Publications by authors named "Koyikkal K Varma"

Unlabelled: Fever is one of the most common reasons for visit in primary care practice. Outbreaks of fever that occur at certain areas in a seasonal manner are usually recognized early by diligent general practitioners in primary care settings. At the community level, in order to tackle seasonal fever outbreaks, prevention and control strategies are widely implemented, targeting the locally prevalent endemic infectious diseases.

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Insulin resistance is a state of impaired responsiveness to insulin action. This condition not only results in deficient glucose uptake but increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), stroke, and obesity. The present work investigates the molecular mechanisms of high carbohydrate and fat diet in inducing prediabetic hyperinsulinemia and effect of exercise on InsR signaling events, muscular AChE, and lactate dehydrogenase activity.

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Aim: Hyperinsulinemia is considered the primary defect underlying the development of type 2 diabetes. The liver is essential for the regular glucose homeostasis. In this study, we examined the effect of physical training on the insulin signaling, oxidative stress enzymes and Glucose-6-phosphatase(G6Pase) activity in the liver of Wistar rats.

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