Publications by authors named "Supriya Roy"

Objective: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) poses a persistent challenge in the realm of gastroenterology, necessitating continual exploration of innovative treatment strategies. The limited efficacy and potential side effects associated with existing therapeutic modalities underscore the urgent need for novel approaches in IBD management. This study aims to examine potential therapeutic targets and recent advancements in understanding the disease's intricate pathogenesis, with a spotlight on the gut microbiome, immune dysregulation, and genetic predispositions.

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  • Intestinal mucosal mast cells play a critical role in ulcerative colitis (UC) by increasing histamine levels, making histamine inhibition a potential treatment strategy.
  • The study explored the repurposing of the antihistamine desloratadine (DES) for UC in a rat model of TNBS-induced colitis, examining its therapeutic effects alone and in combination with the standard drug 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA).
  • Results showed that both DES and the combination with 5-ASA significantly reduced inflammation, improved colon health, and lowered key inflammatory biomarkers, indicating promise for DES as a treatment option for UC.
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Objective: The present work aims to formulate nanoemulgel of crisaborole (CB) and evaluate its effectiveness against 2,4-Di-nitrochlorobenzene induced (DNCB) atopic dermatitis (AD) in mice.

Significance: AD is a chronic inflammation of the skin affecting the quality of life. CB is a topical PDE4 inhibitor marketed as a 2% ointment.

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Experimental evidence supports the fact that changes in the bowel microflora due to environmental or dietary factors have been investigated as implicating factors in the etiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The amassing knowledge that the inhabited microbiome regulates the gut physiology and immune functions in IBD, has led researchers to explore the effectiveness of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in treating IBD. This therapeutic approach focuses on restoring the dynamic balance between the microflora and host defense mechanisms in the intestinal mucosa to prevent the onset and persistence of intestinal inflammation.

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  • The biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) is reduced in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leading to weakened gut wall integrity and increased inflammatory responses.
  • D-glucosamine (D-GLU) has shown potential in suppressing oxidative stress and inflammation, and its effect was tested alongside the drug mesalamine (5-ASA) in a rat model of IBD.
  • The combination of D-GLU and 5-ASA significantly reduced colonic inflammation, improved gut health, and had no major side effects, outperforming the individual use of each drug.
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The global floriculture market is expected to reach US$41.1 billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 5% over the analysis period 2020-2027; on the year 2020, the recorded market value in this trade was US$29.2 billion.

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Drug repositioning or repurposing is a revolutionary breakthrough in drug development that focuses on rediscovering new uses for old therapeutic agents. Drug repositioning can be defined more precisely as the process of exploring new indications for an already approved drug while drug repurposing includes overall re-development approaches grounded in the identical chemical structure of the active drug moiety as in the original product. The repositioning approach accelerates the drug development process, curtails the cost and risk inherent to drug development.

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We investigate the rich phase behavior of strongly confined semi-flexible (SFC) polymer-nanoparticle (NP) systems using the graphics processing unit accelerated Langevin dynamics simulation. Hard nanoparticles (HNP) that repel each other and ideal nanoparticles (INP) that do not interact with the same species are used as model additives to a strongly confined semiflexible polymer fluid. Both types of NPs exclude the monomer beads in the same way, but they have qualitatively different effects on the SFC isotropic-nematic (I-N) transition.

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The derivatives of LiTi2(PO4)3 are promising electrolytes for solid-state batteries. An extensive molecular dynamics study is performed employing a refined set of potential parameters to understand the influence of Ba substitution on Li+ ion conductivity in Bax/2Li1-xTi2(PO4)3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.

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We investigated the nematic to smectic phase transition for strongly confined semiflexible polymer solutions in slit-like confinements using GPU-accelerated Langevin dynamics. We characterized the phase transitions from the nematic to smectic phases for semi-flexible polymer solutions as the polymer density increased. The dependence for the lyotropic nematic to smectic transition can be collapsed by scaling exponents between 0.

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The influence of Si/P ordering on Na(+) transport in the high conducting NASICON composition, Na3Zr2Si2PO12, is investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The study demonstrates that the Na(+) conductivity in the system changes by more than an order of magnitude depending on the Si/P order in the structure. This rather surprising observation is attributed to the modulations in the electrostatic potential energy landscape along the conduction channel originating out of the increased coulombic repulsion of Na(+) with P(5+) ions compared to Si(4+).

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