Publications by authors named "R Durga Priyadarshini"
Article Synopsis
- - The oral cavity is home to a diverse range of bacteria known as the oral microbiome, which plays a crucial role in maintaining oral health, but imbalances can lead to diseases like dental caries, gingivitis, and periodontitis.
- - The study investigated a specific metabolite extracted from a bacterial strain, which showed the ability to inhibit biofilm formation in a dose-dependent manner, effectively reducing biofilm thickness as observed through confocal microscopy.
- - Further analysis identified the compound as a small cyclic peptide, cyclo (-L-Leu-L-Pro), and it was found to disrupt biofilms by altering the expression of key genes involved in biofilm formation.
Background: Falls in older patients can lead to serious health complications and increased health care costs. Fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) are a group of drugs that may induce falls or increase the tendency to fall (ie, fall risk). Deprescribing is the process of withdrawal from an inappropriate medication, supervised by a health care professional, with the goal of managing polypharmacy and improving outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hand Grip Strength (HGS), a basic, non-invasive measure of musculoskeletal function is found to be a risk marker for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer. Considering the importance and paucity of studies among industrial workers, we aim to study the association between anthropometric adiposity indices and the HGS of industrial workers.
Materials And Methods: The study is a descriptive, cross-sectional study.
Background: N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases are cell wall modifying enzymes that cleave the amide bond between the sugar residues and stem peptide in peptidoglycan. Amidases play a vital role in septal cell wall cleavage and help separate daughter cells during cell division. Most amidases are zinc metalloenzymes, and E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study was conducted to investigate the immunological and clinical response to COVID-19 vaccination in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients receiving disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among RA patients who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine within 6 months to one year. Demographic information, comorbidities, vaccination details, and past COVID-19 infection details were collected.