Vaibhav Tiwari, Nikita Pawar, Anurag Gupta, Shiv Chadha, Vinant Bhargava, Manish Malik, Ashwani Anil Kumar Bhalla, Devender Singh Rana. Korean J Transplant 2022;36:26. https://doi.org/10.4285/ATW2022.F-1208

conclusions our results demonstrated the antimicrobial properties of frog skin as a wound dressing, which has antimicrobial effects per se. this biological dressing shows promise as an effective biological wound dressing insofar as not only is it capable of resisting microbes and accelerating wound healing but also it is cost-effective and easy to use. results in the microbial studies, the bact...

BACKGROUND Patients allergic to cashew nuts often report allergy to pistachio, which could be a result of cross-reactivity between the two as both are members of the Anacardiaceae family. OBJECTIVE Because cashew 7S globulin (vicilin, Ana o 1) is a recognized major allergen, we cloned the pistachio homologue and assayed it for IgE reactivity and cross-reactivity with Ana o 1. METHODS Degene...

In laboratory experiments, conspecific excretions and ammonia solutions evoked avoidance reactions in tadpoles of three anuran species, Bufo bufo, Rana temporaria, and Rana arvalis. A differential sensitivity of ammonia chemoreception was determined for two anuran species. For Bufo bufo tadpoles, these characteristics at ammonia background concentration of 0.2 mg/l lied in the range 150 % < dI/...

In order to examine the relation of Epstein-Barry virus (EBV) infection to chronic arthritis in children antibodies to EB virus capsid antigen (EBVCA) and rheumatoid arthritis nuclear antigen (RANA) were analysed in sera from 133 patients classified as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) or pauciarticular, polyarticular, or systemic juvenile chronic arthritis. Except for an increased frequency ...

The decline in frog populations is a well-recognized worldwide phenomenon and infectious disease has been implicated as a major cause in the global decline of amphibian populations. Rana pipiens are disappearing from many habitats where they used to flourish, and environmental acidification has been considered as a possible contributor to this disappearance. We present a model that integrates t...

Splicing reverses protein’s function Alternative splicing transforms a protein that stimulates calcium uptake into one that inhibits it, Rana et al. discover. The proteins STIM1 and STIM2 sense when the endoplasmic reticulum is running low on calcium. They then prod Orai channels in the plasma membrane to open and allow more calcium into the cell through a process called store-operated calcium ...

Amphibian populations around the world are threatened by an emerging infectious pathogen, the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). How can a fungal skin infection kill such a broad range of amphibian hosts? And do different host species have a similar response to Bd infection? Here, we use a genomics approach to understand the genetic response of multiple susceptible frog species...