Prolonged immobilization (IM) causes skeletal muscle atrophy characterized by mitochondrial deterioration and proteolysis. Muscle remobilization (RM) increases reactive oxygen species generation, proinflammatory cytokine expression, and oxidative stress, preventing muscle from quick recovery. Thus, we hypothesized that overexpression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1...

Introduction: Drug abuse is a public health problem around the globe. Its implications in human are harmful, compromising nutritional status. It has been shown that malnutrition moderately prevalent drug addicts, and prescription significantly beneficial for these patients. Available literature suggests altered blood serum biochemical data addicts. Our study focused on biomarkers addicts who di...

Recently image analysis (IA) and DNA-cytophotometry (CP) have proved to be useful for the differentiation between benign and malignant melanocytic lesions on paraffin sections. Since, on sections, these procedures are very time-consuming, we tested in the present study whether IA of imprint specimens, which can be evaluated in less than 30 minutes, might also be sufficient. In 39 malignant mela...

Three new species of old-world Clastopteridae belonging to Machaerotinae are described, two in new monobasic genera: Allox transfigurata (Hindolini) from Borneo and Irridiculum deformatum (Machaerotini) from Sulawesi. One new species Machaeropsis dramatica (Hindolini) is described from Borneo. It is the first male known from the genus and shows that Machaeropsis Melichar is not synonymous with ...

To investigate the specificity, sensitivity, and concomitant presence of antibodies against histones (H), histone H1 (H1), and histone H3 (H3) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and analyze their association with SLE. Serum IgG anti-histones antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 144 SLE patients consisting of 24 neuropsychiatric lupus (NPSLE), 65 lupu...

Introduction: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the main tool of detection for prostate cancer (PCa). However, PSA has limited specificity and sensitivity in determining the presence of PCa, leading to unnecessary biopsies and the diagnosis of potentially indolent PCa. The aim of this article is to review the tools available to urologists in the clinical situation of rising PSA with prior nega...

Hexanchiformes is regarded as a monophyletic taxon, but the morphological and genetic relationships between the five extant species within the order are still uncertain. In this study, we determined the whole mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of seven sharks including representatives of the five Hexanchiformes, one squaliform, and one carcharhiniform and inferred the phylogenetic relationship...

Cell-free nuclear (cf-nDNA) and mitochondrial (cf-mDNA) DNA are released from damaged cells in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, contributing to adverse cardiac remodeling, vascular dysfunction, inflammation. The purpose of this study was correlate the presence cf-DNAs with HF T2DM patients. A total 612 patients were prescreened by using a local database, 240 (120 non-HF 120 individuals...

Abstract Regular movements of planting materials between countries pave the way for entry exotic pests. Despite rigorous quarantine regulations, various insect pests have hitherto entered India and raised biosecurity concerns. The occurrence rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin bondar’s nesting Paraleyrodes bondari Peracchi on coconut crop has drawn attention scientific...