A Case Series on a Rare Clinical Presentation of Lichen Planopilaris Restricted to the Face.

Lichen planopilaris (LPP) restricted to the face is extremely rare. This case series includes five unique LPP cases that presented with a varied degree of pigmentation and scarring alopecia restricted to the face. We herein describe the clinical characteristics, dermoscopy, and treatment of these histopathologically confirmed facial LPP cases.

Spectroscopic, quantum chemical and molecular docking studies on 1-amino-5-chloroanthraquinone: A targeted drug therapy for thyroid cancer.

The DFT studies of the 1-Amino-5-chloro-anthraquinone (ACAQ) molecule have been carried out with extensive and accurate investigations of detailed vibrational and spectroscopic investigations and validated by experimentally. The optimized molecular structure and harmonic resonance frequencies were computed based on DFT/B3LYP method with 6-311G++(d,p) basis set using the Gaussian 09 program. The experimental and calculated vibrational wavenumbers were assigned on the basis of PED calculations using VEDA 4.

Effects of magnesium carbonate concentration and lignin presence on properties of natural cellulosic Cissus quadrangularis fiber composites.

Cissus quadrangularis biodegradable natural cellulosic fibers comprehensively characterized to assess their potential as reinforcing materials in polymer composites. Initially, the Cissus quadrangularis fibers were chemically treated with 5% Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and 5% magnesium carbonate (MgCO) to improvise the properties of the fiber. The mechanical test result shows that chemically treated 5% MgCO fiber show that 4% and 24% improved tensile strength compared to NaOH and untreated ones.

Study on a Novel natural cellulosic fiber from Kigelia africana fruit: Characterization and analysis.

In recent days, there is an increasing use of green composites in composite manufacturing, where cellulosic natural fibers have been started using for this purpose. In line with this, a novel cellulose fiber was extracted from the Kigelia africana fruit and its physical, chemical and thermal properties, crystallography and surface morphology analysis were studied and reported in this investigative research paper. The physical analysis revealed the mean tensile strength as 50.

Disregulated expression of the Th2 cytokine gene in patients with intraoral squamous cell carcinoma.

It has been seen that advanced stage oral squamous cell carcinoma is associated with impaired T-cell function and higher antibody response. In order to find out if such immune disregulation is associated with alteration of T-helper (Th) type CD4+ T-cell phenotype leading to altered cytokine production, we studied the Th-like cytokine profile in 35 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients and 21 normal controls. Concomitant expression of both Th1 and Th2 cytokine genes was studied by reverse transcription and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) based amplification (RT-PCR) of mRNA extracted from freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) using specific primers for Interferon (IFN)-gamma, Interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4 and IL-10.