Publications by authors named "Shirish P Jain"

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  • Empagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, was tested for its antidepressant effects in diabetic rats using a model that simulates neuroinflammation-mediated depression after performing olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) surgery.
  • The study involved treating the rats with oral doses of empagliflozin, metformin, and clomipramine over 14 days, and measuring changes in behavior and antioxidant levels.
  • Results indicated that empagliflozin improved depressive behaviors and restored antioxidant levels in the brain, suggesting it may help treat depression linked to neuroinflammation and oxidative stress.
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Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most challenging and prevalent neurodegenerative disorder globally with a rising prevalence, characterized by progressive cognitive decline, memory loss, and behavioural changes. Current research aims to determine the nootropic and anti-amnesic effect of Empagliflozin (EMPA) against scopolamine-induced amnesia in rats, by modulating the cholinergic and N-Methyl D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptors.

Methods: Rats were treated once daily with an EMPA (5 and 10 mg/kg) and donepezil (2.

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Targeting Hec1/Nek2 is considered as crucial target for cancer treatment due to its significant role in cell proliferation. In pursuit of this, a series of twenty-five 2-aminothiazoles derivatives, along with their Hec1/Nek2 inhibitory activities were subjected to QSAR studies utilizing QSARINS software. The significant three descriptor QSAR model was generated, showing noteworthy statistical parameters: a correlation coefficient of cross validation leave one out (Q) = 0.

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Objectives: To study the pharmacological interactions between agmatine and gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) modulatory agents in the regulation of anxiety-like behavior in rats.

Materials And Methods: Male Wistar rats were treated drugs per se or in combination and 15 min after last injection were subjected to elevated plus-maze (EPM) test. Anxiety-like behavior was evaluated by measuring behavioral conventional readout, open arm activity (duration and/or entries) for 5-minute duration.

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Atorvastatin (ATV), a lipid-lowering agent, has low oral bioavailability due to its poor water solubility, permeability, and low dissolution rate. Therefore, pentaerythritol-EudragitRS100 co-processed excipients (PECE) were synthesized, and their feasibility as solid dispersion carriers (ATV-PECE-SD) for improving the solubility, permeability, and dissolution rate of ATV was explored. Solid dispersions were assessed in terms of particle size and zeta potential, and solubility, dissolution, and permeation studies were studied.

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  • Discovery of deafness genes has enhanced our understanding of hearing mechanisms and associated disorders, with findings from four families linking mutations in the NOTCH2-associated receptor (MINAR2) to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness.
  • Three specific genetic variants related to severe-to-profound hearing loss were identified, and one variant was found to disrupt normal splicing of RNA.
  • Research shows that MINAR2 is critical for hearing, with its absence in mice leading to severe hearing loss and hair cell damage, suggesting potential for genetic therapies to mitigate hearing loss progression.
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For developing novel therapeutic agents with good anticancer activities, a series of novel pyridine-pyrimidine hybrid phosphonate derivatives4(a-q) were synthesized by the Kabachnik-Fields method using CAN as catalyst. The compound 4o exhibited the most potent anticancer activity with an IC value of 13.62 μM, 17.

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Isoniazid (INH) is a first-line chemotherapeutic drug employed in the management of tuberculosis. However, its extensive first-pass metabolism, short-life life, and low oral bioavailability confined its medical application. Therefore, the calcium ion-alginate-piperine microspheres (INH-CaSP Ms) was prepared to enhance encapsulation efficiency, controlled delivery, and oral bioavailability of INH.

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Hydrochlorothiazide (HTZ) is a first-line drug used in the treatment of hypertension suffered from low oral bioavailability due to poor aqueous solubility and permeability. Hence, lyophilized egg white protein-based solid dispersion (HTZ-EWP SD) was developed to explore its feasibility as a solid dispersion carrier for enhanced aqueous solubility and permeability of HTZ. The HTZ-EWP SD was prepared using the kneading method.

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A novel nanocarrier system of phospholipids complex loaded chitosan nanoparticles (FAPLC CNPs) was developed to improve the oral bioavailability and antioxidant potential of FA. FAPLC CNPs were optimized using a Box-Behnken Design (BBD). FAPLC CNPs were characterized using differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy, powder x-ray diffractometry, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, solubility, in vitro dissolution, ex vivo permeation, and in vivo antioxidant activity in carbon tetrachloride (CCl)-induced albino rat model.

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Purpose: Targeted delivery of drugs at appropriate concentrations to ocular tissues is required to avoid wastage. Hence, advanced systems that maximize the release of poorly soluble drugs and deliver them at ocular sites must be designed.

Methods: In this study, Soluplus (polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol-graft copolymer) was selected as a solubilizer as well as film former for preparing ocular inserts and polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG-400) as a plasticizer.

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