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Miller ADC, Chowdhury SP, Hanson HW, Linderman SK, Ghasemi HI, Miller WD, Morrissey MA, Richardson CD, Gardner BM, Mukherjee A. Engineering water exchange is a safe and effective method for magnetic resonance imaging in diverse cell types. J Biol Eng 2024; 18:30. [PMID: 38649904 PMCID: PMC11035135 DOI: 10.1186/s13036-024-00424-5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Aquaporin-1 (Aqp1), a water channel, has garnered significant interest for cell-based medicine and in vivo synthetic biology due to its ability to be genetically encoded to produce magnetic resonance signals by increasing the rate of water diffusion in cells. However, concerns regarding the effects of Aqp1 overexpression and increased membrane diffusivity on cell physiology have limited its widespread use as a deep-tissue reporter. In this study, we present evidence that Aqp1 generates strong diffusion-based magnetic resonance signals without adversely affecting cell viability or morphology in diverse cell lines derived from mice and humans. Our findings indicate that Aqp1 overexpression does not induce ER stress, which is frequently associated with heterologous expression of membrane proteins. Furthermore, we observed that Aqp1 expression had no detrimental effects on native biological activities, such as phagocytosis, immune response, insulin secretion, and tumor cell migration in the analyzed cell lines. These findings should serve to alleviate any lingering safety concerns regarding the utilization of Aqp1 as a genetic reporter and should foster its broader application as a noninvasive reporter for in vivo studies.
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- Austin D C Miller
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
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Thisted T, Smith FD, Mukherjee A, Kleschenko Y, Feng F, Jiang ZG, Eitas T, Malhotra K, Biesova Z, Onumajuru A, Finley F, Cifuentes A, Zhang G, Martin GH, Takeuchi Y, Thiam K, Schreiber RD, van der Horst EH. VISTA checkpoint inhibition by pH-selective antibody SNS-101 with optimized safety and pharmacokinetic profiles enhances PD-1 response. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2917. [PMID: 38575562 PMCID: PMC10995192 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47256-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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VISTA, an inhibitory myeloid-T-cell checkpoint, holds promise as a target for cancer immunotherapy. However, its effective targeting has been impeded by issues such as rapid clearance and cytokine release syndrome observed with previous VISTA antibodies. Here we demonstrate that SNS-101, a newly developed pH-selective VISTA antibody, addresses these challenges. Structural and biochemical analyses confirmed the pH-selectivity and unique epitope targeted by SNS-101. These properties confer favorable pharmacokinetic and safety profiles on SNS-101. In syngeneic tumor models utilizing human VISTA knock-in mice, SNS-101 shows in vivo efficacy when combined with a PD-1 inhibitor, modulates cytokine and chemokine signaling, and alters the tumor microenvironment. In summary, SNS-101, currently in Phase I clinical trials, emerges as a promising therapeutic biologic for a wide range of patients whose cancer is refractory to current immunotherapy regimens.
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- Thomas Thisted
- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc., 1405 Research Blvd, Suite 125, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Mailstop 8118, 425 South Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- genOway, Technopark Gerland, 69007, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Mailstop 8118, 425 South Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Mukherjee A, Abraham S, Singh A, Balaji S, Mukunthan KS. From Data to Cure: A Comprehensive Exploration of Multi-omics Data Analysis for Targeted Therapies. Mol Biotechnol 2024:10.1007/s12033-024-01133-6. [PMID: 38565775 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01133-6] [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: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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In the dynamic landscape of targeted therapeutics, drug discovery has pivoted towards understanding underlying disease mechanisms, placing a strong emphasis on molecular perturbations and target identification. This paradigm shift, crucial for drug discovery, is underpinned by big data, a transformative force in the current era. Omics data, characterized by its heterogeneity and enormity, has ushered biological and biomedical research into the big data domain. Acknowledging the significance of integrating diverse omics data strata, known as multi-omics studies, researchers delve into the intricate interrelationships among various omics layers. This review navigates the expansive omics landscape, showcasing tailored assays for each molecular layer through genomes to metabolomes. The sheer volume of data generated necessitates sophisticated informatics techniques, with machine-learning (ML) algorithms emerging as robust tools. These datasets not only refine disease classification but also enhance diagnostics and foster the development of targeted therapeutic strategies. Through the integration of high-throughput data, the review focuses on targeting and modeling multiple disease-regulated networks, validating interactions with multiple targets, and enhancing therapeutic potential using network pharmacology approaches. Ultimately, this exploration aims to illuminate the transformative impact of multi-omics in the big data era, shaping the future of biological research.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
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Chang C, Vong C, Wang X, Hazra A, Diehl A, Nicholas T, Mukherjee A. Tofacitinib pharmacokinetics in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2024; 13:599-611. [PMID: 38298058 PMCID: PMC11015083 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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These analyses characterized tofacitinib pharmacokinetics (PKs) in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Data were pooled from phase I (NCT01513902), phase III (NCT02592434), and open-label, long-term extension (NCT01500551) studies of tofacitinib tablet/solution (weight-based doses administered twice daily [b.i.d.]) in patients with JIA aged 2 to less than 18 years. Population PK modeling used a nonlinear mixed-effects approach, with covariates identified using stepwise forward-inclusion backward-deletion procedures. Simulations were performed to derive dosing recommendations for children and adolescents with JIA. Two hundred forty-six pediatric patients were included in the population PK model. A one-compartment model with first-order elimination and absorption with body weight as a covariate for oral clearance and apparent volume of distribution sufficiently described the data. Oral solution was associated with comparable average concentration (Cavg) and slightly higher (113.9%) maximum concentration (Cmax) versus tablet, which was confirmed by a subsequent randomized, open-label, bioavailability study conducted in healthy adult participants (n = 12) by demonstrating adjusted geometric mean ratios (90% confidence interval) between oral solution and tablet of 1.04 (1.00-1.09) and 1.10 (1.00-1.21) for area under the curve extrapolated to infinity and Cmax, respectively (NCT04111614). A dosing regimen of 3.2 mg b.i.d. solution in patients 10 to less than 20 kg, 4 mg b.i.d. solution in patients 20 to less than 40 kg, and 5 mg b.i.d. tablet/solution in patients greater than or equal to 40 kg, irrespective of age, was proposed to achieve constant Cavg across weight groups. In summary, population PK characterization informed a simplified tofacitinib dosing regimen that has been implemented in pediatric patients with JIA.
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Santhosh KH, Krishna V, Kemparaju K, Manjunatha H, Shashi Kumar R, Mukherjee A, Gomez Mejiba SE, Ramirez DC, Ravindranath BS. β-keto amyrin isolated from Cryptostegia grandiflora R. br. inhibits inflammation caused by Daboia russellii viper venom: Direct binding of β-keto amyrin to phospholipase A 2. Toxicon 2024; 241:107679. [PMID: 38447765 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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The search for mechanism-based anti-inflammatory therapies is of fundamental importance to avoid undesired off-target effects. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity is a potential molecular target for anti-inflammatory drugs because it fuels arachidonic acid needed to synthesize inflammation mediators, such as prostaglandins. Herein, we aim to investigate the molecular mechanism by which β-keto amyrin isolated from a methanolic extract of Cryptostegia grandiflora R. Br. Leaves can inhibit inflammation caused by Daboia russellii viper (DR) venom that mainly contains PLA2. We found that β-keto amyrin neutralizes DR venom-induced paw-edema in a mouse model. Molecular docking of PLA2 with β-keto amyrin complex resulted in a higher binding energy score of -8.86 kcal/mol and an inhibition constant of 611.7 nM. Diclofenac had a binding energy of -7.04 kcal/mol and an IC50 value of 620 nM, which predicts a poorer binding interaction than β-keto amyrin. The higher conformational stability of β-keto amyrin interaction compared to diclofenac is confirmed by molecular dynamics simulation. β-keto amyrin isolated from C. grandiflora inhibits the PLA2 activity contained in Daboia russellii viper venom. The anti-inflammatory property of β-keto amyrin is due to its direct binding into the active site of PLA2, thus inhibiting its enzyme activity.
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- K H Santhosh
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Manasa Gangotri Campus, Mysore-57006, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore- 56005, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal- 576104, Karnataka, India
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- Laboratory of Nutrition and Experimental Therapeutics, CCT-San Luis-National University of San Luis, San Luis, 5700-San Luis, Argentina.
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- Laboratory of Experimental and Translational Medicine. CCT-San Luis-National University of San Luis, San Luis, 5700-San Luis, Argentina.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal- 576104, Karnataka, India.
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Lau ES, Goodheart JA, Anderson NT, Liu VL, Mukherjee A, Oakley TH. Similar enzymatic functions in distinct bioluminescence systems: Evolutionary recruitment of sulfotransferases in ostracod light organs. bioRxiv 2024:2023.04.12.536614. [PMID: 37090632 PMCID: PMC10120648 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.12.536614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Genes from ancient families are sometimes involved in the convergent evolutionary origins of similar traits, even across vast phylogenetic distances. Sulfotransferases are an ancient family of enzymes that transfer sulfate from a donor to a wide variety of substrates, including probable roles in some bioluminescence systems. Here we demonstrate multiple sulfotransferases, highly expressed in light organs of the bioluminescent ostracod Vargula tsujii , transfer sulfate in vivo to the luciferin substrate, vargulin. We find luciferin sulfotransferases of ostracods are not orthologous to known luciferin sulfotransferases of fireflies or sea pansies; animals with distinct and convergently evolved bioluminescence systems compared to ostracods. Therefore, distantly related sulfotransferases were independently recruited at least three times, leading to parallel evolution of luciferin metabolism in three highly diverged organisms. Re-use of homologous genes is surprising in these bioluminescence systems because the other components, including luciferins and luciferases, are completely distinct. Whether convergently evolved traits incorporate ancient genes with similar functions or instead use distinct, often newer, genes may be constrained by how many genetic solutions exist for a particular function. When fewer solutions exist, as in genetic sulfation of small molecules, evolution may be more constrained to use the same genes time and again.
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Huang Y, Chen X, Zhu Z, Mukherjee A. A Dual-gene Reporter-amplifier Architecture for Enhancing the Sensitivity of Molecular MRI by Water Exchange. Chembiochem 2024:e202400087. [PMID: 38439618 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400087] [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: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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The development of genetic reporters for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for investigating biological functions in vivo. However, current MRI reporters have low sensitivity, making it challenging to create significant contrast against the tissue background, especially when only a small fraction of cells express the reporter. To overcome this limitation, we developed an approach for amplifying the sensitivity of molecular MRI by combining a chemogenetic contrast mechanism with a biophysical approach to increase water diffusion through the co-expression of a dual-gene construct comprising an organic anion transporting polypeptide, Oatp1b3, and a water channel, Aqp1. We first show that the expression of Aqp1 amplifies MRI contrast in cultured cells engineered to express Oatp1b3. We demonstrate that the contrast amplification is caused by Aqp1-driven increase in water exchange, which provides the gadolinium ions internalized by Oatp1b3-expressing cells with access to a larger water pool compared with exchange-limited conditions. We further show that our methodology allows cells to be detected using approximately 10-fold lower concentrations of gadolinium than that in the Aqp1-free scenario. Finally, we show that our approach enables the imaging of mixed-cell cultures containing a low fraction of Oatp1b3labeled cells that are undetectable on the basis of Oatp1b3 expression alone.
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- UC Santa Barbara, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, UNITED STATES
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- UC Santa Barbara, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering, Engineering II 3349, 93106-5080, Santa Barbara, UNITED STATES
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Vijay A, Sreyas Adury VS, Mukherjee A. Targeting RdRp of SARS-CoV-2 with De Novo Molecule Generation. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2024; 7:609-616. [PMID: 37566736 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00339] [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] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Viruses are known for their extremely high mutation rates, allowing them to evade both the human immune system and many forms of standard medicine. Despite this, the RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of the RNA viruses has been largely conserved, and any significant mutation of this protein is unlikely. The recent COVID-19 pandemic presents a need for therapeutics. We have designed a de novo drug design algorithm that generates strong binding ligands from scratch, based on only the structure of the target protein's receptor. In this paper, we applied our method to target SARS-CoV-2 RdRp and generated several de novo molecules. We then chose some drug molecules based on the structural similarity to some of our strongest binding de novo molecules. Subsequently, we showed, using rigorous all-atom explicit-water free energy calculations in near-microsecond time scales using state-of-the-art well-tempered metadynamics simulations, that some of our de novo generated ligands bind more strongly to RdRp than the recent FDA approved drug remdesivir in its active form, remdesivir triphosphate (RTP). We elucidated the binding mechanism for some of the top binders and compared it with RTP. We believe that this work will be useful both by presenting lead structures for RdRp inhibition and by delivering key insights into the residues of the protein potentially involved in the binding/unbinding of these small molecule drugs, leading to more targeted studies in the future.
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- Amal Vijay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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Mukherjee A, Benett J, Anyigor KT, Olayinka OBO, Khalafallah AM, Alencastro J, Butt TE. Solar roads - a new potential renewable energy for Great Britain. Environ Technol 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38361350 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2024.2316669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Global warming has become a much more realised issue and an immediate threat, accelerating due to the anthropogenic carbon release associated with escalating energy demand. Consequently, pressures are building up to reduce anthropogenic carbon footprint by employing renewable energy resources, among which solar energy is the main. Solar roads are a new and innovative concept as they do not require land to be specifically allocated. This is because the road infrastructure already exists. Therefore, this emerging technique of embedding solar panels into pavements and roadways is becoming a more attractive proposition. However, a hurdle to its successful application is the lack of knowledge regarding its feasibility and viability. This study aims to evaluate the potential of solar roads to inform future feasibility and viability studies in varying contexts and implications. Within the scope of this study, the case of Great Britain is considered to evaluate the potential of how much energy can be generated via the solar roads technology that can be embedded in the country's road infrastructure. A mathematical exercise is performed in which calculations are executed to develop a basic numerical model of the potential. Therefore, the study is quantitative, and the factors considered include seasonal changes, average daily traffic covering roads, tree and building shades, road types and sizes, solar irradiance, solar panel types, and alike. It is estimated that solar roads may supply up to 96.42% of the UK's total electricity, which is a substantially promising potential.
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- A Mukherjee
- Faculty of Engineering & Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Built Environment Department, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Anderson NT, Xie J, Chacko AN, Liu V, Fan KC, Mukherjee A. Rational design of a circularly permuted flavin-based fluorescent protein. Chembiochem 2024:e202300814. [PMID: 38356332 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300814] [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: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Flavin-based fluorescent proteins are oxygen-independent reporters that hold great promise for imaging anaerobic and hypoxic biological systems. In this study, we explored the feasibility of applying circular permutation, a valuable method for the creation of fluorescent sensors, to flavin-based fluorescent proteins. We used rational design and structural data to identify a suitable location for circular permutation in iLOV, a flavin-based reporter derived from A. thaliana. However, relocating the N- and C-termini to this position resulted in a significant reduction in fluorescence. This loss of fluorescence was reversible, however, by fusing dimerizing coiled coils at the new N- and C-termini to compensate for the increase in local chain entropy. Additionally, by inserting protease cleavage sites in circularly permuted iLOV, we developed two protease sensors and demonstrated their application in mammalian cells. In summary, our work establishes the first approach to engineer circularly permuted FbFPs optimized for high fluorescence and further showcases the utility of circularly permuted FbFPs to serve as a scaffold for sensor engineering.
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- Nolan T Anderson
- University of California Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Chemistry, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Chemistry, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Biology, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering, UNITED STATES
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering, Engineering II 3349, 93106-5080, Santa Barbara, UNITED STATES
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Martin GH, Gonon A, Martin-Jeantet P, Renart-Depontieu F, Biesova Z, Cifuentes A, Mukherjee A, Thisted T, Doerner A, Campbell DO, Bourré L, van der Horst EH, Rezza A, Thiam K. Myeloid and dendritic cells enhance therapeutics-induced cytokine release syndrome features in humanized BRGSF-HIS preclinical model. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1357716. [PMID: 38384461 PMCID: PMC10880010 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1357716] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Objectives Despite their efficacy, some immunotherapies have been shown to induce immune-related adverse events, including the potentially life-threatening cytokine release syndrome (CRS), calling for reliable and translational preclinical models to predict potential safety issues and investigate their rescue. Here, we tested the reliability of humanized BRGSF mice for the assessment of therapeutics-induced CRS features in preclinical settings. Methods BRGSF mice reconstituted with human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells (BRGSF-CBC) were injected with anti-CD3 antibody (OKT3), anti-CD3/CD19 bispecific T-cell engager Blinatumomab, or VISTA-targeting antibody. Human myeloid and dendritic cells' contribution was investigated in hFlt3L-boosted BRGSF-CBC mice. OKT3 treatment was also tested in human PBMC-reconstituted BRGSF mice (BRGSF-PBMC). Cytokine release, immune cell distribution, and clinical signs were followed. Results OKT3 injection in BRGSF-CBC mice induced hallmark features of CRS, specifically inflammatory cytokines release, modifications of immune cell distribution and activation, body weight loss, and temperature drop. hFlt3L-boosted BRGSF-CBC mice displayed enhanced CRS features, revealing a significant role of myeloid and dendritic cells in this process. Clinical CRS-managing treatment Infliximab efficiently attenuated OKT3-induced toxicity. Comparison of OKT3 treatment's effect on BRGSF-CBC and BRGSF-PBMC mice showed broadened CRS features in BRGSF-CBC mice. CRS-associated features were also observed in hFlt3L-boosted BRGSF-CBC mice upon treatment with other T-cell or myeloid-targeting compounds. Conclusions These data show that BRGSF-CBC mice represent a relevant model for the preclinical assessment of CRS and CRS-managing therapies. They also confirm a significant role of myeloid and dendritic cells in CRS development and exhibit the versatility of this model for therapeutics-induced safety assessment.
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Huang Y, Chen X, Zhu Z, Mukherjee A. A dual-gene reporter-amplifier architecture for enhancing the sensitivity of molecular MRI by water exchange. bioRxiv 2024:2024.01.22.576672. [PMID: 38328134 PMCID: PMC10849537 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.22.576672] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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The development of genetic reporters for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for investigating biological functions in intact animals. However, current MRI reporters have low sensitivity, making it challenging to create significant contrast against the tissue background, especially when only a small percentage of cells express the reporter. To overcome this limitation, we developed an approach that amplifies signals by co-expressing an MRI reporter gene, Oatp1b3, with a water channel, aquaporin-1 (Aqp1). We first show that the expression of Aqp1 amplifies the paramagnetic relaxation effect of Oatp1b3 by facilitating transmembrane water exchange. This mechanism provides Oatp1b3-expressing cells with access to a larger water pool compared with typical exchange-limited conditions. We further demonstrated that our methodology allows dual-labeled cells to be detected using approximately 10-fold lower concentrations of contrast agent than that in the Aqp1-free scenario. Finally, we show that our approach enables the imaging of mixed-cell populations containing a low fraction of Oatp1b3-labeled cells that are otherwise undetectable based on Oatp1b3 expression alone.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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Chacko AN, Miller AD, Dhanabalan KM, Mukherjee A. Exploring the potential of water channels for developing MRI reporters and sensors without the need for exogenous contrast agents. bioRxiv 2024:2024.01.21.576580. [PMID: 38328035 PMCID: PMC10849501 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.21.576580] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Genetically encoded reporters for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offer a valuable technology for making molecular-scale measurements of biological processes within living organisms with high anatomical resolution and whole-organ coverage without relying on ionizing radiation. However, most MRI reporters rely on contrast agents, typically paramagnetic metals and metal complexes, which often need to be supplemented exogenously to create optimal contrast. To eliminate the need for contrast agents, we previously introduced aquaporin-1, a mammalian water channel, as a new reporter gene for the fully autonomous detection of genetically labeled cells using diffusion-weighted MRI. In this study, we aimed to expand the toolbox of diffusion-based genetic reporters by modulating aquaporin membrane trafficking and harnessing the evolutionary diversity of water channels across species. We identified a number of new water channels that functioned as diffusion-weighted reporter genes. In addition, we show that loss-of-function variants of yeast and human aquaporins can be leveraged to design first-in-class diffusion-based sensors for detecting the activity of a model protease within living cells.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program
- Department of Chemical Engineering
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Miller ADC, Chowdhury SP, Hanson HW, Linderman SK, Ghasemi HI, Miller WD, Morrissey MA, Richardson CD, Gardner BM, Mukherjee A. Engineering water exchange is a safe and effective method for magnetic resonance imaging in diverse cell types. bioRxiv 2023:2023.11.07.566095. [PMID: 37986852 PMCID: PMC10659288 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.566095] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Aquaporin-1 (Aqp1), a water channel, has garnered significant interest for cell-based medicine and in vivo synthetic biology due to its ability to be genetically encoded to produce magnetic resonance signals by increasing the rate of water diffusion in cells. However, concerns regarding the effects of Aqp1 overexpression and increased membrane diffusivity on cell physiology have limited its widespread use as a deep-tissue reporter. In this study, we present evidence that Aqp1 generates strong diffusion-based magnetic resonance signals without adversely affecting cell viability or morphology in diverse cell lines derived from mice and humans. Our findings indicate that Aqp1 overexpression does not induce ER stress, which is frequently associated with heterologous expression of membrane proteins. Furthermore, we observed that Aqp1 expression had no detrimental effects on native biological activities, such as phagocytosis, immune response, insulin secretion, and tumor cell migration in the analyzed cell lines. These findings should serve to alleviate any lingering safety concerns regarding the utilization of Aqp1 as a genetic reporter and should foster its broader application as a noninvasive reporter for in vivo studies.
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- Austin D C Miller
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Mukherjee A, Kumar G, Panda S. Response to: Prognostic factors for COVID-19 infected inpatients with chronic diseases. QJM 2023; 116:887-888. [PMID: 37335860 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad128] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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- A Mukherjee
- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India
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Chowdhury R, Wan J, Gardier R, Rafael-Patino J, Thiran JP, Gibou F, Mukherjee A. Molecular Imaging with Aquaporin-Based Reporter Genes: Quantitative Considerations from Monte Carlo Diffusion Simulations. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:3041-3049. [PMID: 37793076 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Aquaporins provide a unique approach for imaging genetic activity in deep tissues by increasing the rate of cellular water diffusion, which generates a magnetic resonance contrast. However, distinguishing aquaporin signals from the tissue background is challenging because water diffusion is influenced by structural factors, such as cell size and packing density. Here, we developed a Monte Carlo model to analyze how cell radius and intracellular volume fraction quantitatively affect aquaporin signals. We demonstrated that a differential imaging approach based on subtracting signals at two diffusion times can improve specificity by unambiguously isolating aquaporin signals from the tissue background. We further used Monte Carlo simulations to analyze the connection between diffusivity and the percentage of cells engineered to express aquaporin and established a mapping that accurately determined the volume fraction of aquaporin-expressing cells in mixed populations. The quantitative framework developed in this study will enable a broad range of applications in biomedical synthetic biology, requiring the use of aquaporins to noninvasively monitor the location and function of genetically engineered devices in live animals.
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Radiology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Radiology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Mukherjee A, Dhak P, Mandal D, Dhak D. Solvothermal synthesis of 3D rod-shaped Ti/Al/Cr nano-oxide for photodegradation of wastewater micropollutants under sunlight: a green way to achieve SDG:6. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-30112-8. [PMID: 37812343 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30112-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Waterbodies are day-by-day polluted by the various colored micropollutants, e.g., azo dyes enriched (carcinogenic, non-biodegradable) colored wastewater from textile industries. Water pollution has become a serious global issue as ~ 25% of health diseases are prompted by pollution as reported by WHO. Around 1 billion people will face water scarcity by 2025 and this water crisis is also a prime focus to the UNs' sustainable development goal 6 (SDG6: clean water and sanitation). To prevent the water pollution caused by micropollutants, a mesoporous, 3D rod-like nano-oxide Ti/Al/Cr (abbreviated as TAC) has been synthesized via the solvothermal method. TAC degraded all classes of azo dyes (mono, di, tri, etc.) with > 90% efficiency under renewable energy source solar irradiation within the pH range 2-11. The detailed study was done on the photodegradation of carcinogenic di-azo dye Congo red (CR) which is banned in many countries. TAC showed 90.64 ± 2% degradation efficiency for CR at pH 7. The proposed photodegradation mechanism of CR was confirmed by the high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (HRLC-MS) analysis obeying the Pirkanniemi path. The photodegradation obeyed the pseudo-1st-order kinetics and was reusable up to successive 5 cycles which can be an efficient tool to meet the UNs' SDG:6.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Techno India University, Kolkata, 700091, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India.
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Zhu R, Vora B, Menon S, Younis I, Dwivedi G, Meng Z, Datta-Mannan A, Manchandani P, Nayak S, Tammara BK, Garhyan P, Iqbal S, Dagenais S, Chanu P, Mukherjee A, Ghobadi C. Clinical Pharmacology Applications of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence in Drug Development and Approval-An Industry Perspective. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023; 114:751-767. [PMID: 37393555 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Since the 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law in 2016, real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) have attracted great interest from the healthcare ecosystem globally. The potential and capability of RWD/RWE to inform regulatory decisions and clinical drug development have been extensively reviewed and discussed in the literature. However, a comprehensive review of current applications of RWD/RWE in clinical pharmacology, particularly from an industry perspective, is needed to inspire new insights and identify potential future opportunities for clinical pharmacologists to utilize RWD/RWE to address key drug development questions. In this paper, we review the RWD/RWE applications relevant to clinical pharmacology based on recent publications from member companies in the International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development (IQ) RWD Working Group, and discuss the future direction of RWE utilization from a clinical pharmacology perspective. A comprehensive review of RWD/RWE use cases is provided and discussed in the following categories of application: drug-drug interaction assessments, dose recommendation for patients with organ impairment, pediatric plan development and study design, model-informed drug development (e.g., disease progression modeling), prognostic and predictive biomarkers/factors identification, regulatory decisions support (e.g., label expansion), and synthetic/external control generation for rare diseases. Additionally, we describe and discuss common sources of RWD to help guide appropriate data selection to address questions pertaining to clinical pharmacology in drug development and regulatory decision making.
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- Rui Zhu
- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology, Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- R&D Data and Data Science, Clinical Modeling & Evidence Integration, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Exploratory Medicine & Pharmacology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Exploratory Division, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
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- Global PK/PD/Pharmacometrics, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Biomarker Sciences, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Real World Evidence Center of Excellence, Pfizer, Inc., New York, New York, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech/Roche, Inc., Lyon, France
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Exploratory Medicine & Pharmacology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Hamade DF, Greenberger JS, Epperly M, Fisher R, Hou W, Shields D, van Pijkeren JP, Mukherjee A, Yu J, Leibowitz B, Vlad A, Coffman L, Wang H, Huq MSS, Coffman L, Rogers CJ. Intraoral Gavage of Second-Generation Probiotic Lactobacillus Reuteri Releasing IFN-β (LR-IFN-β) Mitigates Intestinal Irradiation Toxicity and Improves Survival During Whole Abdomen Irradiation (WAI). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e515. [PMID: 37785608 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1776] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) We sought to establish a method by which to overcome the toxicity of WAI to facilitate clinical application in Ovarian Cancer patients. MATERIALS/METHODS We irradiated C57BL/6J mice to 19.75 Gy WAI and assessed the primary endpoint of overall survival (OS). In a separate experiment, mice were irradiated to 12 Gy WAI and intestinal barrier integrity was compared between groups: control (0 Gy), irradiation only, 12 Gy + LR, 12 Gy + IFN-β, and 12 Gy + LR-IFN-β. Luminex assay of plasma and intestinal cells were also assayed at day 5 after WAI for radiation-induced inflammatory cytokines, and fecal matter was analyzed for LR-IFN-β clearance and levels of the LR-derived IFN-β gene from day 1 to 5 in control non-irradiated mice. Moreover, fluorescent beads were intraorally administered three hours prior to sacrifice at days 2 or 5 after WAI, and blood was assayed for beads. RESULTS Mice receiving LR-IFN-β (109 bacteria in 100 mL of saline) 24-hours following a single fraction of 19.75 Gy WAI showed improved OS compared to control irradiated mice (p = 0.03). LR-IFN-β gavage maintained intestinal barrier integrity (p < 0.05) by stimulating intestinal stem cells regenerations (improved levels of Lgr5+ cells, occludin, and I-CAM; p < 0.05), and reduced levels of intestinal pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IFN-γ (p = 0.0261), IL-3 (p < 0.0020) and IL-17 (p < 0.0070). There was no significant effect of control LR or intraperitoneal injection of IFN-β protein at 24 hours after WAI. Detectable levels of LR-IFN-β bacteria were also cleared from fecal matter by day three via colony assay and rt-PCR, with no detectable growth of LR-IFN-β in blood from gavaged irradiated mice (13.5 Gy WAI). CONCLUSION LR-IFN-β is both a feasible and effective radiation mitigator that could potentially improve the management of ovarian cancer patients. Furthermore, the subsequent addition of platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy to the combination of WAI and LR-IFN-β should reduce tumor volume while protecting the intestine and thus improve overall survival in ovarian cancer patients.
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- D F Hamade
- UPMC-Shadyside Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA
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- UPMC-Shadyside Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA
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- UPMC-Shadyside Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of OB/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Biostatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Gupta A, Shareef M, Twisha M, Bhattacharjee S, Mukherjee G, Nayak SS, Basu S, Dasgupta S, Datta J, Bhattacharyya S, Mukherjee A. True coincidence summing correction for a BEGe detector in close geometry measurements. Appl Radiat Isot 2023; 200:110966. [PMID: 37566947 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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The true coincidence summing correction factor for a Broad Energy Germanium detector has been calculated at far and close geometry set-up using radioactive γ-ray sources. The correction factors were calculated using both experimental and analytical methods. Geant4 simulation was done to calculate the full-energy peak and total efficiencies of the detector. Standard, as well as fabricated mono-energetic γ-ray sources, were used for the γ-ray efficiency measurements. The simulated efficiencies of mono-energetic γ-ray sources were matched to the experimental γ-ray efficiencies by optimizing the detector parameters. The same parameters were used to obtain the full-energy peak and total efficiencies for γ-rays of current interest. Analytical and experimental correction factors were found to agree well with each other. The coincidence summing effect is found to be significant for source-to-detector distances less than 5 cm.
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- Ashish Gupta
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Mukherjee A, Yadav PH, Mukunthan KS. Unveiling Potential Targeted Therapeutic Opportunities for Co-Overexpressed Targeting Protein for Xklp2 and Aurora-A Kinase in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Mol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s12033-023-00879-9. [PMID: 37768502 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00879-9] [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: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is one of the most prevalent and leading causes of cancer deaths globally, with limited diagnostic and clinically significant therapeutic targets. Identifying the genes and processes involved in developing and progressing LUAD is crucial for developing effective targeted therapeutics and improving patient outcomes. Therefore, the study aimed to explore the RNA sequencing data of LUAD from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and gene expression profile datasets involving GSE10072, GSE31210, and GSE32863 from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. The differential gene expression and the downstream analysis determined clinically significant biomarkers using a network-based approach. These therapeutic targets predominantly enriched the dysregulation of mitotic cell cycle regulation and revealed the co-overexpression of Aurora-A Kinase (AURKA) and Targeting Protein for Xklp2 (TPX2) with high survival risk in LUAD patients. The hydrophobic residues of the AURKA-TPX2 interaction were considered as the target site to block the autophosphorylation of AURKA during the mitotic cell cycle. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) dacomitinib demonstrated the strong binding potential to hinder TPX2, shielding the AURKA destabilization. This in silico study lays the foundation for repurposing targeted therapeutic options to impede the Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) in LUAD progression and aid in future translational investigations.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
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Chatterjee T, Mishra S, Mukherjee A, Pal P, Satpati B, Bhattacharya D. Charge-transfer-driven enhanced room-temperature ferromagnetism in BiFeO 3/Ag nanocomposite. Nanotechnology 2023; 34. [PMID: 37669646 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acf6c6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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We report observation of more than an order of magnitude jump in saturation magnetization in BiFeO3/Ag nanocomposite at room temperature compared to what is observed in bare BiFeO3nanoparticles. Using transmission electron microscopy together with energy dispersive x-ray spectra (which maps the element concentration across the BiFeO3/Ag interface) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we show that both the observed specific self-assembly pattern of BiFeO3and Ag nanoparticles and the charge transfer between Ag and O are responsible for such an enormous rise in room-temperature magnetization. The BiFeO3/Ag nanocomposites, therefore, could prove to be extremely useful for a variety of applications including biomedical.
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- Tania Chatterjee
- Advanced Materials and Chemical Characterization Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 700032, India
- Functional Materials and Device Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Functional Materials and Device Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Material Characterization Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, a CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Advanced Materials and Chemical Characterization Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata 700032, India
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Galvani N, Pasquet M, Mukherjee A, Requier A, Cohen-Addad S, Pitois O, Höhler R, Rio E, Salonen A, Durian DJ, Langevin D. Hierarchical bubble size distributions in coarsening wet liquid foams. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2306551120. [PMID: 37708201 PMCID: PMC10515135 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306551120] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Coarsening of two-phase systems is crucial for the stability of dense particle packings such as alloys, foams, emulsions, or supersaturated solutions. Mean field theories predict an asymptotic scaling state with a broad particle size distribution. Aqueous foams are good model systems for investigations of coarsening-induced structures, because the continuous liquid as well as the dispersed gas phases are uniform and isotropic. We present coarsening experiments on wet foams, with liquid fractions up to their unjamming point and beyond, that are performed under microgravity to avoid gravitational drainage. As time elapses, a self-similar regime is reached where the normalized bubble size distribution is invariant. Unexpectedly, the distribution features an excess of small roaming bubbles, mobile within the network of jammed larger bubbles. These roaming bubbles are reminiscent of rattlers in granular materials (grains not subjected to contact forces). We identify a critical liquid fraction [Formula: see text], above which the bubble assembly unjams and the two bubble populations merge into a single narrow distribution of bubbly liquids. Unexpectedly, [Formula: see text] is larger than the random close packing fraction of the foam [Formula: see text]. This is because, between [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], the large bubbles remain connected due to a weak adhesion between bubbles. We present models that identify the physical mechanisms explaining our observations. We propose a new comprehensive view of the coarsening phenomenon in wet foams. Our results should be applicable to other phase-separating systems and they may also help to control the elaboration of solid foams with hierarchical structures.
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- Nicolò Galvani
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Paris75005, France
- Lab Navier, Univ Gustave Eiffel, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne77420, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay91405, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Paris75005, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay91405, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Paris75005, France
- Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne77420, France
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- Lab Navier, Univ Gustave Eiffel, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne77420, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Paris75005, France
- Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne77420, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay91405, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay91405, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA19104
- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, NY10010
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay91405, France
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Huber A, Jose S, Kassam A, Weghorn KN, Powers-Fletcher M, Sharma D, Mukherjee A, Mathew A, Kulkarni N, Chandramouli S, Alder MN, Madan R. Olfactomedin-4 + neutrophils exacerbate intestinal epithelial damage and worsen host survival after Clostridioides difficile infection. bioRxiv 2023:2023.08.21.553751. [PMID: 37662327 PMCID: PMC10473617 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.21.553751] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Neutrophils are key first responders to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). Excessive tissue and blood neutrophils are associated with worse histopathology and adverse outcomes, however their functional role during CDI remains poorly defined. Utilizing intestinal epithelial cell (IEC)-neutrophil co-cultures and a pre-clinical animal model of CDI, we show that neutrophils exacerbate C. difficile -induced IEC injury. We utilized cutting-edge single-cell transcriptomics to illuminate neutrophil subtypes and biological pathways that could exacerbate CDI-associated IEC damage. As such, we have established the first transcriptomics atlas of bone marrow (BM), blood, and colonic neutrophils after CDI. We found that CDI altered the developmental trajectory of BM and blood neutrophils towards populations that exhibit gene signatures associated with pro-inflammatory responses and neutrophil-mediated tissue damage. Similarly, the transcriptomic signature of colonic neutrophils was consistent with hyper-inflammatory and highly differentiated cells that had amplified expression of cytokine-mediated signaling and degranulation priming genes. One of the top 10 variable features in colonic neutrophils was the gene for neutrophil glycoprotein, Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4). CDI enhanced OLFM4 mRNA and protein expression in neutrophils, and OLFM4 + cells aggregated to areas of severe IEC damage. Compared to uninfected controls, both humans and mice with CDI had higher concentrations of circulating OLFM4; and in mice, OLFM4 deficiency resulted in faster recovery and better survival after infection. Collectively, these studies provide novel insights into neutrophil-mediated pathology after CDI and highlight the pathogenic role of OLFM4 + neutrophils in regulating CDI-induced IEC damage. One Sentence Summary Utilizing single-cell transcriptomics, IEC-epithelial co-cultures, and pre-clinical models of CDI, we have identified a subset of neutrophils that are marked by OLFM4 expression as pathogenic determinants of IEC barrier damage after CDI.
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Sajeev V, Rane S, Ghosh D, Acharyya N, Roy Choudhury P, Mukherjee A, Roy Chowdhury D. Terahertz sensing of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets using sub-wavelength dipole cavities. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12374. [PMID: 37524803 PMCID: PMC10390544 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39498-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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Because of extraordinary optoelectronic properties, two-dimensional (2D) materials are the subject of intense study in recent times. Hence, we investigate sub-wavelength dipole cavities (hole array) as a sensing platform for the detection of 2D reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). The r-GO is obtained by reducing graphene oxide (GO) via Hummer's method. Its structural characteristics are verified using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. We also assessed the morphology and chemistry of r-GO nanosheets by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX), and Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Further, we studied the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) characteristics of r-GO nanosheets hybridized dipole cavities using THz-TDS by varying the r-GO thickness on top of the dipole cavities, since these cavities are well known for sustaining strong SPRs. Based on these, we experimentally obtained a sensitivity of 12 GHz/µm for the porous r-GO film. Thus, a modification in SPR characteristics can be employed towards the identification and quantification of r-GO by suitably embedding it on an array of dipole cavities. Moreover, we have adopted a generic approach that can be expanded to sense other 2D materials like Boron Nitride (BN), phosphorene, MoS2, etc., leading to the development of novel THz nanophotonic sensing devices.
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- Vaishnavi Sajeev
- Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India
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- Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India
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- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India
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- Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India
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- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 500043, India.
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Mallick AM, Biswas A, Mishra S, Jadhav S, Chakraborty K, Tripathi A, Mukherjee A, Roy RS. Engineered vitamin E-tethered non-immunogenic facial lipopeptide for developing improved siRNA based combination therapy against metastatic breast cancer. Chem Sci 2023; 14:7842-7866. [PMID: 37502330 PMCID: PMC10370593 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01071f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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RNA interference based therapeutic gene silencing is an emerging platform for managing highly metastatic breast cancer. Cytosolic delivery of functional siRNA remains the key obstacle for efficient RNAi therapy. To overcome the challenges of siRNA delivery, we have engineered a vitamin E-tethered, short, optimum protease stabilized facial lipopeptide based non-immunogenic, biocompatible siRNA transporter to facilitate the clinical translation in future. Our designed lipopeptide has an Arginine-Sarcosine-Arginine segment for providing optimum protease-stability, minimizing adjacent arginine-arginine repulsion and reducing intermolecular aggregation and α-tocopherol as the lipidic moiety for facilitating cellular permeabilization. Interestingly, our designed non-immunogenic siRNA transporter has exhibited significantly better long term transfection efficiency than HiPerFect and can transfect hard to transfect primary cell line, HUVEC. Our engineered siRNA therapeutics demonstrated high efficacy in managing metastasis against triple negative breast cancer by disrupting the crosstalk of endothelial cells and MDA-MB-231 and reduced stemness and metastatic markers, as evidenced by downregulating critical oncogenic pathways. Our study aimed at silencing Notch1 signalling to achieve "multi-targeted" therapy with a single putative molecular medicine. We have further developed mechanistically rational combination therapy combining Notch1 silencing with a repurposed drug m-TOR inhibitor, metformin, which demonstrated synergistic interaction and enhanced antitumor efficacy against cancer metastasis.
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- Argha Mario Mallick
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Pune 411008 India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Pune 411008 India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
- Centre for Advanced Functional Materials, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
- Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata Mohanpur 741246 India
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Mukherjee A, Gilles-Thomas EA, McSain SL, Paladino MS, Sontate KV, Ezenwa KB, Honeycutt SC, Loney GC. Nicotine limits avoidance conditioning with opioids without interfering with the ability to discriminate an opioid-interoceptive state. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2023:173604. [PMID: 37487952 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2023.173604] [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] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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Approximately 90 % of individuals undergoing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) report comorbid use of nicotine. As such, further investigation into underlying mechanisms contributing to the extreme comorbidity between nicotine and opioid use are warranted. Nicotine administration significantly escalates self-administration of opioids and this increase in motivational efficacy persists despite contingent punishment of opioid consumption. Additionally, both systemic and intra-insular administration of nicotine produces a rightward shift in the dose-response function in both morphine-induced conditioned place preference and taste avoidance paradigms, particularly at higher doses (5-20 mg/kg). Two possible interpretations arise from these outcomes. One is that nicotine may specifically affect learning about the malaise-inducing effects of morphine thus facilitating acceptance of higher doses of morphine. Another interpretation is that it more generally reduces sensitivity to the interoceptive effects of morphine such that higher doses are needed to produce comparable effects in nicotine-treated, relative to control, rats. To further address these possibilities, we asked whether nicotine administration interfered with the ability to discriminate the morphine interoceptive state, irrespective of its hedonic evaluation, at a dose that is impacted by nicotine in avoidance conditioning paradigms. First, we demonstrated that systemic nicotine pretreatment significantly attenuates taste avoidance induced by a low dose of morphine (3 mg/kg). Next, we used an occasion setting paradigm with this same dose of morphine to test whether systemic nicotine pretreatment interferes with the ability to discriminate between saline- and morphine-induced interoceptive states. Within this task, nicotine had no effect on the ability to effectively discriminate between the interoceptive effects of morphine and saline. Collectively, these data suggest that nicotine may be specifically altering the overall hedonic assessment of morphine perhaps by interfering with learning about its deleterious consequences.
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- A Mukherjee
- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, United States of America.
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Borg RE, Ozbakir HF, Xu B, Li E, Fang X, Peng H, Chen IA, Mukherjee A. Genetically engineered filamentous phage for bacterial detection using magnetic resonance imaging. Sens Diagn 2023; 2:948-955. [PMID: 38405385 PMCID: PMC10888512 DOI: 10.1039/d3sd00026e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Detecting bacterial cells with high specificity in deep tissues is challenging. Optical probes provide specificity, but are limited by the scattering and absorption of light in biological tissues. Conversely, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows unfettered access to deep tissues, but lacks contrast agents for detecting specific bacterial strains. Here, we introduce a biomolecular platform that combines both capabilities by exploiting the modularity of M13 phage to target bacteria with tunable specificity and allow deep-tissue imaging using T1-weighted MRI. We engineered two types of phage probes: one for detecting the phage's natural host, viz., F-pilus expressing E. coli; and the other for detecting a different (F-negative) bacterial target, V. cholerae. We show that these phage sensors generate 3-9-fold stronger T1 relaxation upon recognizing target cells relative to non-target bacteria. We further establish a preliminary proof-of-concept for in vivo applications, by demonstrating that phage-labeled bacteria can be detected in mice using MRI. The framework developed in this study may have potential utility in a broad range of applications, from basic biomedical research to in situ diagnostics, which require methods to detect and track specific bacteria in the context of intact living systems.
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- Raymond E Borg
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Mukherjee A, Kuppusamy Selvam M. Small Volatile Inhibitors Targeting LncRNA in Radioresistant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Gene Expr 2023; 000:000-000. [DOI: 10.14218/ge.2023.00005s] [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: 07/03/2023]
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Chowdhury R, Wan J, Gardier R, Rafael-Patino J, Thiran JP, Gibou F, Mukherjee A. Molecular imaging with aquaporin-based reporter genes: quantitative considerations from Monte Carlo diffusion simulations. bioRxiv 2023:2023.06.09.544324. [PMID: 37333205 PMCID: PMC10274877 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.09.544324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Aquaporins provide a new class of genetic tools for imaging molecular activity in deep tissues by increasing the rate of cellular water diffusion, which generates magnetic resonance contrast. However, distinguishing aquaporin contrast from the tissue background is challenging because water diffusion is also influenced by structural factors such as cell size and packing density. Here, we developed and experimentally validated a Monte Carlo model to analyze how cell radius and intracellular volume fraction quantitatively affect aquaporin signals. We demonstrated that a differential imaging approach based on time-dependent changes in diffusivity can improve specificity by unambiguously isolating aquaporin-driven contrast from the tissue background. Finally, we used Monte Carlo simulations to analyze the connection between diffusivity and the percentage of cells engineered to express aquaporin, and established a simple mapping that accurately determined the volume fraction of aquaporin-expressing cells in mixed populations. This study creates a framework for broad applications of aquaporins, particularly in biomedicine and in vivo synthetic biology, where quantitative methods to measure the location and performance of genetic devices in whole vertebrates are necessary.
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- Rochishnu Chowdhury
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Radiology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Radiology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Yun J, Baldini L, Huang Y, Li E, Li H, Chacko AN, Miller AD, Wan J, Mukherjee A. Engineering ligand stabilized aquaporin reporters for magnetic resonance imaging. bioRxiv 2023:2023.06.02.543364. [PMID: 37333371 PMCID: PMC10274688 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.02.543364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Imaging transgene expression in live tissues requires reporters that are detectable with deeply penetrant modalities, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Here, we show that LSAqp1, a water channel engineered from aquaporin-1, can be used to create background-free, drug-gated, and multiplex images of gene expression using MRI. LSAqp1 is a fusion protein composed of aquaporin-1 and a degradation tag that is sensitive to a cell-permeable ligand, which allows for dynamic small molecule modulation of MRI signals. LSAqp1 improves specificity for imaging gene expression by allowing reporter signals to be conditionally activated and distinguished from the tissue background by difference imaging. In addition, by engineering destabilized aquaporin-1 variants with different ligand requirements, it is possible to image distinct cell types simultaneously. Finally, we expressed LSAqp1 in a tumor model and showed successful in vivo imaging of gene expression without background activity. LSAqp1 provides a conceptually unique approach to accurately measure gene expression in living organisms by combining the physics of water diffusion and biotechnology tools to control protein stability.
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- Jason Yun
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Das S, Chakraborty K, Ghosh D, Pulimi M, Chandrasekaran N, Anand S, Rai PK, Mukherjee A. Systematic assessment of f-MWCNT transport in aqueous medium: the effect of shear and non-shear forces. Int J Environ Sci Technol 2023; 20:6291-6306. [DOI: 10.1007/s13762-022-04295-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Mitra S, Ray S, Ghosh N, Hota P, Mukherjee A, Bagui A, Maiti DKK. Designed and synthesized de novo ANTPABA-PDI nanomaterial as an acceptor in inverted solar cell at ambient atmosphere. Nanotechnology 2023; 34. [PMID: 37137300 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acd1f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this work, a novel soluble and air-stable electron acceptor containing perylenediimide moiety named ANTPABA-PDI was designed and synthesized with band gap 1.78 eV and that was used as non-fullerene acceptor material. ANTPABA-PDI possess not only good solubility but also much lower LUMO energy level. Furthermore, its excellent electron acceptor capability also supported by DFT calculation which validates the experimental observations. Inverted organic solar cell has been fabricated using ANTPABA-PDI along with P3HT as standard donor material in ambient atmosphere. The device, after characterization in open air, exhibited a power conversion efficiency. This is the first ever PDI based organic solar cell that has been fabricated completely in ambient atmosphere. The characterizations of the device has also been performed in ambient atmosphere. This kind of stable organic material can easily be used in fabricating organic solar cell and therefore it can be used as the best alternative as non-fullerene acceptor materials.
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- Soumyadeep Mitra
- CRNN, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700009, INDIA
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- Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700009, INDIA
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- Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Malda, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700009, INDIA
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- Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700009, INDIA
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- CSIR Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, 196 Raja S C Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700032, INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500007, INDIA
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- Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700009, INDIA
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Datta AK, Mukherjee A, Malakar S. Hoffman myopathy and hypothyroidism. QJM 2023; 116:239-240. [PMID: 36205719 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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- A K Datta
- From the Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neuroscience, IPGMER, SSKM, Sambhu Nath Pandit Street, Bhowanipore, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, India
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- From the Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neuroscience, IPGMER, SSKM, Sambhu Nath Pandit Street, Bhowanipore, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Radiology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Mandal M, Mandi S, Modak P, Ghosh B, Panda B, Mukherjee A, Dhak D, Senapati T. Groundwater quality enumeration and health risk in the extended part of Chhotanagpur granite gneiss complex of India. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-26397-4. [PMID: 36959399 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26397-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The majority of people on the earth bank largely on groundwater to quench their thirst. In the era of rapid population growth, the over-exploitation of groundwater gives rise to water scarcity, and people find themselves in distress to manage safe drinking water. In this backdrop, the present study is carried out in the terrain of Pre-Cambrian igneous and high- to low-graded metamorphic rocks, to assess the groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) and evaluation of groundwater quality. The map of GWPZ is produced employing the multi-criteria decision-making model and geospatial technology. It unveils that around 29% area of the watershed enjoys good GWPZ, whereas around 43% area experiences low GWPZ. The overall accuracy of the simulated model is 92%. The water quality index indicates that 68% of water samples belong to excellent to good water quality. A significant proportion of water samples (24%) are found to be unsuitable for drinking, which may be due to groundwater contamination by the process of leaching of mineral-rich weathered rocks. The presence of fluoride (F-) beyond the maximum permissible limit (1.5 mg L-1) of WHO is recorded among 18% samples of the watershed, where 24,963 souls including 3457 children aged between 0 and 6 years lived and might have ingested F- through drinking water. Hence, the health risk of those people is quite high. Children are at a more non-carcinogenic health risk of F- than adults. The study also confirms no statistically significant difference (p ˃ 0.05) is observed between low and high GWPZ with respect to groundwater quality. The study recommends adopting a sustainable outlook to explore GWPZ, and an assessment of drinking water quality must be done before drinking.
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- Mrinal Mandal
- Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723104.
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- Department of Geography, Arsha College, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723201
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- Department of Geography, Raghunathpur College, Ragunathpur, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723133
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- Department of Geography, Khandra College, Khandra, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 713363
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- Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723104
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723104
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723104
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- Department of Environmental Science, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, Purulia, West Bengal, India, 723104
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Sharma R, Vijay A, Chattopadhayay S, Mukherjee A, Talukdar P. Self-assembled anion channel formation by bis(1,3-propanediol)-linked meta-dipropynylbenzene-based small molecules. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3602-3605. [PMID: 36883913 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc05155a] [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: 03/06/2023]
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Two self-assembled barrel-rosette ion channels have been developed using bis(1,3-propanediol)-linked m-dipropynylbenzene-based molecules. The system with an additional amide arm acted as a better channel compared to that having an ester arm. The amide-linked channel displayed substantial channel activity and excellent chloride selectivity in the lipid bilayer membranes. Molecular dynamics simulation studies confirmed efficient hydrogen-bonded self-assembly of the amide-linked bis(1,3-propanediol)-based molecules in the lipid bilayer membrane and the detection of chloride recognition in the cavity.
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- Rashmi Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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Maity S, Price BD, Wilson CB, Mukherjee A, Starck M, Parker D, Wilson MZ, Lovett JE, Han S, Sherwin MS. Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212832. [PMID: 36638360 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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We present time-resolved Gd-Gd electron paramagnetic resonance (TiGGER) at 240 GHz for tracking inter-residue distances during a protein's mechanical cycle in the solution state. TiGGER makes use of Gd-sTPATCN spin labels, whose favorable qualities include a spin-7/2 EPR-active center, short linker, narrow intrinsic linewidth, and virtually no anisotropy at high fields (8.6 T) when compared to nitroxide spin labels. Using TiGGER, we determined that upon light activation, the C-terminus and N-terminus of AsLOV2 separate in less than 1 s and relax back to equilibrium with a time constant of approximately 60 s. TiGGER revealed that the light-activated long-range mechanical motion is slowed in the Q513A variant of AsLOV2 and is correlated to the similarly slowed relaxation of the optically excited chromophore as described in recent literature. TiGGER has the potential to valuably complement existing methods for the study of triggered functional dynamics in proteins.
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- Shiny Maity
- Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.,Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Nat. Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Mukherjee A, Paladino MS, McSain SL, Gilles-Thomas EA, Lichte DD, Camadine RD, Willock S, Sontate KV, Honeycutt SC, Loney GC. Escalation of alcohol intake is associated with regionally decreased insular cortex activity but not associated with changes in taste quality. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2023. [PMID: 36941800 DOI: 10.1111/acer.15060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intermittent access to ethanol (EtOH) drives persistent escalation of intake and rapid transition from moderate to compulsive-like drinking. Intermittent EtOH drinking may facilitate escalation in part by altering aversion-sensitive neural substrates, such as the insular cortex (IC), thus driving greater approach toward stimuli previously treated as aversive. METHODS We conducted a series of experiments in rats to examine behavioral and neural responses associated with escalation of EtOH intake. First, taste reactivity analyses quantified the degree that intermittent brief-access ethanol exposure (BAEE) alters sensitivity to the aversive properties of EtOH. Next, we determined whether pharmacological IC inhibition facilitated EtOH escalation. Finally, given that IC is primary gustatory cortex, we employed psychophysical paradigms to assess whether escalation of EtOH intake induced changes in EtOH taste. These paradigms measured changes in sensitivity to the intensity of EtOH taste and whether escalation shifts the salient taste quality of EtOH by measuring the degree that the taste of EtOH generalized to a sucrose-like ('sweet') or quinine-like ('bitter') percept. RESULTS We found a near complete loss of aversive oromotor responses in EtOH-exposed relative to -naïve rats. Additionally, we observed significantly reduced expression of EtOH-induced c-Fos expression in the posterior IC in exposed rats relative to naïve rats. Inhibition of the IC resulted in a modest, but statistically reliable increase in acceptance of higher EtOH concentrations in naïve rats. Finally, we found no evidence of changes in the psychophysical assessment of the taste of EtOH in exposed, relative to naïve, rats. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that neural activity within the IC adapts following repeated presentations of EtOH in a manner that correlates with reduced sensitivity to the aversive hedonic properties of EtOH. These data further establish that alterations in IC activity may be driving exposure-induced escalations in EtOH intake.
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- A Mukherjee
- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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- Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo
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Aboona BE, Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Aggarwal I, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Anderson DM, Aschenauer EC, Atchison J, Bairathi V, Baker W, Ball Cap JG, Barish K, Bellwied R, Bhagat P, Bhasin A, Bhatta S, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Brandenburg JD, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Ceska J, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang Z, Chen D, Chen J, Chen JH, Chen Z, Cheng J, Cheng Y, Choudhury S, Christie W, Chu X, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Dale-Gau G, Das A, Daugherity M, Deppner IM, Dhamija A, Di Carlo L, Didenko L, Dixit P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Duckworth E, Dunlop JC, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben A, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Feng CJ, Feng Y, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flor FA, Fu C, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Ghimire N, Gibson A, Gopal K, Gou X, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamed A, Han Y, Harabasz S, Harasty MD, Harris JW, Harrison H, He W, He XH, He Y, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Holub L, Hu C, Hu Q, Hu Y, Huang H, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Huang Y, Huang Y, Humanic TJ, Isenhower D, Isshiki M, Jacobs WW, Jalotra A, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jin C, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kabir ML, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kimelman B, Kincses D, Kisel I, Kiselev A, Knospe AG, Ko HS, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kumar L, Kumar S, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lee JH, Leung YH, Lewis N, Li C, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Li Y, Li Z, Liang X, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu C, Liu F, Liu H, Liu H, Liu L, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomicky O, Longacre RS, Loyd E, Lu T, Lukow NS, Luo XF, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Mazer JA, McNamara G, Mi K, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mooney I, Mukherjee A, Nagy MI, Nain AS, Nam JD, Nasim M, Neff D, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Niida T, Nishitani R, Nonaka T, Nunes AS, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh S, Okubo K, Page BS, Pak R, Pan J, Pandav A, Pandey AK, Pani T, Paul A, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Perkins C, Pluta J, Pokhrel BR, Posik M, Protzman T, Prozorova V, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qin Z, Qiu H, Quintero A, Racz C, Radhakrishnan SK, Raha N, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Robertson CW, Robotkova M, Romero JL, Rosales Aguilar MA, Roy D, Roy Chowdhury P, Ruan L, Sahoo AK, Sahoo NR, Sako H, Salur S, Sato S, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seck FJ, Seger J, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shao T, Sharma M, Sharma N, Sharma R, Sharma SR, Sheikh AI, Shen DY, Shen K, Shi SS, Shi Y, Shou QY, Si F, Singh J, Singha S, Sinha P, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Söhngen Y, Song Y, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Stringfellow B, Su Y, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Sun C, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Sweger ZW, Szymanski P, Tamis A, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Truhlar T, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Tsang CY, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vassiliev I, Verkest V, Videbæk F, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Webb JC, Weidenkaff PC, Westfall GD, Wielanek D, Wieman H, Wilks G, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu J, Wu J, Wu X, Wu Y, Xi B, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Y, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xu Z, Yan G, Yan Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yu Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang C, Zhang D, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhao M, Zhou C, Zhou J, Zhou S, Zhou Y, Zhu X, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Measurement of Sequential ϒ Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV with the STAR Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:112301. [PMID: 37001106 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.112301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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We report on measurements of sequential ϒ suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) through both the dielectron and dimuon decay channels. In the 0%-60% centrality class, the nuclear modification factors (R_{AA}), which quantify the level of yield suppression in heavy-ion collisions compared to p+p collisions, for ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) are 0.40±0.03(stat)±0.03(sys)±0.09(norm) and 0.26±0.08(stat)±0.02(sys)±0.06(norm), respectively, while the upper limit of the ϒ(3S) R_{AA} is 0.17 at a 95% confidence level. This provides experimental evidence that the ϒ(3S) is significantly more suppressed than the ϒ(1S) at RHIC. The level of suppression for ϒ(1S) is comparable to that observed at the much higher collision energy at the Large Hadron Collider. These results point to the creation of a medium at RHIC whose temperature is sufficiently high to strongly suppress excited ϒ states.
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- B E Aboona
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur 760010, India
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- University of Calabria & INFN-Cosenza, Rende 87036, Italy
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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Aboona BE, Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Aggarwal I, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Anderson DM, Aschenauer EC, Atchison J, Bairathi V, Baker W, Ball Cap JG, Barish K, Bellwied R, Bhagat P, Bhasin A, Bhatta S, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Brandenburg JD, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Ceska J, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang Z, Chen D, Chen J, Chen JH, Chen Z, Cheng J, Cheng Y, Choudhury S, Christie W, Chu X, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Dale-Gau G, Das A, Daugherity M, Deppner IM, Dhamija A, Di Carlo L, Didenko L, Dixit P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Duckworth E, Dunlop JC, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben A, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Feng CJ, Feng Y, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flor FA, Fu C, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Ghimire N, Gibson A, Gopal K, Gou X, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamed A, Han Y, Harabasz S, Harasty MD, Harris JW, Harrison H, He W, He XH, He Y, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Holub L, Hu C, Hu Q, Hu Y, Huang H, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Huang Y, Huang Y, Humanic TJ, Isenhower D, Isshiki M, Jacobs WW, Jalotra A, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jin C, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kabir ML, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kimelman B, Kincses D, Kisel I, Kiselev A, Knospe AG, Ko HS, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kumar L, Kumar S, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lee JH, Leung YH, Lewis N, Li C, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Li Y, Li Z, Liang X, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu C, Liu F, Liu H, Liu H, Liu L, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomicky O, Longacre RS, Loyd E, Lu T, Lukow NS, Luo XF, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Mazer JA, McNamara G, Mi K, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mooney I, Mukherjee A, Nagy MI, Nain AS, Nam JD, Nasim M, Neff D, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Niida T, Nishitani R, Nonaka T, Nunes AS, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh S, Okubo K, Page BS, Pak R, Pan J, Pandav A, Pandey AK, Pani T, Paul A, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Perkins C, Pluta J, Pokhrel BR, Posik M, Protzman T, Prozorova V, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qin Z, Qiu H, Quintero A, Racz C, Radhakrishnan SK, Raha N, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Robertson CW, Robotkova M, Romero JL, Rosales Aguilar MA, Roy D, Roy Chowdhury P, Ruan L, Sahoo AK, Sahoo NR, Sako H, Salur S, Sato S, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seck FJ, Seger J, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shao T, Sharma M, Sharma N, Sharma R, Sharma SR, Sheikh AI, Shen DY, Shen K, Shi SS, Shi Y, Shou QY, Si F, Singh J, Singha S, Sinha P, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Söhngen Y, Song Y, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Stringfellow B, Su Y, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Sun C, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Sweger ZW, Szymanski P, Tamis A, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Truhlar T, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Tsang CY, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vassiliev I, Verkest V, Videbæk F, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Webb JC, Weidenkaff PC, Westfall GD, Wielanek D, Wieman H, Wilks G, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu J, Wu J, Wu X, Wu Y, Xi B, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Y, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xu Z, Yan G, Yan Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yu Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang C, Zhang D, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhao M, Zhou C, Zhou J, Zhou S, Zhou Y, Zhu X, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Beam Energy Dependence of Fifth- and Sixth-Order Net-Proton Number Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:082301. [PMID: 36898098 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.082301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
We report the beam energy and collision centrality dependence of fifth and sixth order cumulants (C_{5}, C_{6}) and factorial cumulants (κ_{5}, κ_{6}) of net-proton and proton number distributions, from center-of-mass energy (sqrt[s_{NN}]) 3 GeV to 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. Cumulant ratios of net-proton (taken as proxy for net-baryon) distributions generally follow the hierarchy expected from QCD thermodynamics, except for the case of collisions at 3 GeV. The measured values of C_{6}/C_{2} for 0%-40% centrality collisions show progressively negative trend with decreasing energy, while it is positive for the lowest energy studied. These observed negative signs are consistent with QCD calculations (for baryon chemical potential, μ_{B}≤110 MeV) which contains the crossover transition range. In addition, for energies above 7.7 GeV, the measured proton κ_{n}, within uncertainties, does not support the two-component (Poisson+binomial) shape of proton number distributions that would be expected from a first-order phase transition. Taken in combination, the hyperorder proton number fluctuations suggest that the structure of QCD matter at high baryon density, μ_{B}∼750 MeV at sqrt[s_{NN}]=3 GeV is starkly different from those at vanishing μ_{B}∼24 MeV at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and higher collision energies.
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- B E Aboona
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
| | - L Adamczyk
- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
| | - J R Adams
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
| | - I Aggarwal
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
| | | | - Z Ahammed
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
| | - D M Anderson
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
| | | | - J Atchison
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
| | - W Baker
- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
| | - R Bellwied
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
| | - P Bhagat
- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
| | - A Bhasin
- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
| | - S Bhatta
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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Mukherjee A, Chattopadhyay T. Tetra-Primer Amplification Refractory Mutation System (T-ARMS). Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2638:315-325. [PMID: 36781652 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3024-2_22] [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] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the most abundant genetic variation in the population, have become the molecular marker of choice. Generally, the efficient detection of SNPs requires specialized costly equipment. Although there are a few strategies for detecting SNPs through polymerase chain reaction, followed by restriction enzyme digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis, these methods are time-consuming and might be less diagnostic. Interestingly, the tetra primer amplification refractory mutation system (T-ARMS) strategy utilizes a pair of allele-specific primers in a single PCR for the diagnostic detection of SNPs in a codominant manner through standard agarose gel electrophoresis. The simplicity and robustness of the strategy have inspired the researchers to adopt this low-cost method of SNP detection in different crop plants. Here, we have described the principle, methods, and conditions for the T-ARMS strategy. The described methodology starts from the isolation of genomic DNA and ends with the post-PCR analysis of refractory amplicons in standard agarose gel electrophoresis. The limitations and future perspectives are also discussed. Taken together, T-ARMS evolves as a method of choice for low-cost SNP detection in plants.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
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Sarkar T, Mukherjee A, Nag B, Ghosh A, Mondal S, Bhattacharyya R, Mukhopadhyay S. 95P Anticancer activity of Inula recemosa root extract in human liver cancer cell line by attenuation of OCT4/Sox2 axis. ESMO Open 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.100953] [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: 03/11/2023] Open
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Chaturvedi AMIT, Mukherjee A, Sharma RANJAN, Samanta BIAUS. Impact of novel risk factors of atherosclerosis on severity of coronary artery disease in young Indian patients suffering from Myocardial Infarction. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.050] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Asian Indians are affected at least a decade earlier with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), in their most productive midlife years as compared to people of European ancestry. This is the first study from Indian sub-continent assessing the impact of novel risk factors of atherosclerosis on angiographic severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in terms of SYNTAX scores in young patients (<40 years) suffering myocardial infarction (MI).
Purpose
This study was undertaken to evaluate the association of novel risk factors of atherosclerosis with severity of CAD at the index hospitalization in young MI patients.
Methods
In this single center observational study, 75 consecutive young MI patients were included. Patients having previous CVD, chronic kidney disease, chronic Liver disease and any bleeding diathesis were excluded. Homocysteine, highly sensitive C- reactive protein (hs-CRP) and lipoprotein- a (Lp-a) were measured and correlated with SYNTAX I and SYNTAX II.
Results
Smoking (85.5%) was the most common traditional risk factor for MI while other traditional risk factors did not have significant effect on severity of CAD in young patients with MI. The mean homocysteine level was 24.43± 10.02 micromole/L, hs-CRP 8.2± 1.44 mg/L and Lp(a) 59± 23.10 mg/dL. The sensitivity and specificity of hs-CRP ³8.5 mg/L for prediction of multivessel disease was 67% and 70% respectively while that of Lp(a) ³ 66.5 mg/dL was 71% and 67% respectively. On further analysis, the sensitivity and specificity of hs-CRP value ³8.5 mg/L for prediction of SYNTAX I score > 22 was 75% and 65% respectively while that of Lp(a) ³ 66.5 mg/dL was 75% and 60% respectively. On multivariate linear regression, hs-CRP was the significant predictor of SYNTAX I score (p=0.03) when adjusted for homocysteine and Lp (a).
Conclusions
hs-CRP and Lp(a) levels are significantly associated with the severity of CAD in young MI patients. hs-CRP and Lp(a) should be evaluated along with routine risk factors of atherosclerosis in young patients at risk of CAD for early detection, timely management and prevention of major cardiac events.
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- Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital , Kolkata , India
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Mukherjee A, Dhak P, Hazra V, Goswami N, Dhak D. Synthesis of mesoporous Fe/Al/La trimetallic oxide for photodegradation of various water-soluble dyes: Kinetic, mechanistic, and pH studies. Environ Res 2023; 217:114862. [PMID: 36410464 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Phase pure, trigonal, mesoporous Fe/Al/La trimetallic nano-oxide (abbreviated as FAL) was synthesized using energy efficient chemical route with bandgap 1.97 eV and SBET = 50.02 m2/g and an average pore size of 8.95 nm for photodegradation of azo (di and tri) and thiazine class of dyes successfully. The valence band and conduction band potentials were calculated using the Mott-Schottky plot. The highest photodegradation efficiency was 93.85 ± 2% for reactive black 5 (RB5) at pH 7 under solar irradiation. The phase formation of FAL was confirmed by PXRD, TEM, and HRTEM analyses. The other characterizations include FESEM, Raman, EPR, UV, HPLC, LC-MS, etc. The presence of the metal centers and their corresponding oxidation states were confirmed by the SAEDS, elemental mapping, and XPS analyses respectively. FAL was also able to photodegrade direct blue 71 (DB71) and methylene blue (MB) under the same condition at different pH efficiently (pH 2-11). The photodegradation obeyed the pseudo-1st-order kinetics and was reusable up to 5 successive cycles. This study may be an efficient tool to meet UNs' SDG:6.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Techno India University, Kolkata, 700091, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Centre for Advanced Functional Materials (CAFM), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, 723104, India.
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Vijay A, Mukherjee A. Molecular insights into the stereospecificity of arginine in RNA tetraloop folding. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:11301-11310. [PMID: 37066999 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00448a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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One of the hypotheses for the homochirality of amino acids in the context of the origin of life is that only a particular stereoisomer provides preferential stability to RNA folding...
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- Amal Vijay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
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Tan TJ, Parmar K, Mukherjee A, Sonawane P, Badrakumar C. Emphysematous cystitis: an incidental finding with varying outcomes. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2023; 105:87-90. [PMID: 35638917 PMCID: PMC9773271 DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2022.0020] [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] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare severe urinary tract infection characterised by pockets of air in and around the urinary bladder wall caused by gas-forming organisms. Common predisposing factors are chronic infection, immunosuppression, diabetes and neurogenic bladder. The presentation may vary from mild illness to severe life-threatening cystitis. We report two cases of incidental detection of EC diagnosed on imaging for the evaluation of unrelated symptoms. Although asymptomatic, this lethal disease still warrants prompt recognition and treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and urinary bladder drainage to prevent severe morbidity and mortality.
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- T J Tan
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Maurya D, Mukherjee A, Bhagyashree, Sangam S, Kumar R, Akhtar S, Chattopadhyay T. Marker assisted stacking of Ty3, Mi1.2 and Ph3 resistance alleles for leaf curl, root knot and late blight diseases in tomato. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2023; 29:121-129. [PMID: 36733841 PMCID: PMC9886699 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01277-2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Developing multiple disease resistance through naturally available host resistance alleles is a challenging as well as rewarding area of research. Availability of host resistance alleles and the reliability of their identification through diagnostic molecular markers have paved the way for stacking of these resistance alleles for developing important genetic resources in tomato. Here we report the marker assisted stacking of Ty3, Mi1.2 and Ph3 alleles, governing leaf curl, root knot and late blight disease resistance, respectively, in superior F4 segregants of tomato derived from two diverse parents (i.e., BRDT-1 and H-88-78-1). Marker assisted selection was applied only on morphologically superior segregants at F2 and F3 generations, which helped us in identifying suitable lines even from a relatively small population. The diagnostic values of the employed molecular markers advocate that the identified superior segregants, carrying all the three aforementioned resistance alleles in homozygous condition, are suitable to be explored as valuable genetic resources for developing multiple disease resistance through rapid introgression of these genes in different genetic background of tomato. Identification of suitable segregants derived from these lines should be promising for obtaining improved cultivars in near future. Nevertheless, these lines might be further explored to decipher the intrinsic details of host's resistance mechanism involving genetic interactions between different resistance factors. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01277-2.
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- Deepak Maurya
- Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar 813210 India
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Abdallah MS, Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal I, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aparin A, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla FG, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Baker W, Ball Cap JG, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhagat P, Bhasin A, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen D, Chen J, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen Z, Cheng J, Chevalier M, Choudhury S, Christie W, Chu X, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Daugherity M, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Dhamija A, Di Carlo L, Didenko L, Dixit P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Duckworth E, Dunlop JC, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben A, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fawzi FM, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng CJ, Feng Y, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Francisco A, Fu C, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Ghimire N, Gibson A, Gopal K, Gou X, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Han Y, Harabasz S, Harasty MD, Harris JW, Harrison H, He S, He W, He XH, He Y, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hoffman E, Holub L, Hu Y, Huang H, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Huang Y, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Isenhower D, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jiang K, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kabir ML, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kimelman B, Kincses D, Kisel I, Kiselev A, Knospe AG, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kravtsov P, Kumar L, Kumar S, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Lan S, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Leung YH, Li C, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang X, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lin Y, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu H, Liu P, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Loyd E, Lukow NS, Luo XF, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Mazer JA, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Mooney I, Morozov DA, Mukherjee A, Nagy M, Nam JD, Nasim M, Nayak K, Neff D, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nishitani R, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nunes AS, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Page BS, Pak R, Pandav A, Pandey AK, Panebratsev Y, Parfenov P, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinsky L, Pintér RL, Pluta J, Pokhrel BR, Ponimatkin G, Porter J, Posik M, Prozorova V, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Racz C, Radhakrishnan SK, Raha N, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Robotkova M, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roy D, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo NR, Sako H, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sato S, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Shao T, Sheikh AI, Shen D, Shi SS, Shi Y, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Söhngen Y, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Sweger ZW, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Truhlar T, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Verkest V, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Webb JC, Weidenkaff PC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Wu J, Wu Y, Xi B, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yu Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang C, Zhang D, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Collision-System and Beam-Energy Dependence of Anisotropic Flow Fluctuations. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:252301. [PMID: 36608250 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.252301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Elliptic flow measurements from two-, four-, and six-particle correlations are used to investigate flow fluctuations in collisions of U+U at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV, Cu+Au at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV and Au+Au spanning the range sqrt[s_{NN}]=11.5-200 GeV. The measurements show a strong dependence of the flow fluctuations on collision centrality, a modest dependence on system size, and very little if any, dependence on particle species and beam energy. The results, when compared to similar LHC measurements, viscous hydrodynamic calculations, and trento model eccentricities, indicate that initial-state-driven fluctuations predominate the flow fluctuations generated in the collisions studied.
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- M S Abdallah
- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur 760010, India
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980
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- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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