Publications by authors named "V K Kakaria"

COVID-19 has potential consequences on the pulmonary and cardiovascular health of millions of infected people worldwide. Chest computed tomographic (CT) imaging has remained the first line of diagnosis for individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, differentiating COVID-19 from other types of pneumonia and predicting associated cardiovascular complications from the same chest-CT images have remained challenging.

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Promoter DNA hypermethylation of APC, DAPK, and GSTP1 genes was evaluated in biopsy and matched serum of 160 lung cancer patients and 70 controls. In biopsy, 83.1, 83.

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Heavy metal pollution of fresh water is the single most important environmental threat to the future. Upper Lake is a freshwater lake, which is the major source of drinking water in the city of Bhopal, the capital city of M.P.

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Injections into third ventricle of brain of either 4 m Molar or 8 m Molar of GABA were given to intact and ovariectomized female rats to evaluate the effects of these dosages on body weight, food intake, water intake and blood glucose levels. Statistically significant reduction in food and water intake with 8 m Molar GABA was observed in intact female rats. Very precise alterations seen in ovariectomized female rats suggested that GABA could demonstrate more profound effects on body weight, food intake and water intake.

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