15 results match your criteria: "GSFC University[Affiliation]"

Unveiling LGR5: Prostate cancer's hidden stem cell and treatment target.

Urol Oncol

December 2024

Department of Life Science, Biotechnology Division, School of Science, GSFC University, Vadodara, 391750, Gujarat, India. Electronic address:

Prostate cancer poses a significant risk to the well-being and way of life of countless men, with an increased likelihood of relapse recorded following modern treatment. This highlights the need for innovative approaches, specifically targeting LGR5. This systematic review aims to establish a connection between LGR5 and the various signaling pathways involved in the progression of prostate cancer.

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New insights into prostate Cancer from the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.

Cell Signal

December 2024

Life Science Department, School of Science, GSFC University, Vadodara 391750, India. Electronic address:

Prostate cancer is among the most common malignancies found in men, with multifactorial changes occurring altogether to disrupt the pathophysiology of this gland. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) is an extensively studied pathway that has newly attributed fundamental roles in cancer biology that impact cell growth, migration, metastasis, and death. These processes are significantly influenced by various components of the RAAS, including prorenin, AT1R, AT2R, and Ang 1-7/Mas receptors.

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Background: Bioreductive processes are quite potent, effective and affordable for the synthesis of green nanoparticles (NPs), as compared to the physical and chemical methods. The present study aimed to evaluate the bactericidal, antioxidative and anticancer activity of turmeric rhizome-iron oxide nanoparticles (FeONPs) derived from the turmeric rhizome (Curcuma amada) using ferric chloride as a precursor.

Methods: With focusing on the manufacture of FeONPs via green approach, we characterized the NPs using FTIR, FT-Vis, DLS, and UV-Vis spectroscopy.

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Plastic is an important part of today's human daily lifestyle, and it is classified as a "global pollutant" due to its durability. The natural degradation of plastic is extremely slow and will take a hundred years or more. The ultimate destinations of plastics as well as their effects on the ecosystem vary with the type of plastic and the rate of their degradation.

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The present work deals with the analysis and monitoring of bacterial resistance in using Python for the state of Gujarat, India, where occurrences of drug-resistant bacteria are prevalent. This will provide an insight into the portfolio of drug-resistant bacteria reported, which can be used to track resistance behavior and to suggest a treatment regime for the particular bacteria. The present analysis has been done using Python on Jupyter Notebook as the integrated development environment and its data analysis libraries such as Pandas, Seaborn, and Matplotlib.

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The family exhibits resistance to antibiotics by producing β-Lactamase. Mutations in β-Lactamase, have led to the generation of inhibitor resistant variants known as IR-TEM. In the present study, IR-TEM β-Lactamase of and was compared.

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ELIXIR and Toxicology: a community in development.

F1000Res

October 2023

Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, The Netherlands.

Toxicology has been an active research field for many decades, with academic, industrial and government involvement. Modern omics and computational approaches are changing the field, from merely disease-specific observational models into target-specific predictive models. Traditionally, toxicology has strong links with other fields such as biology, chemistry, pharmacology and medicine.

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Reclamation of chromium-contaminated soil by bacteria is a big confront concerning to soil health restoration, food safety, and environmental protection. Herein, the chromium-resistant Bacillus aryabhattai CTSI-07 (MG757377) showed resistance to 1000 and 300 ppm of Cr(VI) in nutrient rich Luria Bertani (LB) and nutrient-deficient sucrose low phosphate (SLP) medium, respectively. It reduced 96.

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The Functionality of Membrane-Inserting Proteins and Peptides: Curvature Sensing, Generation, and Pore Formation.

J Membr Biol

December 2023

Physical and Chemical Biology Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, 678623, Kerala, India.

Proteins and peptides with hydrophobic and amphiphilic segments are responsible for many biological functions. The sensing and generation of membrane curvature are the functions of several protein domains or motifs. While some specific membrane proteins play an essential role in controlling the curvature of distinct intracellular membranes, others participate in various cellular processes such as clathrin-mediated endocytosis, where several proteins sort themselves at the neck of the membrane bud.

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Cancer Cachexia is a condition characterized by the involuntary loss of lean body mass, a negative protein and energy balance, and systemic inflammation. This syndrome profoundly impacts the patient's quality of life and is linked to poor chemotherapy response and reduced survival. Despite multiple mechanisms being implicated in its development, and various cytokines believed to contribute to the persistent catabolic state, cachexia is still not fully recognized and is often left untreated.

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Many‑objective meta-heuristic methods for solving constrained truss optimisation problems: A comparative analysis.

MethodsX

April 2023

Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.

Many-objective truss structure problems from small to large-scale problems with low to high design variables are investigated in this study. Mass, compliance, first natural frequency, and buckling factor are assigned as objective functions. Since there are limited optimization methods that have been developed for solving many-objective truss optimization issues, it is important to assess modern algorithms performance on these issues to develop more effective techniques in the future.

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Shoot tip necrosis is a physiological condition that negatively impacts the growth and development of in vitro plant shoot cultures across a wide range of species. Shoot tip necrosis is a physiological condition and disorder that can arise in plantlets or shoots in vitro that results in death of the shoot tip. This condition, which can spread basipetally and affect the emergence of axillary shoots from buds lower down the stem, is due to the cessation of apical dominance.

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Correction to: Indian sarsaparilla, Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult: tissue culture studies.

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol

October 2020

, P. O. Box 7, Miki-cho Post Office, Ikenobe, Kagawa-Ken, 3011-2 761-0799, Japan.

Following publication of the original article (Kher et al. 2020), the authors identified following mistake in the author affiliation.

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Oncogenic transformation of human benign prostate hyperplasia with chronic cadmium exposure.

J Trace Elem Med Biol

December 2020

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 390002, India. Electronic address:

Experimentally, it has been proved that cadmium served as an effective carcinogen and able to induce tumors in rodents in a dose-specific manner. However, systemic evaluation of cadmium exposure for the transformation of prostatic hyperplasia into prostate cancer (PCa) is still unclear. In the present study, an attempt has been made to establish cadmium-induced human prostate carcinogenesis using an in vitro model of BPH cells.

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Indian sarsaparilla, Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult: tissue culture studies.

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol

August 2020

Independent researcher, Miki-cho Post Office, P. O. Box no. 7, Ikenobe, Kagawa-ken, 3011-2, 761-0799, Japan.

Article Synopsis
  • Hemidesmus indicus, known as anantmul or Indian sarsaparilla, has various medicinal uses and is important in food and pharmaceutical industries, but traditional propagation methods face challenges.* -
  • Plant tissue culture offers a solution for large-scale propagation and production of valuable compounds without harming natural populations, with nodal explants being the most effective for micropropagation.* -
  • This review focuses on tissue culture techniques, preservation methods, and secondary metabolite production, while also highlighting future research opportunities in the biotechnology of H. indicus.*
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