Publications by authors named "D K Tripathy"

Patients with disseminated metastatic disease from breast cancer are likely to have liver involvement in >50% of cases at some point during disease progression. These patients have a poor prognosis; and, when treated with the standard of care systemic therapy they have a median survival of <9-months. Increasing survival in breast cancer patients will likely require the administration of better therapies that are specifically targeted to treat distant metastases.

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Background: Ingrown toenail is a nail disorder that commonly affects great toenails. Surgical modalities are commonly used as first-line treatment. A conservative approach is preferable as surgical procedures lead to pain and affect routine activities.

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Background: The β-adrenergic augmentation of cardiac contraction, by increasing the conductivity of L-type voltage-gated Ca1.2 channels, is of great physiological and pathophysiological importance. Stimulation of β-adrenergic receptors (βAR) activates protein kinase A (PKA) through separation of regulatory (PKAR) from catalytic (PKAC) subunits.

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer. Among TNBC subtypes, the luminal androgen receptor (LAR) subtype expresses high levels of androgen receptor (AR) and generally responds poorly to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. AR has been reported as a promising therapeutic target for the LAR TNBC subtype.

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