Luminescent covalent organic frameworks (LCOFs) have been employed as platforms for sensing analytes. Judicial incorporation of appropriate functional units inside the framework leads to the different electronic states in the presence of external stimuli, e.g.
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October 2022
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are discovered in science about 23 years ago. These are short, a series of non-coding, single-stranded and evolutionary conserved RNA molecules found in eukaryotic cells. It involved post-transcriptional fine-tune protein expression and repressing the target of mRNA in different biological processes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The white spot disease causes significant damage to global aquaculture production. A prominent vaccine, eliciting the immunogenicity of freshwater fishes against yet to be developed. Thus, an Immunoinformatic drive was implemented to find out the potential epitopes from the surface immobilization antigens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeprosy is a significant universal health problem that is remarkably still a concern in developing countries due to infection frequency. New therapeutic molecules and next-generation vaccines are urgently needed to accelerate the leprosy-free world. In this direction, the present study was performed using two routes: proteome-mediated therapeutic target identification and mapping as well as multi-epitopic peptide-based novel vaccine development using state of the art of computational biology for the TN strain of M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPresently, the world needs safe and effective vaccines to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Our work has focused on formulating two types of mRNA vaccines that differ in capacity to copy themselves inside the cell. These are non-amplifying mRNA (NRM) and self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: and its serogroup can cause several diseases in humans, cattle, ruminants, and birds. The viral M-polyprotein helps the virus to enter the host body. Therefore, this protein might serve as a potential vaccine target against .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Currently, Tigers (the top predator of an ecosystem) are on the list of endangered species. Thus the need is to understand the tiger's population genomics to design their conservation strategies.
Objective: We analyzed the molecular evolution of tiger diversity using NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 (ND4), a significant electron transport chain component.
SARS-CoV-2 is spreading globally at a rapid pace. To contain its spread and prevent further fatalities, the development of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent prerequisite. Thus, in this article, by utilizing the approach, a vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2 has been proposed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis the main causative agent responsible for nocardiosis disease in immunocompromised patient viz. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), malignancy, diabetic, organ recipient and genetic disorders. The virulence factor and outer membrane protein pertains immense contribution towards the designing of epitopic vaccine and limiting the robust outbreak of diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProstate cancer (PCa) is the second most diagnosed cancer in men and ranked fifth in overall cancer diagnosis. During the past decades, it has arisen as a significant life-threatening disease in men at an older age. At the early onset of illness when it is in localized form, radiation and surgical treatments are applied against this disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Gram-negative bacteria are among the causative microorganisms for zoonotic diseases in humans and teleosts. Outer membrane proteins (Omps) of Aeromonas hydrophila, a gram-negative bacterium, are critical for the subcellular integration to eukaryotic cell that can modulate the functions of macrophages. Hence Omps are recognized as immune markers for the vaccine development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, a novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) emerged which is responsible for the recent outbreak in Wuhan, China. Genetically, it is closely related to SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. The situation is getting worse and worse, therefore, there is an urgent need for designing a suitable peptide vaccine component against the SARS-COV-2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a severe problem all over the world and represents around 25% of all total leukemia cases, is generating the need for novel targets against CLL. Wnt signaling cascade regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and cell death processes. Thus, any alteration of the Wnt signaling pathway protein cascade might develop into various types of cancers, either by upregulation or downregulation of the Wnt signaling pathway protein components.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRNA interference (RNAi) has extensive potential to revolutionize every aspect of clinical application in biomedical research. One of the promising tools is the Small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules within a cellular component. Principally, siRNA mediated innovative advances are increasing rapidly in support of cancer diagnosis and therapeutic purposes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGram-negative bacteria is the main causative agents for columnaris disease outbreak to finfishes. The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) candidate of bacterial cell served a critical component for cellular invasion targeted to the eukaryotic cell and survival inside the macrophages. Therefore, OMPs considered as the supreme element for the development of promising vaccine against .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOxygen evolution reaction (OER) is energetically challenging from the platform of making many photovoltaic devices such as metal-air batteries and water splitting systems because of its poor kinetics even when precious metals are used. Herein, a Co(II)-porphyrin/pyrene-comprised conjugated microporous polymer Co-MPPy-1 has been developed which shows efficient OER in alkaline medium. The material was characterized by Fourier transform infrared, solid-state C cross-polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, N volumetric adsorption/desorption analysis, scanning electron microscopy, ultra high resolution-transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and other physical studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are the class of small, non-coding RNAs that are produced from precursor transcripts by subsequent processing steps mediated by members of the RNaseIII family, Dicer and Drosha protein within cell. The importance of zebrafish miRNAs in regulation of normal cellular development and support to various kinds of metabolism process. Although the zebrafish model provides a fundamental platform for the study of developmental biology but recent work with zebrafish model has expanded its appliance to a broad range of experimental studies relevant to different kind of human diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the synthesis of a new benzimidazole-based covalent organic polymer (TpDAB) via solvothermal Schiff base condensation between 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol (Tp) and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB). TpDAB showed high energy storage capacity with a specific capacitance of 335 F g(-1) at 2 mV s(-1) scan rate and good cyclic stability with 93% retention of its initial specific capacitance after 1000 cycles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a severe problem throughout the world and requires identification of novel targets for its treatment. This multifactorial disease accounts for about 15% of the all diagnosed leukemia cases. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway is crucial for the cell survival and its dysregulation is being implicated in various types of cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo comprehend the events during developmental biology, fundamental knowledge about the basic machinery of regulation is a prerequisite. MicroRNA (miRNAs) act as regulators in most of the biological processes and recently, it has been concluded that miRNAs can act as modulatory factors even during developmental process from lower to higher animal. Zebrafish, because of its favorable attributes like tiny size, transparent embryo, and rapid external embryonic development, has gained a preferable status among all other available experimental animal models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal
July 2016
DNA barcoding appears to be a promising approach for taxonomic identification, characterization, and discovery of newer species, facilitating biodiversity studies. It helps researchers to appreciate genetic and evolutionary associations by collection of molecular, morphological, and distributional data. Fish DNA barcoding, based on the sequencing of a uniform area of Cytochrome C Oxidase type I (COI) gene, has received significant interest as an accurate tool for species identification, authentication, and phylogenetic analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring the last two decades, the DNA barcode development towards microbial community has increased dramatically. DNA barcode development is related to error-free and quick species identification which aid in understanding the microbial biodiversity, as well as the diseases related to microbial species. Here, we seek to evaluate the so-called barcoding initiatives for the microbial communities and the emerging trends in this field.
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September 2008
Teleost fish lack the enzyme for endogenous synthesis of ascorbic acid (AA), an essential micronutrient for fish. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of higher levels of dietary vitamin C on growth, nutritional quality, and immunomodulation in the Indian major carp, rohu (Labeo rohita). Four groups of L.
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