Publications by authors named "Rajwant Mahal"
Objectives: Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is a newborn hearing screening system created to detect infants with hearing loss (HL) and intervene to reduce language and communication impairment. Early hearing detection (EHD) consists of three sequential stages: identification, screening, and diagnostic testing. This study longitudinally reviews each stage of EHD in each state and proposes a framework to improve utilization of EHD data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore whether deintensification of adjuvant therapy reduces ototoxicity among patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC).
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Single academic center.
Pharmacological modulation of responses to injury is complicated by the need to deliver multiple drugs with spatiotemporal resolution. Here, a novel controlled delivery system containing three separate compartments with each releasing its contents over different timescales is fabricated. Core-shell electrospun fibers create two of the compartments in the system, while electrosprayed spheres create the third.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Neutrophil extravasation at post-capillary venules, consisting of EC, PC, and the shared ECM, increases following fibrotic remodeling in the lung, liver, and skin. The role of fibrotic pericyte-derived ECM in regulating EC activation and neutrophil recruitment remains unexplored.
Methods: To elucidate the role of human pericyte-derived ECM in EC activation, we characterized PC-derived ECM following transforming growth factor-β1, IL-1β, CCL2, or bleomycin activation, and examined surface adhesion molecule expression and neutrophil recruitment by EC cultured on PC-ECM.