Publications by authors named "Md Munnaf Hossen"

Sedatives promote calmness or sleepiness during surgery or severely stressful events. In addition, depression is a mental health issue that negatively affects emotional well-being. A group of drugs called anti-depressants is used to treat major depressive illnesses.

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  • Autoimmune diseases (ADs) involve the immune system mistakenly attacking the body's own tissues, driven by autoreactive lymphocytes and inflammation.
  • Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is crucial in regulating the immune response by limiting effector T-cell activity and enhancing regulatory T-cell function.
  • The review examines CTLA-4's role in different ADs, its impact on disease regulation and progression, and highlights ongoing research into targeting CTLA-4 for treatments.
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Soymilk (SM) is nutritionally nearly equal to milk from cows and is free of cholesterol, gluten, and lactose. This study's objective was to formulate a cholesterol-free soymilk dessert (SOD) and compare it's to commercial desserts (CODs). Results indicated that the CODs contain substantial amounts of cholesterol while SOD does not.

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Marker proteins play a significant role in bacterial arsenic (As) transformation. Phylogenetic analysis and three-dimensional (3D) characteristics of As transforming bacterial marker proteins guide the evolutionary origin and As transforming potential of the species. Indeed, As-tolerant bacteria also show a significant level of As transformation.

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Consumer demand for food nutritional content and quality is driving the design of plant-based foods that are enhanced with proteins. In this study, we aimed to reveal the nutrient compositional differences of various states of soy flours. We compared soy protein concentrate (SPC) with full fat (FF), raw soy flour (RSF), and defatted (DF) soy flour for investigating nutritional content, phytochemicals, and antioxidant activity.

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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has earned widespread recognition as a primary cause of death, disability, and increasing healthcare costs. There is compelling evidence that hereditary factors contribute to the development of T2D. Clinical trials in T2D have mostly focused on genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in protein-coding areas.

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Amino acid transporters (AATs) are essential membrane proteins that transfer amino acids across cells. They are necessary for plant growth and development. The lysine histidine transporter ( gene family in maize () has not yet been characterized.

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The recent pandemics caused by coronavirus infections have become major challenges in 21 century human health. Scientists are struggling hard to develop a complete cure for infectious diseases, for example, drugs or vaccines against these deadly infectious diseases. We have searched papers on thymoquinone (TQ) and its effects on different infectious diseases in databases like Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, and reviewed them in this study.

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Background: The rapid spread of novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) coupled with inefficient testing capacities in Bangladesh has resulted in a number of deaths from COVID-19-like symptoms that have no official test results. This study was the first study that explored the mental health of adults with the most common COVID-19-like symptoms in Bangladesh.

Methods: This cross-sectional correlational study gathered data via an online survey to explore the mental health of Bangladeshi adults with symptoms akin to COVID-19.

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  • SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, was first identified in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 and became a global pandemic by February 2020, with ongoing research into effective treatments and vaccines.* -
  • This review explores the potential of natural products as therapeutic options that might enhance the body's antiviral responses, particularly against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses.* -
  • Studies suggest that natural compounds could target viral components, showing promise based on their effectiveness against other coronaviruses, though more research is needed to validate their clinical use in treating COVID-19.*
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Background/aims: The target genome editing technology not only plays an important role in basic biology studies but also holds a great promise for potential clinical applications. The new generation of engineered nuclease RGEN (RNA Guided EndoNuclease) is much easier to construct and modify, and attracts more attentions. In the current study, we compared different plasmid construction strategies of Cas9-gRNA (guide RNA).

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