Diagnosis and management of uterine fibroids: current trends and future strategies.

Uterine fibroids (UFs), leiomyomas or myomas, are a type of malignancy that affects the smooth muscle of the uterus, and it is most commonly detected in women of reproductive age. Uterine fibroids are benign monoclonal growths that emerge from uterine smooth muscle cells (myometrium) as well as fibroblasts. Uterine fibroid symptoms include abnormal menstrual bleeding leading to anaemia, tiredness, chronic vaginal discharge, and pain during periods.

Current Pharmacological Trends on Myricetin.

Myricetin is a member of the group of flavonoids called flavonols. Myricetin is obtained from various fruit, vegetables, tea, berries and red wine. Myricetin is characterized by the pysrogallol B-ring, and the more hydroxylated structure is known to be capable for its increased biological properties compared with other flavonols.

Both beta sheet breaker and alpha helix forming pentapeptide inhibits protein fibrillation: Implication for the treatment of amyloid disorders.

For the first time, the effect of two novel designed pentapeptides on amyloid growth of human insulin using combined biophysical, microscopic, cell viability and computational approaches. Collective experimental data from ThT, ANS, and TEM demonstrate that in spite of having contrasting features, both peptides can effectively inhibit amyloid formation by prolonging lag phase, slowing down aggregation rate, and reducing final fibril formation (up to 84.26% and 85.

Stabilizing proteins to prevent conformational changes required for amyloid fibril formation.

Amyloid fibrillation is associated with several human maladies, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's diseases, prions, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and type 2 diabetes diseases. Gaining insights into the mechanism of amyloid fibril formation and exploring novel approaches to fibrillation inhibition are crucial for preventing amyloid diseases. Here, we hypothesized that ligands capable of stabilizing the native state of query proteins might prevent protein unfolding, which, in turn, may reduce the propensity of proteins to form amyloid fibrils.

Elucidating the Inhibitory Potential of Designed Peptides Against Amyloid Fibrillation and Amyloid Associated Cytotoxicity.

Inhibition of fibrillation process and disaggregation of mature fibrils using small peptide are the promising remedial strategies to combat neurodegenerative diseases. However, designing peptide-based drugs to target β-sheet-rich amyloid has been a major challenge. The current work describes, for the first time, the amyloid inhibitory potential of the two short peptides (selected on the basis of predisposition of their amino acid residues toward β-sheet formation) using combination of biophysical, imaging methods, and docking approaches.

Synergistic Effect of Diallyl Sulfide With Zinc Oxide Nanorods: A Novel and Effective Approach for Treatment of Acute Dermatitis in Model Animals.

Besides inciting persistent and recurrent nosocomial afflictions, (. ), a biofilm forming pathogen, poses an increased risk of several skin as well as respiratory tract infections as well. Emerging antimicrobial resistance trend asks to search for an alternate non-antibiotic based option to combat pathogen.

Cationic surfactant mediated fibrillogenesis in bovine liver catalase: a biophysical approach.

Protein aggregation into oligomers and mature fibrils are associated with more than 20 diseases in humans. The interactions between cationic surfactants dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) and tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) with varying alkyl chain lengths and bovine liver catalase (BLC) were examined by various biophysical approaches. The delicate coordination of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions with protein, play imperative role in aggregation.

Nanoparticle-Based Mycosis Vaccine.

Many diseases that were considered major affliction of mankind in the past have been successfully eradicated with introduction of appropriate vaccine strategies. In order to expedite new challenges coming up to deal with various infectious diseases, nano-particulate-based subunit vaccines seem to be the demand of ordeal. The nano-vaccines can find better scope for the diseases that were not rampant in the semi-advanced world few years back.

Ascorbic acid inhibits human insulin aggregation and protects against amyloid induced cytotoxicity.

Protein aggregation into oligomers and fibrils are associated with many human pathophysiologies. Compounds that modulate protein aggregation and interact with preformed fibrils and convert them to less toxic species, expect to serve as promising drug candidates and aid to the drug development efforts against aggregation diseases. In present study, the kinetics of amyloid fibril formation by human insulin (HI) and the anti-amyloidogenic activity of ascorbic acid (AA) were investigated by employing various spectroscopic, imaging and computational approaches.

Biophysical insight reveals tannic acid as amyloid inducer and conformation transformer from amorphous to amyloid aggregates in Concanavalin A (ConA).

The aggregation phenomenon (amyloid and amorphous) is associated with several pathological complications in human, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington, Cataract diseases, and Diabetes mellitus type 2. In the present study we are offering evidence and breaking the general belief with regard to the polyphenols action as protein aggregate inhibitors. Herein we confirm that tannic acid (TA) is not only an amyloid inducer, but also it switches one type of conformation, ultimately morphology, into another.

Role of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Biochemical Markers in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes: Correlation with Age and Glycemic Condition in Diabetic Human Subjects.

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic inflammatory disease involving insulin producing β-cells destroyed by the conjoined action of auto reactive T-cells, inflammatory cytokines and monocytic cells. The aim of this study was to elucidate the status of pro-inflammatory cytokines and biochemical markers and possible correlation of these factors towards outcome of the disease.

Methods: The study was carried out on 29 T1D subjects and 20 healthy subjects.

Vitamin k3 inhibits protein aggregation: Implication in the treatment of amyloid diseases.

Protein misfolding and aggregation have been associated with several human diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and familial amyloid polyneuropathy etc. In this study, anti-fibrillation activity of vitamin k3 and its effect on the kinetics of amyloid formation of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) and Aβ-42 peptide were investigated. Here, in combination with Thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence assay, circular dichroism (CD), transmission electron microscopy and cell cytotoxicity assay, we demonstrated that vitamin k3 significantly inhibits fibril formation as well as the inhibitory effect is dose dependent manner.

Fenbufen based 3-[5-(substituted aryl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]-1-(biphenyl-4-yl)propan-1-ones as safer antiinflammatory and analgesic agents.

The synthesis of a series of 3-[5-(substituted aryl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]-1-(biphenyl-4-yl)propan-1-ones derived from 4-oxo-4-(biphenyl-4-yl)butanoic acid (fenbufen) is described. The structures of these compounds were supported by IR, (1)H NMR, mass spectrometric data and elemental analysis. These compounds were tested for their antiinflammatory, analgesic, ulcerogenic and lipid peroxidation actions.

Aroylpropionic acid based 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles: synthesis and their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of various aroylpropionic acid derivatives containing 1,3,4-Oxadiazole nucleus is reported here. The compounds (3a-w) were synthesized by cyclization of 3-aroylpropionic acids into 1,3,4-oxadiazole nucleus by treating with various aryl acid hydrazides in the presence of POCl(3). The structures of new compounds are supported by IR, (1)H NMR and MS data.