, Remke M, Bornemann A, Pantazis G, Mack S, Shih D, Sabha N, Taylor M, Tatagiba M, Zadeh G, Krischek B, Schulte A, Liffers K, Kathagen A, Riethdorf S, Westphal M, Lamszus K, Lee JS, Xiao J, Patel P, Schade J, Wang J, Deneen B, Erdreich-Epstein A, Song HR, Leiss L, Gjerde C, Saed H, Rahman A, Lellahi M, Enger PO, Leung R, Gil O, Lei L, Canoll P, Sun S, Lee D, Ho ASW, Pu JKS, Zhang XQ, Lee NP, Dat PJR, Leung GKK, Loetsch D, Steiner E, Holzmann K, Spiegl-Kreinecker S, Pirker C, Hlavaty J, Petznek H, Hegedus B, Garay T, Mohr T, Sommergruber W, Grusch M, Berger W, Lukiw WJ, Jones BM, Zhao Y, Bhattacharjee S, Culicchia F, Magnus N, Garnier D, Meehan B, McGraw S, Hashemi M, Lee TH, Milsom C, Gerges N, Jabado N, Trasler J, Pawlinski R, Mackman N, Rak J, Maherally Z, Thorne A, An Q, Barbu E, Fillmore H, Pilkington G, Maherally Z, Tan SL, Tan S, An Q, Fillmore H, Pilkington G, Malhotra A, Choi S, Potts C, Ford DA, Nahle Z, Kenney AM, Matlaf L, Khan S, Zider A, Singer E, Cobbs C, Soroceanu L, McFarland BC, Hong SW, Rajbhandari R, Twitty GB, Gray GK, Yu H, Benveniste EN, Nozell SE, Minata M, Kim S, Mao P, Kaushal J, Nakano I, Mizowaki T, Sasayama T, Tanaka K, Mizukawa K, Nishihara M, Nakamizo S, Tanaka H, Kohta M, Hosoda K, Kohmura E, Moeckel S, Meyer K, Leukel P, Bogdahn U, Riehmenschneider MJ, Bosserhoff AK, Spang R, Hau P, Mukasa A, Watanabe A, Ogiwara H, Saito N, Aburatani H, Mukherjee J, Obha S, See W, Pieper R, Nakajima K, Hara K, Kageji T, Mizobuchi Y, Kitazato K, Fujihara T, Otsuka R, Kung D, Nagahiro S, Rajbhandari R, Sinha T, Meares G, Benveniste EN, Nozell S, Ott M, Litzenburger U, Rauschenbach K, Bunse L, Pusch S, Ochs K, Sahm F, Opitz C, von Deimling A, Wick W, Platten M, Peruzzi P, Chiocca EA, Godlewski J, Read R, Fenton T, Gomez G, Wykosky J, Vandenberg S, Babic I, Iwanami A, Yang H, Cavenee W, Mischel P, Furnari F, Thomas J, Ronellenfitsch MW, Thiepold AL, Harter PN, Mittelbronn M, Steinbach JP, Rybakova Y, Kalen A, Sarsour E, Goswami P, Silber J, Harinath G, Aldaz B, Fabius AWM, Turcan S, Chan TA, Huse JT, Sonabend AM, Bansal M, Guarnieri P, Lei L, Soderquist C, Leung R, Yun J, Kennedy B, Sisti J, Bruce S, Bruce R, Shakya R, Ludwig T, Rosenfeld S, Sims PA, Bruce JN, Califano A, Canoll P, Stockhausen MT, Kristoffersen K, Olsen LS, Poulsen HS, Stringer B, Day B, Barry G, Piper M, Jamieson P, Ensbey K, Bruce Z, Richards L, Boyd A, Sufit A, Burleson T, Le JP, Keating AK, Sundstrom T, Varughese JK, Harter P, Prestegarden L, Petersen K, Azuaje F, Tepper C, Ingham E, Even L, Johnson S, Skaftnesmo KO, Lund-Johansen M, Bjerkvig R, Ferrara K, Thorsen F, Takeshima H, Yamashita S, Yokogami K, Mizuguchi S, Nakamura H, Kuratsu J, Fukushima T, Morishita K, Tanaka H, Sasayama T, Tanaka K, Nakamizo S, Mizukawa K, Kohmura E, Tang Y, Vaka D, Chen S, Ponnuswami A, Cho YJ, Monje M, Tateishi K, Narita Y, Nakamura T, Cahill D, Kawahara N, Ichimura K, Tiemann K, Hedman H, Niclou SP, Timmer M, Tjiong R, Rohn G, Goldbrunner R, Timmer M, Tjiong R, Stavrinou P, Rohn G, Perrech M, Goldbrunner R, Tokita M, Mikheev S, Sellers D, Mikheev A, Kosai Y, Rostomily R, Tritschler I, Seystahl K, Schroeder JJ, Weller M, Wade A, Robinson AE, Phillips JJ, Gong Y, Ma Y, Cheng Z, Thompson R, Wang J, Fan QW, Cheng C, Gustafson W, Charron E, Zipper P, Wong R, Chen J, Lau J, Knobbe-Thosen C, Weller M, Jura N, Reifenberger G, Shokat K, Weiss W, Wu S, Fu J, Zheng S, Koul D, Yung WKA, Wykosky J, Hu J, Taylor T, Villa GR, Gomez G, Mischel PS, Gonias SL, Cavenee W, Furnari F, Yamashita D, Kondo T, Takahashi H, Inoue A, Kohno S, Harada H, Ohue S, Ohnishi T, Li P, Ng J, Yuelling L, Du F, Curran T, Yang ZJ, Zhu D, Castellino RC, Van Meir EG, Zhu W, Begum G, Wang Q, Clark P, Yang SS, Lin SH, Kahle K, Kuo J, Sun D. CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNALING. Neuro Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not174] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Borkataki S, Katoch R, Goswami P, Godara R, Khajuria JK, Yadav A, Kour R, Mir I. Incidence of Haemoproteus columbae in pigeons of Jammu district. J Parasit Dis 2013; 39:426-8. [PMID: 26345046 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-013-0356-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 06/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Haemoproteus columbae is the major protozoan infection reported in pigeon and appeared in the erythrocyte of the peripheral circulation. Incidence and parasitaemia of H. columbae in pigeon was studied in different localities of Jammu, India for a period from April to September 2010 using thin blood smear examination. Of the 150 pigeons (wild: 70, domestic: 80), 92 (61.33 %) were found to be infected with H. columbae. Domestic pigeon showed higher incidence rate (74.28 %) than the wild (50 %). Mature and immature gametocyte encircled the erythrocyte nucleus to form a halter shaped appearance were characteristic feature of the parasite. Pseudolynchia canariensis, the vector for H. columbae was also recovered from beneath the feathers of pigeons. No other haemoprotozoan parasite was observed in the blood smear of examined pigeon. Counting of infected erythrocyte revealed higher affection of 1-2 erythrocytes indicative of milder infection in the birds. A long term study within bird population is essential in order to disclose seasonal variation in parasite, vector density and age of infection such as nesting area.
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-K, Suhama, Srinagar, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, India
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, India
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Yadav D, Chakrapani V, Goswami P, Ramanathan S, Ramakrishnan L, George B, Sen S, Paranjape R. P4.041 Factors Associated with Frequent Alcohol Drinking Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from a Multi-Site Bio-Behavioural Survey in India. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0939] [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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Ramanathan S, Ramakrishnan L, Goswami P, Yadav D, George B, Sen S, Chakrapani V, Paranjape R, Subramanian T, Rachakulla H. O23.2 Correlates of Inconsistent Condom Use During Anal Sex with Female Sex Workers (FSWs) Among Male Clients: Survey Findings from Three High Prevalence States of India. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0217] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Ramanathan S, Chakrapani V, Ramakrishnan L, Goswami P, Yadav D, George B, Sen S, Paranjape R, Subramanian T, Rachakulla H. P6.027 Factors Associated with Use of Water-Based Lubricants by Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from a Bio-Behavioural Study in Three Indian States. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1181] [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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Yadav D, Ramanathan S, Goswami P, Ramakrishnan L, Sen S, George B, Paranjape R, Subramanian T, Rachakulla H. P6.016 Factors Associated with Frequent Alcohol Use Among Female Sex Workers in Three High Prevalence States of India: Findings from a Bio-Behavioural Survey. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1170] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Buatti J, Menda Y, Ponto L, Anderson C, Watkins L, Sun W, Smith B, Funk G, Goswami P, Graham M. Early Evaluation of Response to Chemoradiation in Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC) With F-18 Fluorothymidine Positron Emission Tomography (FLT PET). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.1394] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Borkataki S, Islam S, Borkakati M, Goswami P, Deka D. Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in Nagaon, Morigaon and Karbianglong district of Assam, India. Vet World 2012. [DOI: 10.5455/vetworld.2012.86-90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Condensation product (L) of salicylaldehyde and semicarbazide behaves as a fluorescent sensor for Cd(2+) ion, in 1:1 DMSO:H(2)O, over Mn(2+), Fe(2+), Ni(2+), Co(2+), Cu(2+), Pb(2+) and Hg(2+) ions. The emission peak of L at λ(max) = 520 nm, on excitation with 420 nm wavelength photons, showed an enhancement in intensity of ca 60-fold when interacted with Cd(2+) ion. The intensity was however found to remain unaltered when interacted with metal ions--Mn(2+), Fe(2+), Ni(2+), Co(2+), Cu(2+), Pb(2+) and Hg(2+). The intensity increases by approximately 20 fold on interaction with Zn(2+) ion. The increase in the fluorescent peak can be explained on the basis of photo induced electron transfer (PET) mechanism. A 1:1 complexation between Cd(2+) and L with log β = 4.25 has been proved.
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- Priyanka Goswami
- Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781 014, Assam, India
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Gautam A, Adhikary R, Ramanathan S, Goswami P, Khobragade S, Deshpande SM, Khazi S, Mainkar MM, Paranjape RS. P1-S2.09 Who is at higher risk of STIS and HIV--brothel-based or street-based female sex workers? Evidence from two rounds of bio-behavioural surveys. Br J Vener Dis 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.66] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Adhikary R, Ramanathan S, Gautam A, Goswami P, Ramakrishnan L, Kallam S, Mainkar MM, Brahmam GNV, Subramanaian T, Paranjape RS. O1-S08.05 Recent trends in STIs and HIV among female sex workers and their clients in India: results from repeated cross-sectional surveys. Br J Vener Dis 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050109.47] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Thill PG, Goswami P, Berchem G, Domon B. Lung cancer statistics in Luxembourg from 1981 to 2008. Bull Soc Sci Med Grand Duche Luxemb 2011:43-55. [PMID: 22272445] [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: 05/31/2023]
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the world and in Luxembourg. As a part of "The health science initiative focused on personalized medicine", Luxembourg aims to participate by developing diagnostics to improve the detection and treatment of lung cancer. In line with this objective, this study made a review of evolution of lung cancer in Luxembourg from 1981 to 2008 and compared this statistics to the situation in the Nordic countries, Europe in general and the World. Incidence data of the national morphological tumour registry and mortality data of the service of statistics of the national ministry of health is depicted in charts with trend lines, in the framework of a statistical evaluation of relevant parameters. The data indicate that while male lung cancer incidence decreased in Luxembourg, the incidence in women and its mortality have doubled over the 28-year span considered. Notwithstanding this increase, the female lung cancer incidence and mortality remain low compared to the Nordic countries and Europe. Interestingly, the study also potentially suggests that the lung cancer pattern follows the smoking pattern in incidence and mortality.
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- P G Thill
- Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, L-1526 Luxembourg.
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Oinam AS, Singh L, Goswami P, Sharma SC, Ghoshal S, Kapoor R. SU-FF-T-201: Dosimetric Verification of Dynamic IMRT Plans Using I'mRT MatriXX. Med Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3181676] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Makharia GK, Seith A, Sharma SK, Sinha A, Goswami P, Aggarwal A, Puri K, Sreenivas V. Structural and functional abnormalities in lungs in patients with achalasia. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009; 21:603-8, e20. [PMID: 19222759 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01268.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Dilatation and oesophageal body aperistalsis in achalasia can lead to stasis which in turn can induce repeated microaspiration. It is therefore conceivable that patients with achalasia may also have abnormalities in lungs secondary to repeated episodes of microaspiration. There is a lack of systematic study on involvement of lungs in patients with achalasia. Thirty patients with achalasia underwent pulmonary function tests (spirometry, and carbon mono-oxide diffusion capacity) and high resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) of the chest. The mean age of patients and mean duration of disease were 33.5 +/- 10.9 years and 28.1 +/- 27.3 months respectively. Regurgitation was present in 22 (73.3%) of them. Respiratory symptoms in them were dry cough in 17 (56.6%), and chest pain in 18 (60%). The oesophagus was dilated in 26 (86.6%) and 13 (43.3%) had residue in oesophagus. Sixteen (53.3%) patients had either anatomical changes as seen on HRCT or functional changes as observed on pulmonary function tests. Of those with functional abnormalities, five (16.6%) and one (3.3%) had restrictive and obstructive airways disease respectively. While evidence of tracheo-bronchial compression by dilated oesophagus was present in eight (26.6%), 10 (33.3%) patients had parenchymal lung disease [nodular opacities in five (16.6%), ground glass appearance six (20%), patchy pulmonary fibrosis five (16.6%), air trapping two (6.6%), consolidation and bronchiectasis one (3.3%) each]. There was a significant association between presence of regurgitation and dilatation of oesophagus (P = 0.032). More than half (53.3%) of patients with achalasia have structural and/or functional abnormalities in lungs.
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- G K Makharia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Medhi N, Goswami P, Sarma P, Barkataky RK, Duarah R, Saikia R. Klebsiella meningitis. A case report. Neuroradiol J 2008; 21:323-6. [PMID: 24256900 DOI: 10.1177/197140090802100305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Acute bacterial meningitis is a severe CNS infection occurring mostly in infants and older children. Bacterial meningitis caused by gram-negative bacteria is usually fatal. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an uncommon gram-negative bacteria causing meningitis with a poor outcome. Though the commonest presentation of bacterial meningitis is fever, patients usually seek medical attention for uncontrolled seizure and features of raised ICP. The commonest complications of gram-negative bacterial meningitis including Klebsiella meningitis are subdural hygroma / empyema, hydrocephalus, infarcts (both arterial and venous) and cortical blindness due to hypoxic ischaemic insult. MRI is the best modality for evaluating these patients for early diagnosis. Early institution of treatment significantly reduces the mortality and morbidity. We describe a case of acute bacterial meningitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with MR evidence of sinus thrombosis, venous infarcts and subdural hygroma.
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- N Medhi
- Radiology Department, Primus, Guwahati; Assam; India -
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Bhardwaj A, Sharma SC, Patel FD, Ghoshal S, Oinam AS, Kapoor R, Kumar R, Goswami P. SU-GG-T-154: Use of I'mRT MatriXX for Routine Dynamic MLC QA and IMRT Dose Verification. Med Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2961905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Goswami P, Medhi N, Sarma PK, Khaund G. Chronic Tuberculous Retropharyngeal Abscess Due to Vertebral Tuberculosis with Associated Calvarial Tuberculosis. Neuroradiol J 2008; 21:270-4. [DOI: 10.1177/197140090802100221] [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: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The occurrence of chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess and calvarial tuberculosis is rare, even in isolated form. Chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess is usually due to vertebral tuberculosis in adults. Calvarial tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis with limited reports in medical literature. We describe a rare case of chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess due to vertebral tuberculosis with associated calvarial tuberculosis.
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- P. Goswami
- Radiology and Imaging Department, Primus Imaging Pvt. Ltd; Guwahati, India
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- Radiology and Imaging Department, Primus Imaging Pvt. Ltd; Guwahati, India
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- Radiology and Imaging Department, Primus Imaging Pvt. Ltd; Guwahati, India
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- Radiology and Imaging Department, Primus Imaging Pvt. Ltd; Guwahati, India
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Edwards CJ, Syddall H, Goswami R, Goswami P, Dennison EM, Arden NK, Cooper C. The autoantibody rheumatoid factor may be an independent risk factor for ischaemic heart disease in men. Heart 2007; 93:1263-7. [PMID: 17550930 PMCID: PMC2000921 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.097816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased prevalence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). This is most likely in those people with the autoantibody rheumatoid factor (RF). RF is strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but is also present in up to 15% of all adults. OBJECTIVE To determine whether RF might identify people in a general population who also share an increased likelihood of developing IHD. METHODS Subjects from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study were investigated for the presence of RF. Subjects completed a questionnaire and attended a clinic where a history of IHD was recorded (ECG, coronary artery bypass grafting, Rose chest pain). Associations between the presence of RF, antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) and IHD in 567 men and 589 women were investigated and compared with traditional risk factors for IHD. RESULTS RF was associated with an increased likelihood of IHD in men (odds ratio (OR) = 3.1, 95% CI 1.7 to 5.4, p<0.001). This increased risk could not be explained by traditional risk factors for IHD (mutually adjusted OR for RF 2.9 (95% CI 1.6 to 5.3), p<0.001). There was no significant association between RF in women or between ANA or ACA with IHD in men or women. CONCLUSION This work suggests that RF is an independent risk factor for IHD in the general population. It lends support to the importance of inflammation in atherosclerosis and suggests that autoimmune processes may be involved. In addition, it raises the intriguing possibility that RF may have a direct role in the pathogenesis of IHD in some subjects.
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- C J Edwards
- MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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Roy MK, Das S, Bhattacharya S, Ghoshal DP, Goswami P. Pyomyositis: a diagnostic problem. J Indian Med Assoc 2007; 105:53-5. [PMID: 17802980] [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: 05/17/2023]
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A case of a 45-year-old lady presenting with symptoms suggestive of pancreatitis is described. Initially the findings on Imaging were ambiguous while the enzyme studies were against the diagnosis of pancreatitis. Recurrence of symptoms and with Increased intensity prompted repeated imaging and further investigations. Finally, by a combination of CT scan, MR imaging and muscle biopsy the rare diagnosis of pyomyositis was established. The fact that this case was difficult to diagnose because of its rarity and its mimicking pencreatitis is discussed.
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- M K Roy
- RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata 700004
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Goswami P, Medhi N, Sarma PK, Sarmah BJ. MRI findings in marchiafava - bignami disease with central pontine myelinolysis : A case report. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2006. [DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.32346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Edwards CJ, Goswami R, Goswami P, Syddall H, Dennison EM, Arden NK, Cooper C. Growth and infectious exposure during infancy and the risk of rheumatoid factor in adult life. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 65:401-4. [PMID: 16079171 PMCID: PMC1798049 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.036301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The contribution of the environment to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains uncertain. Intrauterine and early postnatal life may be important. Rheumatoid factor (RF) found in around 10% of the normal population confers a risk of developing RA and may be present years before onset of clinical disease. The immune pathology leading to RA and RF may have similar genetic and environmental influences. OBJECTIVE To measure RF in people for whom data on birth weight, infant growth, and markers of infectious exposure during infancy and childhood, had been previously recorded. METHODS 675 men and 668 women aged 59-67 years, born and still resident in Hertfordshire, UK, were studied. RF was measured with an ELISA. Associations between presence of RF, early growth, and markers of hygiene in infancy, were investigated. RESULTS RF was detected in 112/675 (16.6%) men and 79/668 (11.8%) women. No significant relationships existed between early growth and presence of RF in men or women. Among women, sharing a bedroom during childhood was associated with a lower risk of RF positivity (OR = 0.48, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.78, p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS A developing immune system exposed to increased infectious exposure is less likely to produce RF in adult life; this may reduce the pathological process which leads to RA.
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- C J Edwards
- Department of Rheumatology, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
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Goswami P, Medhi N, Sarma PK, Das HS, Hazarika P. Imaging features of osteoid osteoma in plain radiograph, CT and MR : A case report and review of literatures. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2005. [DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.28779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Trask D, Bock J, Goswami P, Menon S. Celecoxib and sulindac sulfide enhance the cytotoxic effect of standard chemotherapeutic agents and possess anti-tumor activity mediated by p21 cipl/waf1 expression. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.3186] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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- D. Trask
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Bhattacharya S, Roy CK, Das S, Goswami P, Mondal J, Ghosal DP. A case of disseminated hydatidosis. J Indian Med Assoc 2003; 101:672-4. [PMID: 15198419] [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: 04/29/2023]
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A young lady initially found to have hydatid cysts in the lung only, subsequently within a very short period was found to develop cysts in the liver. Soon after, she developed cysts in the subcutaneous tissue over the anterolateral chest wall, which, on investigation, revealed hepatic cysts herniating through the chest wall defects caused by previous operations. The unique features of this case include the degree of dissemination, the multiplicity of sites and the peculiar nature of herniation of the hepatic cysts into the parietes.
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- S Bhattacharya
- Department of General Surgery, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
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Gogoi B, Dutta N, Goswami P, Krishna Mohan T. A case study of bioremediation of petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminated soil at a crude oil spill site. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1093-0191(02)00029-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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