Publications by authors named "Mohammad Fazili"
Background: Plants are the prime source of vital secondary metabolites (SMs) which are medicinally important for drug development, and these secondary metabolites are often used by plants in the various important tasks like defense against herbivory, interspecies defenses and against different types of stresses. For humans, these secondary metabolites are important as medicines, pigments, flavorings and drugs. Because most of the pharmaceutical industries are highly dependent on medicinal plants and their extraction, these medicinal plants are getting endangered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe utility of bronchoalveolar lavage findings in the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis in children.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
November 2015
Introduction: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)-nucleated cell counts and the lipid-laden alveolar macrophage index (LLMI) have been investigated in predicting chronic aspiration as well as reflux esophagitis with variable results. To date, BAL neutrophil percentages and the LLMI have not been described in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
Objectives: To evaluate BAL neutrophil percentages and LLMI levels in patients with EoE and compare these levels in patients with aerodigestive concerns without biopsy-proven EoE.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the occurrence of childhood interstitial lung diseases (ILD) at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital from 1994 to 2011 to better understand their prevalence in general pediatric practice.
- A total of 93 cases were identified, with 91.4% classifiable; the majority involved conditions linked to systemic diseases, immunocompromised states, or were more common in infants.
- The research highlights the diversity of childhood ILD cases and advocates for more noninvasive diagnostic methods while suggesting changes to the classification system to reflect the increase in non-biopsy diagnoses.