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Singh N, Khan IA, Rashid S, Rashid S, Roy S, Kaushik K, Kumar A, Das P, Lalwani S, Gupta D, Gunjan D, Dash NR, Chauhan SS, Gupta S, Saraya A. MicroRNA Signatures for Pancreatic Cancer and Chronic Pancreatitis: Expression Profiling by NGS. Pancreas 2024; 53:e260-e267. [PMID: 38345909 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000002297] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly disease due to the lack of early detection. Because chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients are a high-risk group for pancreatic cancer, this study aimed to assess the differential miRNA profile in pancreatic tissue of patients with CP and pancreatic cancer. METHODS MiRNAs were isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pancreatic tissue of 22 PDAC patients, 18 CP patients, and 10 normal pancreatic tissues from autopsy (C) cases and processed for next-generation sequencing. Known and novel miRNAs were identified and analyzed for differential miRNA expression, target prediction, and pathway enrichment between groups. RESULTS Among the miRNAs identified, 166 known and 17 novel miRNAs were found exclusively in PDAC tissues, while 106 known and 10 novel miRNAs were found specifically in CP tissues. The pathways targeted by PDAC-specific miRNAs and differentially expressed miRNAs between PDAC versus CP tissues and PDAC versus control tissues were the proteoglycans pathway, Hippo signaling pathway, adherens junction, and transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS This study resulted in a set of exclusive and differentially expressed miRNAs in PDAC and CP can be assessed for their diagnostic value. In addition, studying the role of miRNA-target gene interactions in carcinogenesis may open new therapeutic avenues.
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- Nidhi Singh
- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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- ICMR AIIMS Computational Genomics Centre
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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Faiz H, Khan O, Ali I, Hussain T, Haider ST, Siddique T, Liaquat M, Noor A, Khan RW, Ashraf S, Rashid S, Noreen A, Asghar S, Anjum QS. Foliar application of triacontanol ameliorates heat stress through regulation of the antioxidant defense system and improves yield of eggplant. BRAZ J BIOL 2024; 84:e253696. [DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.253696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Abstract Transplanting time and genotype contribute to improving crop yield and quality of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). A field experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of foliar applied of triacontanol (TRIA) and eggplant genotypes 25919, Nirala, 28389 and Pak-10927,transplanted on 1 March,15 March, and 1 April on exposure to high air temperature conditions. The experiment was performed according to Randomized Complete Block Design and the data was analyzed by using Tuckey,s test . The TRIA was applied at 10µM at flowering stage; distilled water was used as the control. Rate of photosynthesis and transpiration, stomatal conductance, water use efficiency, and effects on antioxidative enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase) were evaluated. The 10µM TRIA increased photosynthesis rate and water use efficiency and yield was improved in all genotypes transplanted at the different dates. Foliar application of 10µM TRIA increased antioxidative enzyme activities (SOD, POD & CAT) and improved physiological as well as biochemical attributes of eggplant genotypes exposed to high heat conditions. Highest activity of dismutase enzyme 5.41mg/1g FW was recorded in Nirala genotype in second transplantation. Whereas, lowest was noted in PAK-10927 (2.30mg/g FW). Maximum fruit yield was found in accession 25919 (1.725kg per plant) at 1st transplantation with Triacontanol, whereas accession PAK-10927 gave the lowest yield (0.285 kg per plant) at control treatment on 3rd transplantation. Genotype, transplanting date and application of TRIA improved growth, yield and quality attributes under of heat stress in eggplant.
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- H. Faiz
- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan
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- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan
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- PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi,, Pakistan
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- PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi,, Pakistan
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- PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
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- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan
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- Horticulture Research Station, Pakistan
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- Horticulture Research Station, Pakistan
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- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan
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Rashid S, Rashid S, Das P, Malik N, Dash NR, Singh N, Pandey RM, Kumar L, Chauhan SS, Chosdol K, Gupta S, Saraya A. Elucidating the Role of miRNA-326 Modulating Hedgehog Signaling in Pancreatic Carcinoma. Pancreas 2024; 53:e42-e48. [PMID: 38019614 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000002274] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the lethal malignancies worldwide characterized by poor prognosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as the key regulators in carcinogenesis and may act as noninvasive biomarkers in various malignancies including PDAC. The present study aimed to elucidate the role of miR-326, a known modulator of hedgehog (Hh) pathway in PDAC. MATERIALS AND METHODS miR-326 circulating levels were assessed in 105 PDAC patients, 31 with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and 36 healthy controls by quantitative Polymerase chain reaction. The expression of miR-326 and smoothened (SMO) was checked in surgical PDAC tissue. SMO protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in different groups. Finally, the role of miR-326 as a modulator of Hh pathway was assessed in vitro. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that miR-326 is downregulated in both blood and tissue of PDAC patients as compared with controls. In contrast, the target gene/protein expression of SMO is upregulated in PDAC. Moreover, the tumor stromal expression of SMO was found to be clinically associated with lymph-node metastasis and vascular encasement in PDAC. Overexpression of miR-326 in Panc1 cell line was found to induce downregulation of SMO suggesting the tumor suppressor role of miR-326 in PDAC. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, miR-326 acts as a tumor suppressor in PDAC by modulating Hh pathway. It may be a promising target for the development of efficient drug therapies for the treatment of PDAC.
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- From the Departments of Gastroenterology and HNU
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- Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- From the Departments of Gastroenterology and HNU
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Rashid S, Joubert I, Semple P. Groote Schuur Hospital neurosurgical intensive care unit: A 2-year review of admission characteristics. South Afr J Crit Care 2023; 39:e1217. [PMID: 38357695 PMCID: PMC10866205 DOI: 10.7196/sajcc.2023.v39i3.1217] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Background At Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NsICU) is a 6-bed unit headed by a specialist neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurocritical care, working in close collaboration with intensivists from the Division of Critical Care. There is currently no detailed analysis of the demographics, diagnosis and management of patients admitted to the NsICU at GSH. Objectives To provide a detailed descriptive analysis of the demographics, diagnosis and management of patients admitted to the NsICU at GSH from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. Methods A retrospective descriptive analysis was done of patients who received treatment in the NsICU from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. Results A total of 685 patients were admitted to the unit over a 2-year period, with a male preponderance (68.2%). The average age was 42.5 (standard deviation (SD) 17.2) years. The most common neurosurgical diagnoses were traumatic brain injuries (39.6%), brain tumours (22.6%) and aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhages (9.9%). Emergency admissions comprised 76.6% of the total and 86.7% of patients were admitted postoperatively. Three hundred and seventy-two patients (54.3%) required mechanical ventilation, 132 (19.3%) required both an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor and brain tissue oxygenation monitor, 86 (12.5%) needed placement of an external ventricular drain, 50 (7.3%) needed placement of a tracheostomy tube and 16 (2.3%) needed placement of an ICP monitor only. The average duration of stay was 5.5 (1.3) days and NsICU mortality over 2 years was 11.1%. Conclusion The NsICU at GSH manages predominantly male trauma patients and a significant number of admitted patients require specialised invasive intracranial monitoring. Contribution of the study This is the first in-depth analysis of patients managed in a dedicated neurosurgical intensive care unit in South Africa. The work defines the patient population, neurosurgical pathologies and service level requirements that would likely be encountered by teams building a similar service.
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- S Rashid
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University
of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Rashid S, Rashid S, Das P, Singh N, Dash NR, Nayak B, Sati HC, Chauhan SS, Gupta S, Saraya A. Clinical significance of Notch pathway-associated microRNA-107 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Future Oncol 2023. [PMID: 37199277 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2022-0356] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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Background & aim: MicroRNAs associated with the Notch pathway play a critical role in the progression of pancreatic carcinoma. Our aim was to study the clinical significance of miR-107 and NOTCH2 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: The circulating miR-107 levels in PDAC and controls were determined by qPCR. NOTCH2 protein (target) expression in tissue of PDAC, periampullary carcinoma, chronic pancreatitis and normal pancreatic tissue was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results: The circulating miR-107 levels were found to be significantly reduced in PDAC as compared with controls. Additionally, NOTCH2 protein expression was higher in PDAC tissue as compared with controls and was clinically associated with metastasis. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate the utility of circulating miR-107 as a potential differentiating marker in PDAC.
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- Safoora Rashid
- Department of Gastroenterology & HNU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology & HNU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology & HNU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of GI Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology & HNU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology & HNU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Feroze N, Abbas K, Rashid S, Saleem A. Analysis and forecasting of road traffic mortalities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. J PAK MED ASSOC 2023; 73:1048-1053. [PMID: 37218232 DOI: 10.47391/jpma.1579] [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: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse road traffic accident mortalities in a geographical region. Method The retrospective study was conducted in Azad Jammu and Kashmir based on secondary data from 2004 to 2017 collected from the police department. Duncan's multiple range test was used to assess the trends in road traffic accident fatalities with respect to districts and divisions. Different goodness-of-fit criteria were used to compare the performance of different regression models to analyse road traffic accident mortalities with respect to vehicle ownership. The parsimonious time series model was used to forecast the future trends of road traffic accident mortalities. R 3.6.0 software was used for data analysis. RESULTS There were 5263 major road traffic accidents during the period studied, causing 2317 deaths and 12963 injuries. The number of mortalities in Mirpur division was 923(39.8%), in Muzaffarabad 794(34.3%), and inss Poonch 600(25.9%). The rates of road traffic accident mortalities per 100,000 population increased up to year 2010 and dropped slowly afterwards (Figure 1C). Some disparities were noted among different districts and divisions with respect to road traffic accident mortalities. Based on different goodness-of-fit criteria, the Smeed's model was found to be the most efficient model to analyse the trends of road traffic accident mortalities with respect to vehicle ownership (Table 1). The forecast for road traffic accident mortalities exhibited some fluctuations in the start and a uniform trend afterwards (Figure 6). CONCLUSIONS Disparities in road traffic accident fatalities across different districts and divisions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were observed. Though the rate of road traffic accident mortality was seen to be decreasing since 2010, the situation is for behind compared to the global Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Navid Feroze
- Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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Singh N, Rashid S, Rashid S, Sati HC, Gupta S, Vaswani M, Saraya A. Genetic polymorphisms in phase II metabolizing enzymes in alcoholic and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis: Indian scenario. Indian J Gastroenterol 2023; 42:199-208. [PMID: 37148525 DOI: 10.1007/s12664-022-01320-w] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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AIM To study polymorphisms in glutathione-S-transferases (GST-T1, GST-M1, GST-P1) and uridine-5'-diphosphate-glucuronosyl-transferases (UGT1A7) genes and the risk of developing chronic pancreatitis (CP) associated with these polymorphisms. METHODS This study included 49 alcoholic and 51 idiopathic chronic pancreatitis patients, 50 alcohol addicts and 50 healthy controls. Polymorphism(s) in GST-T1 and GST-M1 genes were assessed by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), while PCR-radiofrequency lesioning (RFLP) was employed to assess the same in GST-P1 and UGT1A7 genes. The differences in polymorphism frequency between groups and the risk of developing pancreatitis were assessed by the odds ratio. RESULTS Strong association of the null genotype of GST-T1 with CP susceptibility was observed. Alcoholics with the Val allele of GST-P1 have higher chances of having pancreatitis. Idiopathic pancreatitis patients with higher age at the onset of pain were found to have the null genotype of GST-M1. CONCLUSION Alcoholics with the null genotype of the GST-T1 gene and the Valine allele of the GST-P1 gene are at a higher risk of developing CP. Thus, genotyping of these genes may serve as an important screening tool for the identification of high-risk groups among alcoholics.
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- Nidhi Singh
- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India.
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Saraya A, Singh N, Gupta S, Rashid S. Association of inflammatory markers with the disease & mutation status in pancreatic cancer. Indian J Med Res 2022; 155:49-55. [PMID: 35859428 PMCID: PMC9552386 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2238_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background & objectives: Inflammation has been studied to be an important contributory factor to carcinogenesis through pro-inflammatory markers such as interleukin (IL)-6 and C-reactive protein (CRP). Furthermore, K-ras mutation is an important genetic alteration in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer. This study aimed to compare these inflammatory markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with the diseased and healthy controls (HCs) and to check for any association between IL-6 and CRP serum levels with the disease status, survival and K-ras mutation status of PDAC patients. Methods: The study included 135 PDAC, 25 chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients and 25 HCs. The serum levels of IL-6 and CRP were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and K-ras mutations were detected by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. Results: The serum levels of both these markers were elevated in PDAC cases than that in HCs. High IL-6 levels and higher CRP levels were found to be associated with locally advanced disease, lymphatic invasion, metastasis and advanced stage of the PDAC. In patients with unresectable PDAC, higher IL-6 levels were found to be associated with the presence of K-ras mutations. Interpretation & conclusions: Higher IL-6 and CRP levels in patients with advanced PDAC suggest an important role of these inflammatory markers in tumour progression. Furthermore, the association of mutations in the K-ras gene with serum IL-6 indicates cross-talks that may contribute to the progression of the PDAC.
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Soleimani S, Rashid S. Correlation Study of the Most Important Environmental Influencing Factors on the Razi MMR Vaccine. Arch Razi Inst 2021; 76:1203-1211. [PMID: 35355762 PMCID: PMC8934101 DOI: 10.22092/ari.2021.352200.1550] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) are among the most important viral infectious diseases in Iran and neighboring countries. After using a trivalent vaccine for these three diseases for a long time, in recent years, these diseases have been significantly controlled in Iran. One of the important points of storing the vaccine is that the vaccine strains are highly temperature-sensitive viruses. Due to tropical climatic conditions in Iran, the cold chain may not be achievable during the storage and transmission of the MMR vaccine. Therefore, the efficacy of the vaccine may be affected. This study aimed to evaluate the MMR vaccine potency at different temperatures (stress tests) and frequent light exposures. All quality control tests in the form of stability studies were performed on the samples from three consecutive batches produced during a full-scale Razi production. The samples were stored at 2-8, 22-25, 35-37, and 42-45°C in specific time intervals, exposed to frequent light, and underwent freezing/thawing conditions. According to the results, the storage of the vaccine at high temperatures caused a decrease in potency and increased moisture content in the vaccine vials. The best temperature for maintenance and transportation of MMR is 2-8°C. The time and frequency of light exposure may affect the vaccine potency. Based on the sensitivity of the vaccine strains to environmental conditions, the development of plans for storage and transportation of vaccines in different situations and training the vaccine injection staff seem necessary.
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- S Soleimani
- Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 31975-148, Karaj, Iran
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- Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 31975-148, Karaj, Iran
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Rashid S, Tysarowski M, Naranjo J, Dhole A, Petrovic L, Aziz EF. Characteristics of warfarin underprescription in older adults with atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2828] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Objectives
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFl) increases with age. Prior research suggests that underprescription of anticoagulants, such as warfarin, in older adults can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. We analyzed rates and patterns of warfarin prescription in older adults.
Methods
In this prospective observational study, we enrolled 2179 consecutive patients with admission diagnosis of AF or AFl. Those placed on a non-warfarin anticoagulation (189 patients) were excluded. Patients were then divided into “older cohort” (≥75 years of age) and “younger cohort” (<75 years of age). Within the older cohort, prescription patterns of warfarin were analyzed. Serial prospective follow-up was 3.1±2.06 years.
Results
Of the 1990 patients, 46.9% were ≥75 years older, of which 51.1% were prescribed warfarin. There was no difference between mean CHA2DS2-VASc score and warfarin prescription (OR=1.06 (95% CI 0.93–1.21), p=0.388) in the older cohort. After adjusting for hypertension, glomerular filtration rate, and Black race, appropriate warfarin prescription in older adults was independently associated with lower aspirin prescription rates (OR=0.57 (95% CI 0.43–0.75), p<0.001), lower body mass index (OR=1.03 (95% CI 1.01–10.6), p=0.018), and lower hemoglobin levels (OR=1.11 (95% CI 1.04–1.19), p=0.002).
Conclusions
In our study, adults 75 years and older with AF and AFl tended to have lower rates of warfarin prescription despite higher CHA2DS2-VASc score and higher risk of thromboembolic events. Anemia, lower weight, and aspirin use were characteristics associated with warfarin underprescription. These patterns can shed light on clinicians' perceived hesitancy to anticoagulate certain older adults.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- S Rashid
- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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Rashid S, Suero-Abreu GA, Tysarowki M, Um H, Zhang Y, Shah K, Douglas A, Matassa D. Improving adherence to cholesterol lowering guidelines through an interactive digital tool. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3081] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Statins are the cornerstone of primary and secondary prevention of atheroscleoric cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Our previous retrospective analysis of 1042 consecutive patient encounters at a large urban academic institution found that one in five patients were not prescribed an appropriate statin therapy. These patients tended to be younger, of Black race, and met statin-eligibility solely via a 10-year ASCVD risk score ≥7.5%. Only one-third of patients had follow-up cholesterol levels ordered to monitor treatment efficacy.
Purpose
To improve adherence to cholesterol guidelines at our academic institution.
Methods
We implemented multiple interventions over a four-month period to support clinical decision making of guideline directed statin therapy: a) development of an online interactive tool, b) physician education on updated cholesterol guidelines and utilization of the tool, c) display of guideline summary in the workspace, and d) a documentation reminder in the electronic health record. We randomly selected encounter dates, from which 622 consecutive patient visits were analyzed. The primary outcome measures were: prescription rates of statins, documentation of a 10-year ASCVD risk score, and follow-up cholesterol levels ordered to monitor treatment efficacy.
Results
Out of the 622 patients, 232 met statin indication. In this post-intervention group, statin prescriptions rates improved when compared to the pre-intervention group (90.5% vs 82.3%, p=0.006). Among the patients who met statin indication solely via a 10-year ASCVD risk score ≥7.5%, there was an increase in documentation of the calculated 10-year ASCVD risk score (72.3% vs 57.8%; p=0.039) and in statin prescription rate (90.8% vs 67.6%; p<0.001). In addition, there was an increase in follow-up cholesterol levels ordered in all patients included in our study who met statin indication (64.1% vs 33.3%; p<0.001).
Conclusion
Our study showed higher rates of statin prescription, 10-year ASCVD risk score documentation, and treatment monitoring after multiple interventions, including an easily accessible online interactive tool, at a large urban academic institution.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Statin Prescription Rates
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- S Rashid
- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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- University of Connecticut, Hartford, United States of America
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- Rutgers University, Newark, Newark, United States of America
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Korobenko A, Rashid S, Heide C, Naumov AY, Reis DA, Berini P, Corkum PB, Vampa G. Generation of structured coherent extreme ultraviolet beams from an MgO crystal. Opt Express 2021; 29:24161-24168. [PMID: 34614666 DOI: 10.1364/oe.431974] [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] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Short wavelength high-harmonic sources are undergoing intense development for applications in spectroscopy and microscopy. Despite recent progress in peak and average power, spatial control over coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) beams remains a formidable challenge due to the lack of suitable optical elements for beam shaping and control. Here we demonstrate a robust and precise approach that structures XUV high-order harmonics in space as they are emitted from a nanostructured MgO crystal. Our demonstration paves the way for bridging the numerous applications of shaped light beams from the visible to the short wavelengths, with potential uses for applications in microscopy and nanoscale machining.
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Afzal SM, Vafa A, Rashid S, Shree A, Islam J, Ali N, Sultana S. Amelioration of N,N'-dimethylhydrazine induced colon toxicity by epigallocatechin gallate in Wistar rats. Hum Exp Toxicol 2021; 40:1558-1571. [PMID: 33754881 DOI: 10.1177/09603271211002884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Colon cancer is a life-threatening disease all over the world and is linked to constant oxidative stress and inflammation. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), is a naturally occurring flavone possessing health benefiting pharmacological properties including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging properties. Our study investigates the role of EGCG on N,N'-dimethylhydrazine (DMH), a toxic environmental pollutant, induced colon toxicity. To investigate the effect of EGCG, Wistar rats were given EGCG for 7 days at the two doses of 10 and 20 mg/kg body weight and DMH was injected on the seventh day in all the group rats except the control. Our results indicate that DMH administration increased the oxidative stress (MDA) and depleted the glutathione and antioxidant enzyme activities (SOD, CAT, GR, GST and GPx) which was significantly ameliorated by EGCG treatment. Additionally DMH treatment upregulated inflammatory markers expression (NF-κB, COX-2 and IL-6) and enhanced mucosal damage in the colon. EGCG treatment significantly reduced inflammation and restored the normal histoarchitecture of the colon. We can conclude from the present study findings that EGCG protects the colon from DMH toxicity through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential.
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- S M Afzal
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, 204568Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, 37850King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, 28848Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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Khan IA, Rashid S, Singh N, Rashid S, Singh V, Gunjan D, Das P, Dash NR, Pandey RM, Chauhan SS, Gupta S, Saraya A. Panel of serum miRNAs as potential non-invasive biomarkers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2824. [PMID: 33531550 PMCID: PMC7854650 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82266-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Early-stage diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is difficult due to non-specific symptoms. Circulating miRNAs in body fluids have been emerging as potential non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis of many cancers. Thus, this study aimed to assess a panel of miRNAs for their ability to differentiate PDAC from chronic pancreatitis (CP), a benign inflammatory condition of the pancreas. Next-generation sequencing was performed to identify miRNAs present in 60 FFPE tissue samples (27 PDAC, 23 CP and 10 normal pancreatic tissues). Four up-regulated miRNAs (miR-215-5p, miR-122-5p, miR-192-5p, and miR-181a-2-3p) and four down-regulated miRNAs (miR-30b-5p, miR-216b-5p, miR-320b, and miR-214-5p) in PDAC compared to CP were selected based on next-generation sequencing results. The levels of these 8 differentially expressed miRNAs were measured by qRT-PCR in 125 serum samples (50 PDAC, 50 CP, and 25 healthy controls (HC)). The results showed significant upregulation of miR-215-5p, miR-122-5p, and miR-192-5p in PDAC serum samples. In contrast, levels of miR-30b-5p and miR-320b were significantly lower in PDAC as compared to CP and HC. ROC analysis showed that these 5 miRNAs can distinguish PDAC from both CP and HC. Hence, this panel can serve as a non-invasive biomarker for the early detection of PDAC.
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- Imteyaz Ahmad Khan
- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- grid.413618.90000 0004 1767 6103Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029 India
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Rashid S. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common enteric bacteria in HIV positive and negative children aged five to twelve years in Dandora Kenya. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lansdown TC, Cowan S, Nioi A, Cowie H, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Rashid S, Ritchie P, Cherrie JW. Vitamin D and UV exposure in construction workers-a randomized control trial using text messaging to promote positive behaviours. J Public Health (Oxf) 2020; 42:594-601. [PMID: 31120504 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether a text messaging intervention (supported by a smartphone application) would be effective in the promotion of sun-safe behaviours. Both excessive and insufficient exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation were considered. METHODS A randomized control crossover trial was conducted. 112 participants from nine sites in the United Kingdom contributed to the study. There were three intervention waves, two in winter (Vitamin D-focussed) and one in summer (UV exposure-focussed). Stages of Change, Standard Erythemal (UV) Dose and assayed blood samples (Vitamin D) were employed to evaluate the effectiveness throughout the 21-day data collection periods. RESULTS The intervention was effective in promoting positive progression in Stages of Change for Vitamin D; and this in turn was predictive of increased Vitamin D levels in participants. More limited positive findings were found with respect to UV exposure. Overall, for those in the Intervention, Vitamin D levels were significantly predicted to increase during both of the winter data collection waves. CONCLUSIONS Interventions of this type are recommended to promote healthy Vitamin-D levels in construction workers.
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- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
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- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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Singh N, Rashid S, Rashid S, Dash NR, Gupta S, Saraya A. Clinical significance of promoter methylation status of tumor suppressor genes in circulating DNA of pancreatic cancer patients. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2020; 146:897-907. [DOI: 10.1007/s00432-020-03169-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Vafa A, Afzal SM, Barnwal P, Rashid S, Shahid A, Alpashree, Islam J, Sultana S. Protective role of diosmin against testosterone propionate-induced prostatic hyperplasia in Wistar rats: Plausible role of oxidative stress and inflammation. Hum Exp Toxicol 2019; 39:1133-1146. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327119889655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an important key health concern for aging men. Polyphenolic compounds have been found to possess important roles in the inhibition of numerous ailments that involve reactive oxygen species and inflammation. Diosmin is a citrus flavone that possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and anticancer activities, so based on these properties of diosmin, we decided to evaluate its effect on testosterone propionate (TP)-induced BPH. A total of 30 Wistar rats were randomly assigned to five groups having six animals in each. This study was of 28 days in which TP (5 mg kg−1) was administered to induce BPH in the last 10 days of the study. It was found that diosmin at the doses of 20 and 40 mg kg−1significantly reduced malondialdehyde and xanthine oxidase formation in a dose-dependent manner; however, it replenished catalase, glutathione (GSH), and GSH-dependent enzymes, that is, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione- S-transferase significantly against TP-induced BPH. Further, immunohistochemical study showed that diosmin alleviated inflammatory markers (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells, cyclooxygenase-2, and interleukin-6). It was also found that diosmin downregulated the expression of androgen receptor and decreased the prostate-specific antigen concentration dose-dependently, significantly against TP-induced BPH. Diosmin also restored histoarchitecture of the prostate in a dose-dependent manner. Findings from the present study revealed the protective role of diosmin against TP-induced BPH in Wistar rats.
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- A Vafa
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Girls Section, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, KSA
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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El-Keblawy A, Soliman S, Al-Khoury R, Ghauri A, Al Rammah H, Hussain SE, Rashid S, Manzoor Z. Effect of maturation conditions on light and temperature requirements during seed germination of Citrullus colocynthis from the Arabian Desert. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2019; 21:292-299. [PMID: 30311346 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Seed germination of Citrullus colocynthis, as in many other species of Cucurbitaceae, is inhibited by light, particularly at low temperatures. Germination response to light and temperature has been attributed to day length and temperature during seed maturation. This study assessed the effects of these factors on the germination response of C. colocynthis to temperature and light quality. Ripe fruits were collected from natural habitats during December and February and germinated at three temperatures (15/25, 20/30 and 25/35 °C) in five light treatments (dark, white light and Red:Far Red (R:FR) ratios of 0.30, 0.87 and 1.19). Additionally, unripe fruits were also collected from natural habitats and completed their maturation in growth chambers under different day lengths (6, 16 and 24 h of darkness) at 10/20 °C, and in darkness at both 10/20 °C and 25/35 °C. Mature seeds of the different treatments were germinated in the same five light treatments at 15/25 °C. Germination was significantly higher in the dark than that in any light treatment. Seeds matured at higher temperatures (i.e. seeds from the December collection and those matured at 25/35 °C) had significantly higher germination than those matured at lower temperatures (i.e. seeds from the February collection and those matured at 10/20 °C). Dark germination was significantly higher for the December collection than for the February collection. Seeds of the two collections germinated in the dark only at 15/25 °C. However, seeds matured in a growth chamber at 10/20 °C in darkness germinated at 15/25 °C in all light treatments, except for the R:FR ratio 0.30. Seeds of the different treatments failed to germinate in FR-rich light. This study demonstrates that both temperature and day length during seed maturation play significant roles in the germination response of C. colocynthis. Additionally, the dark requirement for germination is likely beneficial for species with the larger seeds, such as C. colocynthis, which produce bigger seedlings that are able to emerge from deep soils and are competitively superior under dense vegetation and resource-limited conditions.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Al-Arish University, Al-Arish, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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Walker NR, Deekonda P, Glasbey JC, Rashid S, Gokani VJ, Humm G, Mohan H, Harries RL. Attracting medical students and doctors into surgical training in the UK and Ireland. Int J Surg 2019; 67:107-112. [PMID: 30668992 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIMS Core surgical training (CST) programmes in the UK have seen a significant reduction in competition ratios over the past five years. This study aimed to determine motivating factors and perceived barriers to pursuing a career in surgery amongst junior doctors in training and medical students attending an annual conference. METHODS A self-reported, electronic questionnaire was distributed to medical students, foundation year doctors, and doctors in postgraduate surgical training programmes (DIPST) who attended the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) Conference in 2016. Respondents ranked factors attracting them to a career in surgery and factors that could improve perceptions of surgical careers. Chi-square test was used to test for differences between groups (a = 0.05, R Studio, V3.3.1). RESULTS Of 394 respondents (response rate = 50.9%), 44.9% were medical students or foundation doctors ('Pre-CST') and 55.1% were DIPST ('Peri/post-CST'). Practical application of skills (97.4%), enjoyment of the theatre environment (95.4%) and positive experiences in surgical firms (84.7%) were primary driving factors towards a surgical career. Availability of private practice (32.2%), and sustainability of consultant jobs (49.0%) had less influence. For 'Pre-CST' respondents, role models (82.8% pre-CST v 74.9% peri-post CST, p < 0.05) and defined career progression (67.2% pre-CST v 47.0% peri-post CST, p < 0.001) were particularly important. 91% of all respondents agreed that a better balance of training and service within worked hours would improve perceptions of surgery. CONCLUSION Addressing the motivating factors and perceived barriers to surgical careers will help bolster recruitment of the future surgical workforce.
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom
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- Association of Surgrons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, United Kingdom.
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McLean K, Glasbey J, Borakati A, Brooks T, Chang H, Choi S, Goodson R, Nielsen M, Pronin S, Salloum N, Sewart E, Vanniasegaram D, Drake T, Gillies M, Harrison E, Chapman S, Khatri C, Kong C, Claireaux H, Bath M, Mohan M, McNamee L, Kelly M, Mitchell H, Fitzgerald J, Bhangu A, Nepogodiev D, Antoniou I, Dean R, Davies N, Trecarten S, Henderson I, Holmes C, Wylie J, Shuttleworth R, Jindal A, Hughes F, Gouda P, Fleck R, Hanrahan M, Karunakaran P, Chen J, Sykes M, Sethi R, Suresh S, Patel P, Patel M, Varma R, Mushtaq J, Gundogan B, Bolton W, Khan T, Burke J, Morley R, Favero N, Adams R, Thirumal V, Kennedy E, Ong K, Tan Y, Gabriel J, Bakhsh A, Low J, Yener A, Paraoan V, Preece R, Tilston T, Cumber E, Dean S, Ross T, McCance E, Amin H, Satterthwaite L, Clement K, Gratton R, Mills E, Chiu S, Hung G, Rafiq N, Hayes J, Robertson K, Dynes K, Huang H, Assadullah S, Duncumb J, Moon R, Poo S, Mehta J, Joshi K, Callan R, Norris J, Chilvers N, Keevil H, Jull P, Mallick S, Elf D, Carr L, Player C, Barton E, Martin A, Ratu S, Roberts E, Phan P, Dyal A, Rogers J, Henson A, Reid N, Burke D, Culleton G, Lynne S, Mansoor S, Brennan C, Blessed R, Holloway C, Hill A, Goldsmith T, Mackin S, Kim S, Woin E, Brent G, Coffin J, Ziff O, Momoh Z, Debenham R, Ahmed M, Yong C, Wan J, Copley H, Raut P, Chaudhry F, Nixon G, Dorman C, Tan R, Kanabar S, Canning N, Dolaghan M, Bell N, McMenamin M, Chhabra A, Duke K, Turner L, Patel T, Chew L, Mirza M, Lunawat S, Oremule B, Ward N, Khan M, Tan E, Maclennan D, McGregor R, Chisholm E, Griffin E, Bell L, Hughes B, Davies J, Haq H, Ahmed H, Ungcharoen N, Whacha C, Thethi R, Markham R, Lee A, Batt E, Bullock N, Francescon C, Davies J, Shafiq N, Zhao J, Vivekanantham S, Barai I, Allen J, Marshall D, McIntyre C, Wilson H, Ashton A, Lek C, Behar N, Davis-Hall M, Seneviratne N, Esteve L, Sirakaya M, Ali S, Pope S, Ahn J, Craig-McQuaide A, Gatfield W, Leong S, Demetri A, Kerr A, Rees C, Loveday J, Liu S, Wijesekera M, Maru D, Attalla M, Smith N, Brown D, Sritharan P, Shah A, Charavanamuttu V, Heppenstall-Harris G, Ng K, Raghvani T, Rajan N, Hulley K, Moody N, Williams M, Cotton A, Sharifpour M, Lwin K, Bright M, Chitnis A, Abdelhadi M, Semana A, Morgan F, Reid R, Dickson J, Anderson L, McMullan R, Ahern N, Asmadi A, Anderson L, Boon Xuan JL, Crozier L, McAleer S, Lees D, Adebayo A, Das M, Amphlett A, Al-Robeye A, Valli A, Khangura J, Winarski A, Ali A, Woodward H, Gouldthrope C, Turner M, Sasapu K, Tonkins M, Wild J, Robinson M, Hardie J, Heminway R, Narramore R, Ramjeeawon N, Hibberd A, Winslow F, Ho W, Chong B, Lim K, Ho S, Crewdson J, Singagireson S, Kalra N, Koumpa F, Jhala H, Soon W, Karia M, Rasiah M, Xylas D, Gilbert H, Sundar-Singh M, Wills J, Akhtar S, Patel S, Hu L, Brathwaite-Shirley C, Nayee H, Amin O, Rangan T, Turner E, McCrann C, Shepherd R, Patel N, Prest-Smith J, Auyoung E, Murtaza A, Coates A, Prys-Jones O, King M, Gaffney S, Dewdney C, Nehikhare I, Lavery J, Bassett J, Davies K, Ahmad K, Collins A, Acres M, Egerton C, Cheng K, Chen X, Chan N, Sheldon A, Khan S, Empey J, Ingram E, Malik A, Johnstone M, Goodier R, Shah J, Giles J, Sanders J, McLure S, Pal S, Rangedara A, Baker A, Asbjoernsen C, Girling C, Gray L, Gauntlett L, Joyner C, Qureshi S, Mogan Y, Ng J, Kumar A, Park J, Tan D, Choo K, Raman K, Buakuma P, Xiao C, Govinden S, Thompson O, Charalambos M, Brown E, Karsan R, Dogra T, Bullman L, Dawson P, Frank A, Abid H, Tung L, Qureshi U, Tahmina A, Matthews B, Harris R, O'Connor A, Mazan K, Iqbal S, Stanger S, Thompson J, Sullivan J, Uppal E, MacAskill A, Bamgbose F, Neophytou C, Carroll A, Rookes C, Datta U, Dhutia A, Rashid S, Ahmed N, Lo T, Bhanderi S, Blore C, Ahmed S, Shaheen H, Abburu S, Majid S, Abbas Z, Talukdar S, Burney L, Patel J, Al-Obaedi O, Roberts A, Mahboob S, Singh B, Sheth S, Karia P, Prabhudesai A, Kow K, Koysombat K, Wang S, Morrison P, Maheswaran Y, Keane P, Copley P, Brewster O, Xu G, Harries P, Wall C, Al-Mousawi A, Bonsu S, Cunha P, Ward T, Paul J, Nadanakumaran K, Tayeh S, Holyoak H, Remedios J, Theodoropoulou K, Luhishi A, Jacob L, Long F, Atayi A, Sarwar S, Parker O, Harvey J, Ross H, Rampal R, Thomas G, Vanmali P, McGowan C, Stein J, Robertson V, Carthew L, Teng V, Fong J, Street A, Thakker C, O'Reilly D, Bravo M, Pizzolato A, Khokhar H, Ryan M, Cheskes L, Carr R, Salih A, Bassiony S, Yuen R, Chrastek D, Rosen O'Sullivan H, Amajuoyi A, Wang A, Sitta O, Wye J, Qamar M, Major C, Kaushal A, Morgan C, Petrarca M, Allot R, Verma K, Dutt S, Chilima C, Peroos S, Kosasih S, Chin H, Ashken L, Pearse R, O'Loughlin R, Menon A, Singh K, Norton J, Sagar R, Jathanna N, Rothwell L, Watson N, Harding F, Dube P, Khalid H, Punjabi N, Sagmeister M, Gill P, Shahid S, Hudson-Phillips S, George D, Ashwood J, Lewis T, Dhar M, Sangal P, Rhema I, Kotecha D, Afzal Z, Syeed J, Prakash E, Jalota P, Herron J, Kimani L, Delport A, Shukla A, Agarwal V, Parthiban S, Thakur H, Cymes W, Rinkoff S, Turnbull J, Hayat M, Darr S, Khan U, Lim J, Higgins A, Lakshmipathy G, Forte B, Canning E, Jaitley A, Lamont J, Toner E, Ghaffar A, McDowell M, Salmon D, O'Carroll O, Khan A, Kelly M, Clesham K, Palmer C, Lyons R, Bell A, Chin R, Waldron R, Trimble A, Cox S, Ashfaq U, Campbell J, Holliday R, McCabe G, Morris F, Priestland R, Vernon O, Ledsam A, Vaughan R, Lim D, Bakewell Z, Hughes R, Koshy R, Jackson H, Narayan P, Cardwell A, Jubainville C, Arif T, Elliott L, Gupta V, Bhaskaran G, Odeleye A, Ahmed F, Shah R, Pickard J, Suleman Y, North A, McClymont L, Hussain N, Ibrahim I, Ng G, Wong V, Lim A, Harris L, Tharmachandirar T, Mittapalli D, Patel V, Lakhani M, Bazeer H, Narwani V, Sandhu K, Wingfield L, Gentry S, Adjei H, Bhatti M, Braganza L, Barnes J, Mistry S, Chillarge G, Stokes S, Cleere J, Wadanamby S, Bucko A, Meek J, Boxall N, Heywood E, Wiltshire J, Toh C, Ward A, Shurovi B, Horth D, Patel B, Ali B, Spencer T, Axelson T, Kretzmer L, Chhina C, Anandarajah C, Fautz T, Horst C, Thevathasan A, Ng J, Hirst F, Brewer C, Logan A, Lockey J, Forrest P, Keelty N, Wood A, Springford L, Avery P, Schulz T, Bemand T, Howells L, Collier H, Khajuria A, Tharakan R, Parsons S, Buchan A, McGalliard R, Mason J, Cundy O, Li N, Redgrave N, Watson R, Pezas T, Dennis Y, Segall E, Hameed M, Lynch A, Chamberlain M, Peck F, Neo Y, Russell G, Elseedawy M, Lee S, Foster N, Soo Y, Puan L, Dennis R, Goradia H, Qureshi A, Osman S, Reeves T, Dinsmore L, Marsden M, Lu Q, Pitts-Tucker T, Dunn C, Walford R, Heathcote E, Martin R, Pericleous A, Brzyska K, Reid K, Williams M, Wetherall N, McAleer E, Thomas D, Kiff R, Milne S, Holmes M, Bartlett J, Lucas de Carvalho J, Bloomfield T, Tongo F, Bremner R, Yong N, Atraszkiewicz B, Mehdi A, Tahir M, Sherliker G, Tear A, Pandey A, Broyd A, Omer H, Raphael M, Chaudhry W, Shahidi S, Jawad A, Gill C, Fisher IH, Adeleja I, Clark I, Aidoo-Micah G, Stather P, Salam G, Glover T, Deas G, Sim N, Obute R, Wynell-Mayow W, Sait M, Mitha N, de Bernier G, Siddiqui M, Shaunak R, Wali A, Cuthbert G, Bhudia R, Webb E, Shah S, Ansari N, Perera M, Kelly N, McAllister R, Stanley G, Keane C, Shatkar V, Maxwell-Armstrong C, Henderson L, Maple N, Manson R, Adams R, Semple E, Mills M, Daoub A, Marsh A, Ramnarine A, Hartley J, Malaj M, Jewell P, Whatling E, Hitchen N, Chen M, Goh B, Fern J, Rogers S, Derbyshire L, Robertson D, Abuhussein N, Deekonda P, Abid A, Harrison P, Aildasani L, Turley H, Sherif M, Pandey G, Filby J, Johnston A, Burke E, Mohamud M, Gohil K, Tsui A, Singh R, Lim S, O'Sullivan K, McKelvey L, O'Neill S, Roberts H, Brown F, Cao Y, Buckle R, Liew Y, Sii S, Ventre C, Graham C, Filipescu T, Yousif A, Dawar R, Wright A, Peters M, Varley R, Owczarek S, Hartley S, Khattak M, Iqbal A, Ali M, Durrani B, Narang Y, Bethell G, Horne L, Pinto R, Nicholls K, Kisyov I, Torrance H, English W, Lakhani S, Ashraf S, Venn M, Elangovan V, Kazmi Z, Brecher J, Sukumar S, Mastan A, Mortimer A, Parker J, Boyle J, Elkawafi M, Beckett J, Mohite A, Narain A, Mazumdar E, Sreh A, Hague A, Weinberg D, Fletcher L, Steel M, Shufflebotham H, Masood M, Sinha Y, Jenvey C, Kitt H, Slade R, Craig A, Deall C, Reakes T, Chervenkoff J, Strange E, O'Bryan M, Murkin C, Joshi D, Bergara T, Naqib S, Wylam D, Scotcher S, Hewitt C, Stoddart M, Kerai A, Trist A, Cole S, Knight C, Stevens S, Cooper G, Ingham R, Dobson J, O'Kane A, Moradzadeh J, Duffy A, Henderson C, Ashraf S, McLaughin C, Hoskins T, Reehal R, Bookless L, McLean R, Stone E, Wright E, Abdikadir H, Roberts C, Spence O, Srikantharajah M, Ruiz E, Matthews J, Gardner E, Hester E, Naran P, Simpson R, Minhas M, Cornish E, Semnani S, Rojoa D, Radotra A, Eraifej J, Eparh K, Smith D, Mistry B, Hickling S, Din W, Liu C, Mithrakumar P, Mirdavoudi V, Rashid M, Mcgenity C, Hussain O, Kadicheeni M, Gardner H, Anim-Addo N, Pearce J, Aslanyan A, Ntala C, Sorah T, Parkin J, Alizadeh M, White A, Edozie F, Johnston J, Kahar A, Navayogaarajah V, Patel B, Carter D, Khonsari P, Burgess A, Kong C, Ponweera A, Cody A, Tan Y, Ng A, Croall A, Allan C, Ng S, Raghuvir V, Telfer R, Greenhalgh A, McKerr C, Edison M, Patel B, Dear K, Hardy M, Williams P, Hassan S, Sajjad U, O'Neill E, Lopes S, Healy L, Jamal N, Tan S, Lazenby D, Husnoo S, Beecroft S, Sarvanandan T, Weston C, Bassam N, Rabinthiran S, Hayat U, Ng L, Varma D, Sukkari M, Mian A, Omar A, Kim J, Sellathurai J, Mahmood J, O'Connell C, Bose R, Heneghan H, Lalor P, Matheson J, Doherty C, Cullen C, Cooper D, Angelov S, Drislane C, Smith A, Kreibich A, Palkhi E, Durr A, Lotfallah A, Gold D, Mckean E, Dhanji A, Anilkumar A, Thacoor A, Siddiqui Z, Lim S, Piquet A, Anderson S, McCormack D, Gulati J, Ibrahim A, Murray S, Walsh S, McGrath A, Ziprin P, Chua E, Lou C, Bloomer J, Paine H, Osei-Kuffour D, White C, Szczap A, Gokani S, Patel K, Malys M, Reed A, Torlot G, Cumber E, Charania A, Ahmad S, Varma N, Cheema H, Austreng L, Petra H, Chaudhary M, Zegeye M, Cheung F, Coffey D, Heer R, Singh S, Seager E, Cumming S, Suresh R, Verma S, Ptacek I, Gwozdz A, Yang T, Khetarpal A, Shumon S, Fung T, Leung W, Kwang P, Chew L, Loke W, Curran A, Chan C, McGarrigle C, Mohan K, Cullen S, Wong E, Toale C, Collins D, Keane N, Traynor B, Shanahan D, Yan A, Jafree D, Topham C, Mitrasinovic S, Omara S, Bingham G, Lykoudis P, Miranda B, Whitehurst K, Kumaran G, Devabalan Y, Aziz H, Shoa M, Dindyal S, Yates J, Bernstein I, Rattan G, Coulson R, Stezaker S, Isaac A, Salem M, McBride A, McFarlane H, Yow L, MacDonald J, Bartlett R, Turaga S, White U, Liew W, Yim N, Ang A, Simpson A, McAuley D, Craig E, Murphy L, Shepherd P, Kee J, Abdulmajid A, Chung A, Warwick H, Livesey A, Holton P, Theodoreson M, Jenkin S, Turner J, Entwisle J, Marchal S, O'Connor S, Blege H, Aithie J, Sabine L, Stewart G, Jackson S, Kishore A, Lankage C, Acquaah F, Joyce H, McKevitt K, Coffey C, Fawaz A, Dolbec K, O'Sullivan D, Geraghty J, Lim E, Bolton L, FitzPatrick D, Robinson C, Ramtoola T, Collinson S, Grundy L, McEnhill P, Harbhajan Singh G, Loughran D, Golding D, Keeling R, Williams R, Whitham R, Yoganathan S, Nachiappan R, Egan R, Owasil R, Kwan M, He A, Goh R, Bhome R, Wilson H, Teoh P, Raji K, Jayakody N, Matthams J, Chong J, Luk C, Greig R, Trail M, Charalambous G, Rocke A, Gardiner N, Bulley F, Warren N, Brennan E, Fergurson P, Wilson R, Whittingham H, Brown E, Khanijau R, Gandhi K, Morris S, Boulton A, Chandan N, Barthorpe A, Maamari R, Sandhu S, McCann M, Higgs L, Balian V, Reeder C, Diaper C, Sale T, Ali H, Archer C, Clarke A, Heskin J, Hurst P, Farmer J, O'Flynn L, Doan L, Shuker B, Stott G, Vithanage N, Hoban K, Nesargikar P, Kennedy H, Grossart C, Tan E, Roy C, Sim P, Leslie K, Sim D, Abul M, Cody N, Tay A, Woon E, Sng S, Mah J, Robson J, Shakweh E, Wing V, Mills H, Li M, Barrow T, Balaji S, Jordan H, Phillips C, Naveed H, Hirani S, Tai A, Ratnakumaran R, Sahathevan A, Shafi A, Seedat M, Weaver R, Batho A, Punj R, Selvachandran H, Bhatt N, Botchey S, Khonat Z, Brennan K, Morrison C, Devlin E, Linton A, Galloway E, McGarvie S, Ramsay N, McRobbie H, Whewell H, Dean W, Nelaj S, Eragat M, Mishra A, Kane T, Zuhair M, Wells M, Wilkinson 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Critical care usage after major gastrointestinal and liver surgery: a prospective, multicentre observational study. Br J Anaesth 2019; 122:42-50. [PMID: 30579405 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient selection for critical care admission must balance patient safety with optimal resource allocation. This study aimed to determine the relationship between critical care admission, and postoperative mortality after abdominal surgery. METHODS This prespecified secondary analysis of a multicentre, prospective, observational study included consecutive patients enrolled in the DISCOVER study from UK and Republic of Ireland undergoing major gastrointestinal and liver surgery between October and December 2014. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore associations between critical care admission (planned and unplanned) and mortality, and inter-centre variation in critical care admission after emergency laparotomy. RESULTS Of 4529 patients included, 37.8% (n=1713) underwent planned critical care admissions from theatre. Some 3.1% (n=86/2816) admitted to ward-level care subsequently underwent unplanned critical care admission. Overall 30-day mortality was 2.9% (n=133/4519), and the risk-adjusted association between 30-day mortality and critical care admission was higher in unplanned [odds ratio (OR): 8.65, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.51-19.97) than planned admissions (OR: 2.32, 95% CI: 1.43-3.85). Some 26.7% of patients (n=1210/4529) underwent emergency laparotomies. After adjustment, 49.3% (95% CI: 46.8-51.9%, P<0.001) were predicted to have planned critical care admissions, with 7% (n=10/145) of centres outside the 95% CI. CONCLUSIONS After risk adjustment, no 30-day survival benefit was identified for either planned or unplanned postoperative admissions to critical care within this cohort. This likely represents appropriate admission of the highest-risk patients. Planned admissions in selected, intermediate-risk patients may present a strategy to mitigate the risk of unplanned admission. Substantial inter-centre variation exists in planned critical care admissions after emergency laparotomies.
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Kumawat R, Gowda S, Debnath E, Rashid S, Niwas R, Suri A, Sarkar C, Sinha S, Chosdol K. Association of MTHFR gene polymorphisms with glioma and meningioma patients in Indian population. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy429.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sharif S, Rashid S, Atta A, Irshad A, Riaz M, Shahid M, Mustafa G. Phenolics, tocopherols and fatty acid profiling of wild and commercial mushrooms from Pakistan. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2018; 32:863-867. [PMID: 30043568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mushrooms can be used as nutraceutical or functional foods to maintain and promote good health. In the present study, wild Ganoderma lucidum and four commercial mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, Volvariella volvacea, Hericium erinaceus and Lentinus edodes, collected from Pakistan were screened for phenolics, tocopherols and fatty acid contents. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of phenolic acids showed that chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, gallic acid, p-Coumaric and caffeic acids were observed in selected mushrooms. H. erinaceus contained high amounts of chlorogenic acid (11.49±0.1 µ/g of dry weight) and ferulic acid (7.84±0.7 µg/g of dry weight). γ-tocopherol and lutein were present in all studied mushrooms. Lutein contents were higher in H. erinaceus (2.42±0.087 µg/g of DW) followed by V. volvacea> P. ostreatus> L. edodes. γ-tocopherol was observed in the range of 74.25±3.01 to 29.65±1.2 µg/g of dry weight. GC/MS analysis of fatty acids showed that linoleic acid (18:2n6c), oleic acid (18:1n9c), palmitic acid (C16:0), stearic acid (C18:0), linolenic acid (18:3n3) and nonadecanoic acid (C19-0), were the main fatty acids found in selected mushrooms. The unsaturated fatty acids were predominated over saturated fatty acids. It is concluded that selected mushrooms are good sources of antioxidant compounds and unsaturated fatty acids.
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- College of Biosystem, Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, Sargodha Medical College, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Perveen R, Hoque MH, Ahmed K, Ahmed CM, Jalil MA, Parvin T, Osmany DF, Rashid S, Rashid MB, Nahar S, Shakil SS. An Echocardiographic Study of the Right Ventricular Diastolic Function in Systemic Hypertension and Its Relation with the Left Ventricular Homologous Changes. Mymensingh Med J 2018; 27:596-602. [PMID: 30141451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Diastolic dysfunction is a major predictor of mortality and morbidity in hypertensive patients. Not only LV, the RV is also expected to be affected in this overall procedure. To observe the Echocardiographic changes of diastolic function of the RV in systemic HTN and their relation with similar parameters of the LV was the objective. TDI was used in association with standard Doppler modality. In this cross-sectional study, 50 hypertensive subjects were studied who were devoid of any other conditions that may influence the diastolic function of the RV from 01 May 2012 to 31 October 2012 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition to 2D and M-mode evaluation, standard Doppler and pulsed tissue Doppler assessment of both ventricles were performed. Measurements were obtained for diastolic as well as systolic function of both ventricles. The RV diastolic parameters were impaired in both standard Doppler and tissue Doppler analysis in association with LV parameters. Systolic functions (LV FS and RV TAPSE) were preserved. Doppler-derived tricuspid peak E and E/A were related negatively to septal thickness, but tissue Doppler-derived RV Em/Am showed negative association with both RVAWT and septal thickness. RV RTm was related positively to RVAWT. The RV diastolic parameters showed positive relation with the LV similar parameters both in standard Doppler (E peak velocity, E/A ratio and EDT) and tissue Doppler (Em peak velocity, Em/Am and PCTm) assessment. So, in systemic HTN, LV diastolic dysfunction is also associated with diastolic disturbances of the RV. Pulsed tissue Doppler is a useful tool to detect the changes. RV diastolic parameters correlate well with those of the LV. Prolongation of the active relaxation (RTm) phase of RV is due to its increased wall thickness.
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- Dr Roseyat Perveen, Junior Consultant, Cardiology, Upazilla Health Ccomplex, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rashid S, Shahsavandi S, Ebrahimi MM, Soleimani S. Enhancement of cell-mediated immune response in chickens by combination of TIR-TLR7 with inactivated Newcastle disease vaccine. vacres 2018. [DOI: 10.29252/vacres.5.1.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Rashid S, Yeong J, Fitzgerald C. Clinical and pathological characteristics of young women diagnosed with breast cancer presenting in a ten year period to a district general hospital in a socioeconomically deprived region. Eur J Cancer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(18)30667-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Department of Medicine, Government SMHS Hospital, Medical College, Kashmir, India
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Sawh C, Yazdani M, Rashid S, Lawson J, Sawh D, Hall I. P1392Outcomes of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx502.p1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Masood A, Kamran F, Rashid S, Mazahir S. Life-orientation, Subjective Well-being and Social Support as Predictors of Quality of Life in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Bangladesh J Med Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.3329/bjms.v16i3.32845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Background: Psychosocial experiences such as life-orientation, subjective well-being and social support are punitive in determining the health related quality of life of patients in end stage of Chronic Renal Disease; also termed as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).Objectives: to investigate the phenomenon of life-orientation, subjective well-being, social support and perceived health related quality of life in patients with end stage renal disease. ESRD patients life orientation, social support and subjective well-being are significant predictors of their perceived quality of life that further determines their disease management and health status.Materials and Methods: This research has been laid out through cross sectional survey research design. The data was collected between the time span of Jan, 2016 to June, 2016. The sample comprised of 200 respondents from both gender, equally distributed within the age range of 50 to 60 years, going through last stage of ESRD and relying on dialysis from at least past one year or more. Indigenously translated WHO QoL, Subjective Wellbeing Scale, multidimensional Social Support Scale, Life Orientation Scale and a demographic information sheet was used to collect the data.Results: The results revealed that life orientation, social support and subjective well-being significantly and positively predicted the health related quality of life; greater social support and higher levels of subjective wellbeing after controlling for the effects of age, gender, income and education were found when the patients carried optimistic and positive life-orientation.Conclusion: The current research findings therefore incriminate preemptive direction in understanding the phenomenon of life-orientation, social support, subjective wellbeing and health related quality of life in patients with last stage ESRD. This further embarks onto highlighting the insightful guidelines for health and clinical psychologists in devising management interventions, targeting the increased subjective well-being, and promotion of optimistic life-orientation in order to facilitate health related quality of life in the patients with end stage renal disease.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(3) 2017 p.346-353
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Hussain S, Quencer K, Ramchand T, Rashid S, Momin A, Pollak J. Starting off on the wrong foot: Plantar venous malformations. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Special Clinic, Royal Infirmary, Sheffield
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Khan I, Dar MY, Rashid S, Butt MF. Internal Fixation of Transverse Patella Fractures Using Cannulated Cancellous Screws with Anterior Tension Band Wiring. Malays Orthop J 2016; 10:21-26. [PMID: 28435557 PMCID: PMC5333652 DOI: 10.5704/moj.1607.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of anterior tension band wiring technique using two cannulated cancellous screws in patients with transverse (AO34-C1) or transverse with mildly comminuted (AO34-C2) patellar fractures. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study of 25 patients with transverse fracture or transverse fracture with mildly comminuted patella fractures. All the patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation using two parallel cannulated screws and 18G stainless steel wire as per the tension band principle. Results: There were eighteen males (72%) and seven females (28%). The age group ranged from 24 to 58 years, with mean age of 38 years. The most common mode of injury was fall (72%) followed by road traffic accident (20%) and violent quadriceps contraction (8%). Transverse fracture was present in 60% and transverse fracture with mild comminution in 40% of patients. Mean time to achieve union was 10.7 weeks (range 8-12 weeks). Mean ROM at three months was 113.8 degree (90-130) and at final follow up this improved to 125.4 degrees (range 100-140). There was one case of knee stiffness and no case of implant failure was observed. Patients were evaluated using Bostman scoring, the mean score at three months being 26.04 which improved to 27.36 at the end of final follow up at one year. Conclusion: Cannulated cancellous screws with anterior tension band wiring is a safe, reliable and reproducible method in management of transverse patellar fractures, with less chances of implant failure and soft tissue irritation.
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- Govt Medical College Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Govt Medical College Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Govt Medical College Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Govt Medical College Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Theobald S, Hawkins K, Kok M, Rashid S, Datiko DG, Taegtmeyer M. Close-to-community providers of health care: increasing evidence of how to bridge community and health systems. Hum Resour Health 2016; 14:32. [PMID: 27250338 PMCID: PMC4890328 DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- S Theobald
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
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- Pamoja Communications, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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Rashid S, Fox J, Kapur S, Kang M, Schlosshan D, Blackman D, Malkin C. 31 Pulmonary hypertension in severe aortic stenosis: prevalence and reversibility with transcatheter aortic valve implant. Heart 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309588.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hussain S, Rashid S, Quencer K, Ibrahim S, Popov V, Ghani M, Arici M. Prophylactic antibiotics and the rate of early gastrostomy site infections. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Rashid S, Kaufman C, Rashid S, Ayyagari R. Increasing medical student awareness and interest in IR via a 1-day symposium. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Wable GS, Chen YW, Rashid S, Aoki C. Exogenous progesterone exacerbates running response of adolescent female mice to repeated food restriction stress by changing α4-GABAA receptor activity of hippocampal pyramidal cells. Neuroscience 2015; 310:322-41. [PMID: 26383252 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Adolescent females are particularly vulnerable to mental illnesses with co-morbidity of anxiety, such as anorexia nervosa (AN). We used an animal model of AN, called activity-based anorexia (ABA), to investigate the neurobiological basis of vulnerability to repeated, food restriction (FR) stress-evoked anxiety. Twenty-one of 23 adolescent female mice responded to the 1st FR with increased wheel-running activity (WRA), even during the limited period of food access, thereby capturing AN's symptoms of voluntary FR and over-exercise. Baseline WRA was an excellent predictor of FR-elicited WRA (severity of ABA, SOA), with high baseline runners responding to FR with minimal SOA (i.e., negative correlation). Nine gained resistance to ABA following the 1st FR. Even though allopregnanolone (3α-OH-5α-pregnan-20-one, THP), the metabolite of progesterone (P4), is a well-recognized anxiolytic agent, subcutaneous P4 to these ABA-resistant animals during the 2nd FR was exacerbative, evoking greater WRA than the counterpart resistant group that received oil vehicle, only. Moreover, P4 had no WRA-reducing effect on animals that remained ABA-vulnerable. To explain the sensitizing effect of P4 upon the resistant mice, we examined the relationship between P4 treatment and levels of the α4 subunit of GABAARs at spines of pyramidal cells of the hippocampal CA1, a parameter previously shown to correlate with resistance to ABA. α4 levels at spine membrane correlated strongly and negatively with SOA during the 1st ABA (prior to P4 injection), confirming previous findings. α4 levels were greater among P4-treated animals that had gained resistance than of vehicle-treated resistant animals or of the vulnerable animals with or without P4. We propose that α4-GABAARs play a protective role by counterbalancing the ABA-induced increase in excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons, and although exogenous P4's metabolite, THP, enhances α4 expression, especially among those that can gain resistance, it also interferes with α4-GABAARs' protective role by desensitizing α4-GABAARs.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, United States.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, United States.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, United States.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, United States.
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Khursheed O, Wani MM, Rashid S, Lone AH, Manaan Q, Sultan A, Bhat RA, Mir BA, Halwai MA, Akhter N. Results of treatment of distal extra: articular femur fractures with locking plates using minimally invasive approach--experience with 25 consecutive geriatric patients. Musculoskelet Surg 2015; 99:139-147. [PMID: 25503441 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-014-0343-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 09/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Fractures involving the femur in older adults are reasonably common. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of MIPO technique using locking plates in geriatric patients for distal extra-articular femur fractures. METHODS About 25 consecutive patients with distal extra-articular femur fractures aged 60 years and above were treated using locking plates and minimally invasive technique. Patients were studied prospectively over a period of 3 years. Parameters studied included patient demographics, fracture type, time taken for the surgery, time to union and any complications. RESULTS Mean age of patients was 66.5 years. Nineteen (76%) patients were females. Most of fractures in our study were type 33A2 fractures (64%). Average time to full weight bearing was 14.32 weeks, and fractures united at an average of 16.88 weeks. There were two (8%) patients with superficial infection, two (8%) with implant tenderness. One (4%) patient developed knee stiffness. Five (20%) patients had extension lag of average 5°. One (4%) patient sustained a peri-implant fracture at 2 months. None of the patients developed non-union or delayed union. According to criteria laid by Schatzker's and Lambert, excellent results were achieved in 22 (88%) patients. CONCLUSIONS Outcome of minimally invasive fixation of distal extra-articular femur fractures with locking plates in patients of age 60 years and above seems to be good with high union rate despite high prevalence of osteoporosis and comminution.
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- O Khursheed
- Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College Srinagar (Hospital for bone and joint surgery Barzulla), Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Rashid S, Heer JK, Garle MJ, Alexander SPH, Roberts RE. Hydrogen sulphide-induced relaxation of porcine peripheral bronchioles. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 168:1902-10. [PMID: 23215842 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is an endogenous gasotransmitter. Although it has been shown to elicit responses in vascular and other smooth muscle preparations, a role for endogenously produced H2S in mediating airway tone has yet to be demonstrated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether H2S is produced within the airways and to determine the functional effect on airway tone. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Small peripheral airways (<5 mm in diameter) from porcine lungs were set up in isolated tissue baths, pre-contracted with the muscarinic agonist carbachol, and then exposed to either the H2S donor sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS), or the precursor L-cysteine. H2S production from L-cysteine or 3-mercaptopyruvate in tissue homogenates was measured by the methylene blue assay. Expression of the H2S-synthesizing enzymes cystathionine β-synthase (CBS), cystathionine γ lyase (CSE) and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulphurtransferase (3-MST) were measured by Western blotting. KEY RESULTS NaHS caused a large relaxation of the airways, which was inhibited partially by pre-contraction with KCl or exposure to tetraethylammonium, but not glibenclamide, paxilline or 4-aminopyridine. L-cysteine also caused a relaxation of the airways which was inhibited by the CBS inhibitor aminooxyacetic acid. Tissue homogenates from airways exposed to L-cysteine or 3-mercaptopyruvate in vitro showed a significant production of H2S. Western blotting demonstrated immunoreactivity to CBS, CSE and 3-MST enzymes in the airways. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These data demonstrate that H2S can be produced endogenously within porcine airways causing relaxation. The mechanism of relaxation depends, in part, on K(+) channel activity.
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- S Rashid
- Cardiovascular Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK
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Hasan SK, Khan R, Ali N, Khan AQ, Rehman MU, Tahir M, Lateef A, Nafees S, Mehdi SJ, Rashid S, Shahid A, Sultana S. 18-β Glycyrrhetinic acid alleviates 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats. Hum Exp Toxicol 2014; 34:628-41. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327114554045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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2-Acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) is a known hepatic carcinogen which leads to tumour formation in rodents. 18-β Glycyrrhetinic acid (18 β-GA) derived from liquorice plant has various pharmacological properties such as anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, hepatoprotective and antioxidant. This study is designed to elucidate the chemopreventive properties of 18 β-GA against 2-AAF-induced liver toxicity in Wistar rats and evaluated its effect on inflammatory and tumour promotion marker and activities of different oxidative stress enzymes. Administration of 2-AAF at the dose of (50 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) intraperitoneally (i.p.)) for five consecutive days induces hepatic toxicity, inflammation, oxidative stress and hyperproliferation. Pretreatment with 18 β-GA at two different doses (45 and 75 mg kg−1 b.w.) significantly ameliorates 2-AAF-induced increased lipid peroxidation, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase, xanthine oxidase activities and activities of phase-II detoxifying enzymes along with the levels of glutathione content. Administration of 18 β-GA also significantly restored the expressions of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclooxygenase 2, inducible nitric oxide synthase and nuclear factor κB. Furthermore, histological observations also support the preventive effects of 18 β-GA. Our findings suggest that pretreatment with 18 β-GA showed potential hepatoprotective effects via attenuation of oxidative stress, inflammation and hyperproliferation.
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- SK Hasan
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Zgheel F, Alhosin M, Rashid S, Auger C, Schini-Kerth V. THE EPA:DHA 6:1-EVOKED ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT NO-MEDIATED RELAXATION IN THE CORONARY ARTERY INVOLVES A COPPER-DEPENDENT PRO-OXIDANT RESPONSE TRIGGERING THE PI3-KINASE/AKT-MEDIATED ACTIVATION OF ENOS. Can J Cardiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Rashid S, Tavori H, Guinzioni I, Fazio S. PCSK9 promotes intestinal overproduction of apolipoprotein-b lipoproteins through ldl-receptor dependent and independent mechanisms. Atherosclerosis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rashid S, Melone M, Tavori H, Guinzioni I, Neff D, Fazio S. PCSK9 inhibition augments the therapeutic effect of ezetimibe in lowering intestinal apolipoprotein B lipoprotein production. Atherosclerosis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bank S, Andersen PS, Burisch J, Pedersen N, Roug S, Galsgaard J, Turino SY, Brodersen JB, Rashid S, Rasmussen BK, Avlund S, Olesen TB, Hoffmann HJ, Thomsen MK, Thomsen VØ, Frydenberg M, Nexø BA, Sode J, Vogel U, Andersen V. Associations between functional polymorphisms in the NFκB signaling pathway and response to anti-TNF treatment in Danish patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Pharmacogenomics J 2014; 14:526-34. [PMID: 24776844 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2014.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 03/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Antitumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is used for treatment of severe cases of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). However, one-third of the patients do not respond to the treatment. Genetic markers may predict individual response to anti-TNF therapy. Using a candidate gene approach, 39 mainly functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 26 genes regulating inflammation were assessed in 738 prior anti-TNF-naive Danish patients with IBD. The results were analyzed using logistic regression (crude and adjusted for age, gender and smoking status). Nineteen functional polymorphisms that alter the NFκB-mediated inflammatory response (TLR2 (rs3804099, rs11938228, rs1816702, rs4696480), TLR4 (rs5030728, rs1554973), TLR9 (rs187084, rs352139), LY96 (MD-2) (rs11465996), CD14 (rs2569190), MAP3K14 (NIK) (rs7222094)), TNF-α signaling (TNFA (TNF-α) (rs361525), TNFRSF1A (TNFR1) (rs4149570), TNFAIP3(A20) (rs6927172)) and other cytokines regulated by NFκB (IL1B (rs4848306), IL1RN (rs4251961), IL6 (rs10499563), IL17A (rs2275913), IFNG (rs2430561)) were associated with response to anti-TNF therapy among patients with CD, UC or both CD and UC (P ⩽ 0.05). In conclusion, the results suggest that polymorphisms in genes involved in activating NFκB through the Toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways, genes regulating TNF-α signaling and cytokines regulated by NFκB are important predictors for the response to anti-TNF therapy among patients with IBD. Genetically strong TNF-mediated inflammatory response was associated with beneficial response. In addition, the cytokines IL-1β, IL-6 and IFN-γ may be potential targets for treating patients with IBD who do not respond to anti-TNF therapy. These findings should be examined in independent cohorts before these results are applied in a clinical setting.
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- S Bank
- 1] Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark [2] Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Køge Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Nykøbing Falster Hospital, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
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- Medical Department V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases B, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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- 1] Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark [2] Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark [3] Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1] Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark [2] Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark [3] Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland Aabenraa, Aabenraa, Denmark [4] OPEN Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Melone M, Davis H, Ai X, Neff D, Fazio S, Rashid S. Pcsk9 Inhibition Augments the Therapeutic Effect of Ezetimibe in Lowering Intestinal Apolipoprotein B Lipoprotein Production. Can J Cardiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.07.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Melone M, Tavori H, Giunzioni I, Davis HR, Neff DR, Fazio S, Rashid S. Physiological Levels of PCSK9 Promote Hepatic and Intestinal Overproduction of Apolipoprotein-B Lipoproteins Through LDl-Receptor Dependent and Independent Mechanisms. Can J Cardiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.07.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nafees S, Ahmad ST, Arjumand W, Rashid S, Ali N, Sultana S. Carvacrol ameliorates thioacetamide-induced hepatotoxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in liver of Wistar rats. Hum Exp Toxicol 2013; 32:1292-304. [PMID: 23925945 DOI: 10.1177/0960327113499047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 12/14/2022]
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The present study was designed to investigate the protective effects of carvacrol against thioacetamide (TAA)-induced oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in liver of Wistar rats. In this study, rats were subjected to concomitant prophylactic oral pretreatment of carvacrol (25 and 50 mg kg(-1) body weight (b.w.)) against the hepatotoxicity induced by intraperitoneal administration of TAA (300 mg kg(-1) b.w.). Efficacy of carvacrol against the hepatotoxicity was evaluated in terms of biochemical estimation of antioxidant enzyme activities, histopathological changes, and expressions of inflammation and apoptosis. Carvacrol pretreatment prevented deteriorative effects induced by TAA through a protective mechanism in a dose-dependent manner that involved reduction of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. We found that the protective effect of carvacrol pretreatment is mediated by its inhibitory effect on nuclear factor kappa B activation, Bax and Bcl-2 expression, as well as by restoration of histopathological changes against TAA administration. We may suggest that carvacrol efficiently ameliorates liver injury caused by TAA.
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- S Nafees
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Zgheel F, Alhosin M, Rashid S, Auger C, Schini-Kerth VB. The EPA:DHA 6:1-evoked endothelium-dependent NO-mediated relaxation in the coronary artery involves a copper-dependent pro-oxidant response triggering the PI3-kinase/Akt-mediated activation of eNOS. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht307.p578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lee J, Rashid S, Hargreaves E, Yudd A, Censullo M. Differentiating variables that predict positive angiograms in gastrointestinal hemorrhage. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Karuga R, Diallo D, Berdichevsky K, Newport S, Bordallo M, Rashid S. O358 MAPPING MISOPROSTOL FOR PPH: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(12)60788-7] [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: 12/01/2022]
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