Publications by authors named "Fayyaz Rasool"

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  • Colorectal cancer (CRC) poses a significant treatment challenge, necessitating safer and more effective chemotherapeutic options.
  • In this study, the anticancer drug epirubicin (Epi) was encapsulated in polymeric nanoparticles coated with the non-toxic polysaccharide fucoidan, enhancing its effectiveness against CRC.
  • Results showed that the coated nanoparticles not only led to greater tumor regression and improved survival rates in mice but also reduced toxic side effects compared to free Epi and uncoated nanoparticle formulations.
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Objective: Channidae family, are major freshwater fish species amongst the local aquatic fauna of Pakistan, while, there is limited availability of local data on their molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis.

Methods: Channa species were collected from four different geographical sites in the tertiary of Punjab province on the Indus and Chenab rivers of Pakistan. Morphometric records and molecular techniques were used to determine the intraspecific variations among populations of Channa marulius.

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Aeromonas hydrophila is one of the major pathogenic bacteria responsible for causing severe outbreaks at fish farms and is also a major global public health concern. This bacterium harbors many virulence genes. The current study was designed to evaluate the antidrug and virulence potential of A.

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is one of the most significant fish pathogens, causes edwardsiellosis in a variety of freshwater fish species, and its antibiotic resistance against multiple drugs has made it a health risk worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antibiotic resistance (ABR) genes of and establish its antibiotic susceptibility. Thus, 540 fish (299 , 138 , and 103 ) were collected randomly from twelve fish farms in three districts of Punjab in Pakistan.

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Cancer is one of the leading cause of lethality worldwide, CRC being the third most common cancer reported worldwide, with 1.85 million cases and 850,000 deaths annually. As in all other cancers, kinases are one of the major enzymes that play an essential role in the incidence and progression of CRC.

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Chemotherapy is a general treatment procedure for cancer. The diversity in cancer incidence and the failure of therapy due to chemoresistance lead to increased cancer-related deaths. Therefore, new drugs with fewer secondary complications targeting diverse pathways are the need of the hour.

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Leishmania is a protozoan parasite that resides and replicates in macrophages and causes leishmaniasis. The parasite alters the signaling cascade in host macrophages and evades the host machinery. Small G-proteins are GTPases, grouped in 5 different families that play a crucial role in the regulation of cell proliferation, cell survival, apoptosis, intracellular trafficking, and transport.

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