Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Peptides Secreted from and Future Opportunities.

is a commercial spore probiotic known to treat multiple diseases. An increased interest in exploring the nutraceutical and probiotic properties of various microorganisms has made researchers explore more about these bacteria. The current trends in the healthcare industry are majorly focused on devising new therapies to avoid drug and pathogen resistance in patients.

Ydj1 interaction at nucleotide-binding-domain of yeast Ssa1 impacts Hsp90 collaboration and client maturation.

Hsp90 constitutes one of the major chaperone machinery in the cell. The Hsp70 assists Hsp90 in its client maturation though the underlying basis of the Hsp70 role remains to be explored. In the present study, using S.

The Yeast Hsp70 Cochaperone Ydj1 Regulates Functional Distinction of Ssa Hsp70s in the Hsp90 Chaperoning Pathway.

Heat-shock protein (Hsp) 90 assists in the folding of diverse sets of client proteins including kinases and growth hormone receptors. Hsp70 plays a major role in many Hsp90 functions by interacting and modulating conformation of its substrates before being transferred to Hsp90s for final maturation. Each eukaryote contains multiple members of the Hsp70 family.

Vegetation response and landscape dynamics of Indian Summer Monsoon variations during Holocene: an eco-geomorphological appraisal of tropical evergreen forest subfossil logs.

The high rainfall and low sea level during Early Holocene had a significant impact on the development and sustenance of dense forest and swamp-marsh cover along the southwest coast of India. This heavy rainfall flooded the coastal plains, forest flourishing in the abandoned river channels and other low-lying areas in midland.The coastline and other areas in lowland of southwestern India supply sufficient evidence of tree trunks of wet evergreen forests getting buried during the Holocene period under varying thickness of clay, silty-clay and even in sand sequences.

The COMBREX project: design, methodology, and initial results.

Experimental data exists for only a vanishingly small fraction of sequenced microbial genes. This community page discusses the progress made by the COMBREX project to address this important issue using both computational and experimental resources.

Cocos sahnii Kaul: a Cocos nucifera L.-like fruit from the Early Eocene rainforest of Rajasthan, western India.

Cocos sahnii Kaul, a fossil palm fruit, is validated and described from the Fuller's earth deposits of Kapurdi village of Rajasthan considered as Early Eocene in age. The fossil best resembles the genus Cocos, particularly Cocos nucifera L., which is now a common coastal element thriving in highly moist conditions.

COMBREX: a project to accelerate the functional annotation of prokaryotic genomes.

COMBREX (http://combrex.bu.edu) is a project to increase the speed of the functional annotation of new bacterial and archaeal genomes.

Clinical characteristics, pulmonary function abnormalities and outcome of prednisolone treatment in 106 patients with sarcoidosis.

The clinical profile of one hundred and six biopsy proved patients with sarcoidosis is reported from New Delhi. The disease occurred more frequently in males (68 of the 106; 64%) in their fifth decade. Dry cough (83%), exertional dyspnoea (61%), fever (56%) and joint pains (44%) were frequent symptoms.

The problem of emerging chloramphenicol resistance in typhoid fever--a preliminary report.

Drug sensitivity of Salmonella typhi isolated from 25 blood culture positive cases of typhoid fever who presented between May and July 1990 was tested to determine their in vitro susceptibility to various antimicrobials. Twenty-one of them (84%) showed resistance to chloramphenicol and 24 (96%) to cotrimoxazole. All the 25 cases were sensitive to norfloxacin, gentamicin and cephalexin.

Circulating immune complexes in tuberculosis.

To examine whether any correlation exists between the levels of circulating immune complexes (CICs) and the activity of tuberculosis, CICs were measured in the sera of 75 patients with active tuberculosis and in 25 control subjects using polyethylene glycol method. The effect of drug treatment on the levels of CICs was also estimated in 25 patients. It was found that levels of CICs were elevated in most of the untreated patients (96%) of tuberculosis and the CICs levels fell to control values in 64% of patients at the end of treatment.

Clinical and bacteriological profile of hospitalized community acquired pneumonias--a preliminary study.

The spectrum of clinical and bacteriological features of 46 cases of pneumonias presenting to U.C.M.

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) analysis in interstitial lung diseases--a 7-year experience.

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed in 89 patients with diffuse interstitial lung disorders of varied aetiology and 19 normal control subjects over a period of 7 years. Alveolar macrophage was the predominant cell in BALF in normal control subjects. Increased neutrophils were found in BALF in patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) and fibrosing alveolitis associated with collagen vascular diseases.

Interrelationship between bronchoalveolar lavage cellular constituents and pulmonary functions in sarcoidosis.

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) using a fiberoptic bronchoscope was done in 36 patients with sarcoidosis on 45 occasions and in 19 control subjects over a period of seven years. Total cell, polymorphonuclear cell and eosinophil cell counts of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in patients with sarcoidosis were not significantly different from control subjects. However, lymphocyte count (% total cells) in BALF was significantly higher (P less than 0.

Glucocorticoid receptors in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in sarcoidosis. A preliminary report.

Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) content was measured in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cells of 20 untreated patients with sarcoidosis. A significantly higher (p less than 0.001) lymphocyte count and GR content of BALF cells was noted in patients with sarcoidosis as compared to normal volunteers.

Bilateral recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces in sarcoidosis.

A case of recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces is described in a young patient with sarcoidosis. An intercostal tube drainage was done for right sided pneumothorax. Patient was put on corticosteroid treatment and with this treatment there has been no recurrence of pneumothorax.

Immediate effect of verapamil on pulmonary functions in bronchial asthma.

This article describes the immediate effect of verapamil, a calcium antagonist, on pulmonary functions in bronchial asthma. The effect of oral administration of 80 mg of verapamil or placebo was studied in a randomized double-blind manner in 30 extrinsic asthmatic subjects. No significant bronchodilator effect was observed with verapamil administration.

Hodgkin's disease with pulmonary involvement.

A patient of Hodgkin's disease with pulmonary involvement is described. Demonstration of Reed-Sternberg cells in the sputum confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary involvement.