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Prakash G, Shetty P, Thiagarajan S, Gulia A, Pandrowala S, Singh L, Thorat V, Patil V, Divatia JV, Puri A, Pramesh CS. Compliance and perception about personal protective equipment among health care workers involved in the surgery of COVID-19 negative cancer patients during the pandemic. J Surg Oncol 2020; 122:1013-1019. [PMID: 32748476 PMCID: PMC7436474 DOI: 10.1002/jso.26151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of getting infected while at work, for example, operating room (OR), hence it is pertinent that they don all the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to minimize the chance of getting infected. METHODS A COVID-19 specific briefing and debriefing form was created and used in the OR along with the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist to reinforce the use of appropriate PPE. An audit was subsequently done to understand the compliance to PPE use, followed by a survey based on the findings of the audit to understand the issues related to noncompliance. RESULTS The form was used in 183 out of the 238 (77%) surgeries performed during a months' time. The overall compliance for PPE usage was 96.3%. Noncompliance was seen most often for eye protection (45/567) (P = .01). The survey revealed that this was mostly among surgeons mainly due to discomfort, poor visibility, and frequent fogging. CONCLUSIONS Our HCW were adapting well to the new normal of donning appropriate PPE in the OR, except for the eye protection due to discomfort and visibility related issues. This is important to know so that necessary changes could be introduced to better the compliance.
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Kaur A, Singh L, Garg S, Kaur H, Singh N, Bhatti R. Involvement of Oxidative Stress and Nerve Growth Factor in Behavioral and Biochemical Deficits of Experimentally Induced Musculoskeletal Pain in Mice: Ameliorative Effects of Heraclin. J Mol Neurosci 2020; 71:347-357. [PMID: 32676972 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-020-01656-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Musculoskeletal pain is a widespread complex regional pain syndrome associated with altered emotional and cognitive functioning along with heightened physical disability that has become a global health concern. Effective management of this disorder and associated disabilities includes accurate diagnosis of its biomarkers and instituting mechanism-based therapeutic interventions. Herein, we explored the role of heraclin, a plant-derived molecule, in musculoskeletal pain and its underlying mechanistic approaches in an experimental mouse model. Reserpine (0.5 mg/kg) for 3 consecutive days evoked hyperalgesia, motor incoordination, lack of exploratory behavior, anxiety, and cognition lapse in mice. Reserpine-challenged mice displayed higher serum cytokine level, altered brain neurotransmitter content, elevated brain and muscle oxidative stress, and upregulated brain nerve growth factor receptor expression. Treatment with heraclin (10 mg/kg for 5 consecutive days) exerted analgesic effect and improved motor coordination and memory deficits in mice. Heraclin arrested serum cytokine rise, normalized brain neurotransmitter content, reduced tissue oxidative stress, and downregulated the nerve growth factor receptor expression. Therefore, it may be suggested that heraclin exerts beneficial effects against reserpine-induced musculoskeletal pain disorder possibly through the attenuation of NGFR-mediated pain and inflammatory signaling. Graphical Abstract.
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Singh L, Kaur A, Garg S, Singh AP, Bhatti R. Protective Effect of Esculetin, Natural Coumarin in Mice Model of Fibromyalgia: Targeting Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and MAO-A. Neurochem Res 2020; 45:2364-2374. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-020-03095-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Singh MK, Singh L, Pushker N, Chosdol K, Bakhshi S, Meel R, Sen S, Kashyap S. Constitutive expression of c-REL in uveal melanoma patients: correlation with clinicopathological parameters and patient outcome. Clin Transl Oncol 2020; 22:1193-1204. [PMID: 31768922 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-019-02247-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common intraocular cancer with a high mortality rate that requires new research in the field of prevention and treatment. c-REL is a member of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) transcription factor family and an emerging regulator of tumorigenesis. Therefore, the objective of the study is to evaluate the constitutive expression of c-REL in uveal melanoma patients and its prognostic significance. METHODS Detection of c-REL expression was carried out by immunohistochemistry in all 75 patients, and qRT-PCR performed on 58 fresh cases of uveal melanoma along with IL-6 status. Immunoblot was performed to validate immunohistochemistry results. Expression of c-REL protein correlated with clinicopathological parameters and overall survival of patients. RESULTS Immunohistochemistry results revealed nuclear expression of the c-REL protein (56%) in our cases. Out of 75 cases, 31 cases showed nuclear expression, and 11 cases had cytoplasmic expression. qRT-PCR showed upregulation of the REL gene in 56.89% cases at the transcriptional level. There was a statistically significant difference in the overall survival of patients with c-REL nuclear immunopositivity (p = 0.0048). On multivariate analysis, scleral invasion and c-REL nuclear expression found to be an independent prognostic factor (p < 0.05) CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study reporting the expression of the c-REL protein in uveal melanoma. Strong nuclear immunoexpression of c-Rel suggests NFκB pathway activation which might be involved in the progression of the disease. Differential expression of c-REL protein may be used as an attractive target for the development of anticancer strategies.
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She Z, Jia LP, Yue Q, Ma H, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Dai WH, Deng Z, Geng XP, Gong H, Gu P, Guo QJ, Guo XY, He L, He SM, He HT, Hu JW, Huang TC, Huang HX, Li HB, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li MX, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Mao YC, Nie QY, Ning JH, Pan H, Qi NC, Qiao CK, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sevda B, Shang CS, Sharma V, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wang Z, Wong HT, Wu SY, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan YL, Yang LT, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang BT, Zhang L, Zhang FS, Zhang ZY, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ. Direct Detection Constraints on Dark Photons with the CDEX-10 Experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:111301. [PMID: 32242731 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.111301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report constraints on the dark photon effective kinetic mixing parameter (κ) with data taken from two p-type point-contact germanium detectors of the CDEX-10 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. The 90% confidence level upper limits on κ of solar dark photon from 205.4 kg-day exposure are derived, probing new parameter space with masses (m_{V}) from 10 to 300 eV/c^{2} in direct detection experiments. Considering dark photon as the cosmological dark matter, limits at 90% confidence level with m_{V} from 0.1 to 4.0 keV/c^{2} are set from 449.6 kg-day data, with a minimum of κ=1.3×10^{-15} at m_{V}=200 eV/c^{2}.
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Singh M, Kashyap S, Singh L, Pushker N, Bakhshi S, Sen S. Loss of BAP-1 influences the activation of p52 and RelB proteins in the Inflammatory microenvironment of uveal melanoma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz452.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Singh L, Singh M, Rizvi M, Pushker N, Sen S, Kashyap S. Differential expression patterns of immune checkpoint markers in tumour-stromal microenvironment of primary and chemoreduced retinoblastoma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz447.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Yang LT, Li HB, Yue Q, Ma H, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, Guo QJ, He L, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Jia LP, Jiang H, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Ma JL, Mao YC, Pan H, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sharma V, She Z, Shen MB, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang JM, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng XH, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhang YH, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ, Zhu ZH. Search for Light Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particle Dark Matter by Annual Modulation Analysis with a Point-Contact Germanium Detector at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:221301. [PMID: 31868422 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.221301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present results on light weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) searches with annual modulation (AM) analysis on data from a 1-kg mass p-type point-contact germanium detector of the CDEX-1B experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Datasets with a total live time of 3.2 yr within a 4.2-yr span are analyzed with analysis threshold of 250 eVee. Limits on WIMP-nucleus (χ-N) spin-independent cross sections as function of WIMP mass (m_{χ}) at 90% confidence level (C.L.) are derived using the dark matter halo model. Within the context of the standard halo model, the 90% C.L. allowed regions implied by the DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT AM-based analysis are excluded at >99.99% and 98% C.L., respectively. These results correspond to the best sensitivity at m_{χ}<6 GeV/c^{2} among WIMP AM measurements to date.
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Jha J, Pushker N, Singh M, Singh L, Sen S, Kaur J, Kashyap S. Association of BAP1 with ATR protein and their clinical significance with patient outcome in uveal melanoma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz429.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Liu ZZ, Yue Q, Yang LT, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, Guo XY, Guo QJ, He L, He SM, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Jia LP, Jiang H, Li HB, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Ma H, Ma JL, Mao YC, Ning JH, Pan H, Qi NC, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sharma V, She Z, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ. Constraints on Spin-Independent Nucleus Scattering with sub-GeV Weakly Interacting Massive Particle Dark Matter from the CDEX-1B Experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:161301. [PMID: 31702340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.161301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report results on the searches of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with sub-GeV masses (m_{χ}) via WIMP-nucleus spin-independent scattering with Migdal effect incorporated. Analysis on time-integrated (TI) and annual modulation (AM) effects on CDEX-1B data are performed, with 737.1 kg day exposure and 160 eVee threshold for TI analysis, and 1107.5 kg day exposure and 250 eVee threshold for AM analysis. The sensitive windows in m_{χ} are expanded by an order of magnitude to lower DM masses with Migdal effect incorporated. New limits on σ_{χN}^{SI} at 90% confidence level are derived as 2×10^{-32}∼7×10^{-35} cm^{2} for TI analysis at m_{χ}∼50-180 MeV/c^{2}, and 3×10^{-32}∼9×10^{-38} cm^{2} for AM analysis at m_{χ}∼75 MeV/c^{2}-3.0 GeV/c^{2}.
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Jha J, Singh M, Singh L, Pushker N, Sen S, Kashyap S. Synergistic role of BAP1 and DNA damage response pathway in uveal melanoma and its prognostic significance. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz269.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nayak M, Khan A, Singh L. Polysomnographic parameters and their brain morphology correlates in depression: A comparative study. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.1631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kashyap S, Singh M, Singh L, Pushker N, Sen S, Meel R, Bakhshi S, Chawla B, Kaur J. Prognostic significance of c-Rel/p50 heterodimer in the tumor microenvironment of uveal melanoma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz269.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Singh L, Dubey R, Singh S, Goel R, Nair S, Singh PK. Measuring quality of antenatal care: a secondary analysis of national survey data from India. BJOG 2019; 126 Suppl 4:7-13. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Singh L, Kaur A, Bhatti MS, Bhatti R. Possible Molecular Mediators Involved and Mechanistic Insight into Fibromyalgia and Associated Co-morbidities. Neurochem Res 2019; 44:1517-1532. [PMID: 31004261 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-019-02805-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic complex syndrome of non-articulate origin characterized by musculoskeletal pain, painful tender points, sleep problems and co-morbidities including depression, migraine. The etiopathogenesis of fibromyalgia is complex, variable and remains inconclusive. The etiological factors that have been defined include stress, genetic predisposition and environmental components. As per the reports of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) the prevalence of fibromyalgia varies from 2 to 22% among the general population with poor diagnostic features primarily pain. Fibromyalgia encompasses a spectrum of co-morbid conditions with multifarious pathogenesis. The highly prevalent manifestations of fibromyalgia include heterogeneous pain and aches. Biochemical and neurobiological elements of fibromyalgia include neurotransmitters, hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA axis), inflammatory cytokines, monoaminergic pathway, opioid peptides, sex hormones, nerve growth factor (NGF) and local free radical insult. An imbalance in the serotonergic system is the major underlying etiological factor that has been explored most widely. Owing to complex interplay of diverse pathophysiological pathways, overlapping co-morbidities such as depression have been clinically observed. Therapeutic management of fibromyalgia involves both non pharmacological and pharmacological measures. The current review presents various dysregulations and their association with symptoms of fibromyalgia along with their underlying neurobiological aspects.
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Singh L, Singh M, Pushker N, Bakhshi S, Rizvi M, Sen S, Kashyap S. Immune checkpoints and T-lymphocytes as immunotherapeutic target in the treatment of sebaceous gland carcinoma. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy288.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Jiang H, Jia LP, Yue Q, Kang KJ, Cheng JP, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, He L, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Li HB, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Ma H, Ma JL, Pan H, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sevda B, Sharma V, Shen MB, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang JM, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang LT, Yang SW, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng XH, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhang YH, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ, Zhu ZH. Limits on Light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from the First 102.8 kg×day Data of the CDEX-10 Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:241301. [PMID: 29956956 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.241301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report the first results of a light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search from the CDEX-10 experiment with a 10 kg germanium detector array immersed in liquid nitrogen at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a physics data size of 102.8 kg day. At an analysis threshold of 160 eVee, improved limits of 8×10^{-42} and 3×10^{-36} cm^{2} at a 90% confidence level on spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections, respectively, at a WIMP mass (m_{χ}) of 5 GeV/c^{2} are achieved. The lower reach of m_{χ} is extended to 2 GeV/c^{2}.
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Rathore K, Joseph B, Sharma DK, Gaurav A, Sharma SK, Milind M, Patel P, Prakash C, Singh L. Evaluation of multiplex polymerase chain reaction as an alternative to conventional antibiotic sensitivity test. Vet World 2018; 11:474-479. [PMID: 29805213 PMCID: PMC5960787 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.474-479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aim This study was designed to evaluate the potential of the use of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as an alternative to conventional antibiotic sensitivity test. Materials and Methods Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (total = 36) from clinical cases presented to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Navania, Udaipur, were characterized by morphological, cultural, and biochemical methods. Then, the isolates were further subjected to molecular characterization by PCR targeting S. aureus-specific sequence (107 bp). Phenotypic antibiotic sensitivity pattern was analyzed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method against 11 commonly used antibiotics in veterinary medicine in and around Udaipur region. The genotypic antibiotic sensitivity pattern was studied against methicillin, aminoglycosides, and tetracycline targeting the gene mecA, aacA-aphD, and tetK by multiplex PCR. Results There was 100% correlation between the phenotype and genotype of aminoglycoside resistance, more than 90% correlation for methicillin resistance, and 58.3% in the case tetracycline resistance. Conclusion As there is a good correlation between phenotype and genotype of antibiotic resistance, multiplex PCR can be used as an alternative to the conventional antibiotic susceptibility testing, as it can give a rapid and true prediction of antibiotic sensitivity pattern.
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Singh L, Kulshrestha R, Singh N, Jaggi AS. Mechanisms involved in adenosine pharmacological preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 22:225-234. [PMID: 29719445 PMCID: PMC5928336 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2018.22.3.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Adenosine is a naturally occurring breakdown product of adenosine triphosphate and plays an important role in different physiological and pathological conditions. Adenosine also serves as an important trigger in ischemic and remote preconditioning and its release may impart cardioprotection. Exogenous administration of adenosine in the form of adenosine preconditioning may also protect heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Endogenous release of adenosine during ischemic/remote preconditioning or exogenous adenosine during pharmacological preconditioning activates adenosine receptors to activate plethora of mechanisms, which either independently or in association with one another may confer cardioprotection during ischemia-reperfusion injury. These mechanisms include activation of KATP channels, an increase in the levels of antioxidant enzymes, functional interaction with opioid receptors; increase in nitric oxide production; decrease in inflammation; activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels; activation of kinases such as protein kinase B (Akt), protein kinase C, tyrosine kinase, mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinases such as ERK 1/2, p38 MAP kinases and MAP kinase kinase (MEK 1) MMP. The present review discusses the role and mechanisms involved in adenosine preconditioning-induced cardioprotection.
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Singh L, Virdi JK, Maslov LN, Singh N, Jaggi AS. Investigating the possible mechanisms involved in adenosine preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in rats. Cardiovasc Ther 2018; 36:e12328. [PMID: 29604187 DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adenosine is a breakdown product of adenosine triphosphate and plays an important role in pharmacological preconditioning. The cardioprotective effects of adenosine preconditioning are well established. However, the possible mechanisms need to be explored. AIM This study was aimed to investigate the possible mechanisms involved in adenosine preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in rats. METHODS Rat heart was isolated and perfused on Langendorff apparatus. Global ischemia for 30 minutes followed by reperfusion for 120 minutes was employed to produce myocardial injury. Myocardial injury was assessed by measuring myocardial infarct size, release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase (CK) in the coronary effluent and hemodynamic parameters including left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP), dp/dtmax, and dp/dtmin . Serum nitrite levels were measured as an index of nitric oxide release in blood. RESULTS Adenosine (4 mg/kg) preconditioning significantly decreased ischemia-reperfusion-induced increase in LDH, CK release, infarct size, improved LVDP, dp/dtmax and dp/dtmin, and increased serum nitrite levels. Pretreatment with L-NAME, a specific NOS inhibitor, (5 mg/kg) and montelukast, leukotriene receptor antagonist, (10 mg/kg) significantly abrogated the cardioprotective effect of adenosine preconditioning. However, seratrodast, thromboxane A2 antagonist, (15 mg/kg) had no effect on adenosine-induced cardioprotection. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) preconditioning also produced cardioprotective effects. However, caffeine (20 mg/kg) (adenosine receptor blocker) and seratrodast (15 mg/kg) had no effect on SNP-induced cardioprotection. Administration of montelukast abrogated the cardioprotective effects of SNP preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. CONCLUSION Adenosine preconditioning may increase the release of nitric oxide, which in turn may increase the release of cysteinyl leukotrienes to confer cardioprotection.
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Anand M, Singh L, Agarwal P, Saroj R, Taneja A. Pesticides exposure through environment and risk of pre-term birth: a study from Agra city. Drug Chem Toxicol 2017; 42:471-477. [PMID: 29250999 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2017.1413107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pre-term birth is an increasingly prevalent complex condition with multiple risk factors including environmental pollutants. Evidences linking organochlorine pesticides with adverse pregnancy outcomes are inconsistent for link between organochlorine pesticides and adverse pregnancy outcomes. We performed a case-control study of 50 cases of full-term births and 40 cases of pre-term births in this study. Placental organochlorine pesticides like metabolites of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane that is, (p,p-DDE, p,p-DDT and o,p-DDD) and isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (α, β, γ and δ HCH) were analyzed by gas chromatography. Although the mean levels of pesticide were found higher in the placenta of the women with pre-term delivery cases placentas, but only α-HCH, total-HCH, p,p-DDE and total-DDT were found statistically significant. It was observed that pesticide exposed women were approximately 1.7 times more likely to deliver pre-term baby as compare to pregnant women that were not exposed to any pesticides. We also observed that increasing maternal age reduced the risk of having pre-term birth (OR = 0.99). Among all pesticides, α-HCH was found to be strongest isomer to induce premature baby birth (p < 0.001). This study found that pregnant women's age and chronic disease, baby's weight at the time of birth and α-HCH were important risk factors for pre-term births.
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Sudhakar DVS, Nizamuddin S, Manisha G, Devi JR, Gupta NJ, Chakravarthy BN, Deenadayal M, Singh L, Thangaraj K. NR5A1 mutations are not associated with male infertility in Indian men. Andrologia 2017; 50. [PMID: 29265478 DOI: 10.1111/and.12931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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NR5A1 or steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1) is an autosomal gene, which encodes a protein that is a member of nuclear receptor family. NR5A1 regulates the transcription of numerous genes that are expressed in hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and adrenal cortex which in turn, coordinate the gonadal development, steroidogenesis and sex differentiation. Several mutations in NR5A1 have been reported to cause gonadal dysgenesis with adrenal insufficiency in individuals with 46,XY karyotype. However, studies in the past few years have shown that NR5A1 mutations can also contribute to primary ovarian insufficiency and impaired spermatogenesis. As there is no genetic study on NR5A1 in Indian infertile men, we have sequenced the entire coding region (exons 2-7) of NR5A1 in 502 infertile men of which, 414 were non-obstructive azoospermic and 88 severe oligozoospermic, along with 427 ethnically matched fertile controls. Interestingly, none of the mutations reported to be associated with male infertility were found in our study, except one polymorphism, rs1110061. However, it was not significantly different between infertile and fertile groups (p = .76). In addition, we have identified six intronic variants; but none of them was significantly associated with male infertility.
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Singh L, Kashyap S, Pushker N, Bakhshi S, Sen S, Rizvi M. Expression pattern of immune checkpoints programmed death (PD-1) and programmed death-ligand (PD-L1) in retinoblastoma and its prognostic significance. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx711.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Reddy B, Reddy A, Nagaraja T, Bhaskar L, Thangaraj K, Reddy A, Singh L. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes among the 28 Caste and Tribal Populations of India. INT J HUM GENET 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2006.11885977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Krishna Vanaja D, Sivakumar B, Jesudasan RA, Singh L, Janardanasarma MK, Habibullah CM. In Vivo Identification, Survival, and Functional Efficacy of Transplanted Hepatocytes in Acute Liver Failure Mice Model by Fish Using Y-Chromosome Probe. Cell Transplant 2017; 7:267-73. [PMID: 9647436 DOI: 10.1177/096368979800700305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hepatocyte transplantation has excited much interest in lending temporary metabolic support to a failing liver following acute liver injury. The exact site from which they act and the clinical, biochemical, and histological changes in the recipient body following hepatocyte transplantation is yet to be worked out. The present study is an attempt to delineate location and function of transplanted hepatocytes and also the overall survival of these cells with a fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) technique using a Y-chromosome–specific probe in a carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced mice model of fulminant hepatic failure. Fifty-five syngenic adult Swiss female mice of approximately the same age and body weight were divided into three groups. Group-1 (n = 15), which received mineral oil, served as a negative control. Group-II (n = 15) received CCl4 (3 mL/kg) 40% vol/vol in mineral oil, by gavage served as positive control for hepatic failure. Group-III (n = 25) received intrasplenic transplantation of syngenic single cell suspension of hepatocytes in Hanks medium, after 30 h of CCl4 administration. Male Swiss adult mice (n = 15) served as donors of hepatocytes. The overall survival of animals in groups I to III was 100, 0, and 70%, respectively, by 2 wk of the study period. Transplanted hepatocytes were identified by Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) staining and confirmed with a FISH technique using the Y-chromosome probe. The majority of exogenously transplanted hepatocytes were found in the liver and spleen sections even after 1 wk of hepatocyte transplantation. Transplanted cells were mostly found to be translocated into the sinusoids of the liver. Transplanted hepatocytes were found to be beneficial as a temporary liver support in a failing liver, significantly improving the survival of the animals. In the present study, the FISH technique was used to unequivocally distinguish the transplanted cells from the host, and thus describes a model for studying the distribution and survival of the transplanted cells.
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