Aggregation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is the driving force for their undesirable immunogenic effects. There are multiple factors responsible for aggregation in therapeutic proteins. One significant cause is the process-related shear and interfacial stress generated due to impellers and stirrers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have synthesized a π-conjugated acceptor-donor-acceptor-donor (A-D-A-D) type of unsymmetrical squaraine dye, signified by USQ-1 based on 1-ethyl-2,3,3,8-tetramethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-h] quinoline moiety to improve the absorption as well as emission spectra to the red-emitting region. The influence of pyridine as a subsidiary electron acceptor unit on various properties in USQ-1 dye was compared with their close relative dye (USQ-2). The synthesized dyes were examined by FT-IR, HR-MS, H, and C NMR spectroscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo novel acceptor-donor-acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A-D-A) type pi-conjugated symmetrical squaraine dyes, denoted by PQSQ 1 and PQSQ 2 based on 2, 3, 3, 8-tetramethyl -3H-pyrrolo [3,2-h] quinoline were successfully synthesized for the first time to arrive absorption and emission at NIR region. These dyes comprise indolenines as electron donor units, squaryl ring as a central electron acceptor and pyridines as terminal electron acceptor units. The relationship between molecular structures and photophysical properties of these dyes was studied in comparison with their parent compounds (ISQ and N-Et ISQ).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDistal humeral physeal injury is a rare entity in newborns. Lack of ossific nuclei of the distal humerus in neonates results in a diagnostic dilemma as the injury is radiologically not visible and is often mistaken as elbow dislocation. Ultrasonography and Magnetic resonance imaging help to clinch diagnosis in the early period where plain radiographs fail to detect this entity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Adolesc Med Health
November 2015
Background And Aim: The role of dietary patterns in determining age at menarche is insufficiently understood in low-income countries. The relationship between dietary patterns, particularly the consumption of oil, and age at menarche in a slum-dwelling adolescent population in India is examined.
Methods: Data were derived from a cross-sectional baseline survey and anthropometric measurements among 10- to 19-year-old adolescents (n=545, female respondents 272, of whom 160 were post-menarcheal) and a household survey in two slums in the city of Nashik, Western India.