Publications by authors named "A A Okhovat"
Uncontrolled regeneration leads to neoplastic transformation. The intestinal epithelium requires precise regulation during continuous homeostatic and damage-induced tissue renewal to prevent neoplastic transformation, suggesting that pathways unlinking tumour growth from regenerative processes must exist. Here, by mining RNA-sequencing datasets from two intestinal damage models and using pharmacological, transcriptomics and genetic tools, we identified liver X receptor (LXR) pathway activation as a tissue adaptation to damage that reciprocally regulates intestinal regeneration and tumorigenesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To characterize the longitudinal metabolite profile of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and to examine its correlation with cognitive assessments.
Methods: Thirteen patients at baseline and ten at follow-up, along with 14 age-, sex-, and handedness-matched healthy controls (HCs), were recruited. Three Tesla with a 64-channel coil, Point-RESolved Spectroscopy (PRESS) sequence (TR=1500 ms and TE=140 ms) was used.
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- Muscle biopsy is a standard method for diagnosing inflammatory myopathies, but researchers aimed to see if muscle ultrasound could provide a simpler, non-invasive alternative.
- The study involved 17 newly diagnosed patients and 17 healthy controls, comparing clinical assessments and muscle ultrasound measurements, revealing significant differences in muscle echo intensity and thickness.
- Results indicated that echo intensity scores were better at distinguishing between healthy and affected individuals than other tests, suggesting it could be a valuable diagnostic biomarker for inflammatory myopathies.
Synthesizing tetrahydrocannabinol is a lengthy process with minimal yields and little applicability on an industrial scale. To close the gap between bench chemistry and industry process chemistry, this paper introduces a small-scale flow chemistry method that utilizes a microwave or ultrasonic medium to produce major tetrahydrocannabinol isomers. This process produces excellent yields and minimal side products, which leads to more efficient large-scale production of the desired cannabinoids.
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