Publications by authors named "V Ranga"

Background: Bird fancier's disease is a type of HP occurring due to exposure to bird's antigen. The diagnosis is quite difficult as it requires the identification of an inciting agent with findings of HRCT and lung biopsy. The exposure is usually done by history with antigen-specific IgG and/or specific inhalational challenge testing.

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Unlabelled: (syn. ) is responsible for the blast disease in rice resulting in a greater extent of yield loss. However, some of the cultivars of rice have the ability to survive this devastating infection due to the presence of (resistance) genes.

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  • Acute hypobaric hypoxia (HH) affects acetylcholine signaling by altering muscarinic receptor expression in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and cerebellum of rats, highlighting differences in receptor responses over time.
  • Each of the five types of muscarinic receptors (CHRM1-CHRM5) responds differently to HH: some are downregulated after 12 hours, while specific receptors in the cerebellum show varied responses at different time intervals.
  • This study is the first to document the temporal changes in muscarinic receptor expression during hypoxia, suggesting significant implications for neurotransmission, cognitive function, and mood regulation in low-oxygen environments.
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Modern cancer research depends heavily on the identification and validation of biomarkers because they provide important information about the diagnosis, prognosis, and response to treatment of the cancer. This review will provide a comprehensive overview of cancer biomarkers, including their development phases and recent breakthroughs in transcriptomics and computational techniques for detecting these biomarkers. Blood-based biomarkers have great potential for non-invasive tumor dynamics and treatment response monitoring.

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Adverse environmental conditions, such as acid stress, induce bacteria to employ several strategies to overcome these stressors. These strategies include forming biofilms and activating specific molecular pathways, such as the general stress response (GSR). The genome of strain G18 was sequenced using the Illumina NextSeq 500 system, resulting in a assembly of 80 scaffolds.

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