Adipsin is an anti-inflammatory adipokines and its altered level was seen in obesity and type II DM. Our study investigated the clinical significance of serum adipsin levels as a risk marker for type 2 diabetes and its relationships with insulin resistance and various adipo-cytokines. The study included 110 treatment-naïve T2DM cases and 100 controls of similar age and gender from northern India.
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June 2024
Introduction: Diabetes and depression are among the 10 biggest health burdens globally. They often coexist and exhibit a strong bidirectional relationship. Depression leads to decreased adherence to self-care activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur study focused on investigating the clinical significance of serum Sfrp5/Wnt-5a levels as a risk marker in metabolic syndrome (MetS). The study involved a total of 107 treatment-naive MetS cases and 100 controls with similar age and sex belonging to northern India. The profiling of clinical, biochemical, and anthropometric variables was done.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe forkhead box O family (FOXO) is expressed ubiquitously in a spatio-temporal manner and plays a key role in cellular metabolism, senescence, and aging. Genetic mutations in FOXO lead to metabolic diseases and cancer, and affect the longevity of individuals. Our study investigated how the genetic risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) altered due to an intronic variant rs13217795 of the longevity-associated gene in the geriatric population of North India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have assessed the impact of three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Forkhead Box O1 () and their interaction on susceptibility of type 2 diabetes mellitus in geriatric population from northern India. We genotyped three SNPs (rs2721068, rs17446614, and rs4581585) of gene in 190 elderly individuals with diabetes and 182 unrelated healthy controls of similar ethnicity by using TaqMan SNP assays. SNP-SNP and SNP-environment interactions among polymorphic loci were studied by the multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging can be considered an evolutionary process that is modulated by various genetic and biochemical processes. Therefore the genetic variants may interplay a role in human longevity as well as age related illness. Forkhead Box O ( gene is one of the major defensive genes that are known for ameliorating lifespan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic exposure to arsenic through drinking water and occupational exposure has been found to be associated with the diabetic symptoms. Earlier, we reported that arsenic induced enhanced oxidative stress, inflammation, dislipidemia and hepatotoxicity in mice have been protected by treatment with (amla). The present study has therefore been focused to investigate the efficacy of amla in mitigation of arsenic induced hyperglycemia in mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis cross-sectional study was carried out to assess drug prescribing pattern at a tertiary care teaching medical institute. One thousand prescriptions were randomly collected and analyzed using the world health organization prescribing indicators. The average number of drugs per prescription was 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants are the integral part of the traditional indigenous healthcare system and are becoming concrete source of new drug discovery, evident by the increasing numbers of modern drugs derived from the phytochemicals. Emblica officinalis Gaertn. or Phyllanthus emblica Linn (family Phyllanthaceae) has been explained extensively and well documented for its therapeutic efficacies in indigenous system of medicine, in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic disorder involving fat accumulation in the liver. The initial management for patients with NAFLD includes lifestyle modification and weight loss in overweight or obese patients.
Aim: The present study was conducted to compare the efficacy of insulin sensitizers and statin in the patients of NAFLD.
Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) and chronic oral condition (periodontitis [PD]) are state of inflammation. The study was conducted to determine alterations in serum and salivary cytokines level in MS and/or chronic PD in the North Indian population.
Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study carried out in northern part of India.
Exposure to arsenic in individuals has been found to be associated with immune related problems. In earlier studies, we have demonstrated that amla protects against arsenic induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in thymus and spleen of mice. In continuation to that the present study has therefore been focused to investigate the protective efficacy of amla in arsenic induced inflammation and immunotoxicity in mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A consortium of metabolic risk factors accelerate the onset of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers. Proteolytic enzymes like matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are regulated by a group of endogenous proteins called tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP). These TIMPs binds to active and alternate sites of activated MMPs and facilitate regulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Arsenic, an environmental contaminant naturally occurred in groundwater and has been found to be associated with immune-related health problems in humans.
Objective: In view of increasing risk of arsenic exposure due to occupational and non-occupational settings, the present study has been focused to investigate the protective efficacy of amla against arsenic-induced spleenomegaly in mice.
Results: Arsenic exposures (3 mg/kg body weight p.
Polymorphism A751C (A>C) in XPD gene has shown susceptibility to many cancers in Indian population; however the results of these studies are inconclusive. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to estimate the association between XPD A751C polymorphism and overall cancer susceptibility. We quantitavely synthesized all published studies of the association between XPD A751C polymorphism and cancer risk.
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February 2014
Aim: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are suggested to be involved in the development of various clinical factors of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Allelic variants in the promoter region of the MMP2 gene may modulate an individual's susceptibility to MetS. We performed this study to determine whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) -1575 (G>A) and -168 (G>T) of the MMP2 gene are associated with MetS risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a major role in angiogenesis. The association between VEGF 936 C>T (rs3025039) gene polymorphisms and oral cancer (OC) risk is still contentious and ambiguous. To assess the relationship between the VEGF 936 C>T genotype and the risk of developing OC, we performed a meta-analysis to summarize the possible association.
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