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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. Calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation are essential and common mechanisms in epileptogenesis. Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca-ATPase 2b (SERCA2b), a crucial calcium regulatory pump, plays pathological roles in various calcium dysregulation-related diseases.

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The application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) as a drug carrier system got immense attention in the past few years due to their exceptional high drug loading efficiency. However, the process of drug loading is quite challenging compared to other lipid-based drug delivery systems. Hence, the MSNs using different catalysts were synthesized, and their mesoporous material characteristic was confirmed by the type IV adsorption-desorption isotherm using BET analyzer.

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Garcinol enriched fraction of Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr. fruit rind improves gut health and reduces the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by regulating PCK1/ACC/SREBP1/FASn pathway in a mouse model.

Food Res Int

December 2024

Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Vigyan Path, Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati 35, Assam, India; Academy of Science and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Guwahati, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India. Electronic address:

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a fast-emerging global burden, is an umbrella term for several liver manifestations that result in excessive accumulation of fat in the liver. NAFLD leads to gut microbiome dysbiosis, loss in gut epithelia, increased gut permeability, etc. The limited availability of registered drugs for NAFLD highlights the urgent need to focus on understanding its pathogenesis and discovering new treatments, including the potential exploration of herbal therapies for managing the condition.

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Unraveling the role of RIPKs in diabetic kidney disease and its therapeutic perspectives.

Biochem Pharmacol

January 2025

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Guwahati, Changsari 781101, Assam, India. Electronic address:

Nephropathy is the microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus and is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease. This review discusses the implications of receptor-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) family members and their regulation of inflammation and cell death pathways in the initiation and progression of diabetic kidney disease. Hyperglycemia leads to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and RIPK1 overexpression, the first regulator of necroptosis.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder and a principal basis of dementia in the elderly population globally. Recently, human carbonic anhydrases (hCAs, EC 4.2.

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  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that leads to significant cognitive decline and motor dysfunction due to the loss of cholinergic neurons, with current medications only providing temporary relief of symptoms.
  • Novel compounds based on rivastigmine (such as 3q and 6e) were developed and shown to effectively inhibit key enzymes involved in AD, exhibit antioxidant properties, and prevent the aggregation of tau and Aβ proteins.
  • These compounds also reduced inflammation in brain cells and restored memory function in animal models, showing increased expression of neuroprotection markers, indicating their potential for treating AD more effectively than existing medications.
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Metabolic syndrome is a multifaceted condition marked by interconnected risk factors, significantly increasing the risk of serious diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke. Effective management often demands new medications due to complexity of the conditions and limitations of current treatments. Natural compounds are increasingly recognized in drug discovery due to their vast chemical diversity, commercial availability, low cost, and minimal side effects.

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The selection of appropriate materials and compatibility of selected materials with drugs and formulations are limiting steps in three-dimensional printing technology. In this study, SmartEx QD 100 (SM QD 100) was introduced as a novel, coprocessed, unexplored excipient that can be used in SLS-mediated 3D printing. The current study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of fabricating SM QD 100 containing INH-embedded SLS-mediated immediate gastric release tablets.

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Background: Anti-cancer drugs, particularly platinum-based chemotherapy drugs, have been showing ocular adverse events (OAEs) in patients undergoing chemotherapy, which is concerning due to the potential impact on patient's quality of life and the ability to continue effective cancer treatment.

Research Design And Methods: A retrospective case/non-case study was conducted using spontaneous reports on OAEs by platins from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. A disproportionality analysis was performed by calculating the Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR), Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR), and the Information Component (IC) to identify OAE signals for platinum-based chemotherapy drugs.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial, polygenic inflammatory disease. Mesua assamica (King & Prain) Kosterm. (MA) is an endangered medicinal plant indigenous to South Asia, primarily to Assam in India.

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Silibinin (SIL) Encapsulated Nanoliquid Crystalline (SIL-NLCs) particles were prepared to study neuroprotective effect against amyloid beta (Aβ) neurotoxicity in Balb/c mice model. Theses NLCs were prepared through hot emulsification and probe sonication technique. The pharmacodynamics was investigatigated on Aβ intracerebroventricular (ICV) injected Balb/c mice.

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Purpose: Owing to the absence of the most recent evidence on the efficacy and safety of luseogliflozin, our study aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of luseogliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: A comprehensive search of electronic databases like PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Google Scholar was performed from the inception to the 31 of August 2023 to identify the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the glucose and body weight lowering efficacy and safety outcomes of luseogliflozin in comparison with control or other active treatments. The fixed or random-effect model was used based on the heterogeneity identified using the I statistic and Cochran's Q test.

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Biochanin A, an isoflavone flavonoid with estrogenic activity, is naturally found in red clover and other legumes. It possesses a wide range of pharmacological properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, neuroprotective, and anticancer effects. In recent years, a growing body of pre-clinical research has focused on exploring the therapeutic potential of biochanin A in various neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, ischemic brain injury, gliomas, and neurotoxicity.

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The presence of -nitroso compounds, particularly -nitrosamines, in pharmaceutical products has raised global safety concerns due to their significant genotoxic and mutagenic effects. This systematic review investigates their toxicity in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), drug products, and pharmaceutical excipients, along with novel analytical strategies for detection, root cause analysis, reformulation strategies, and regulatory guidelines for nitrosamines. This review emphasizes the molecular toxicity of -nitroso compounds, focusing on genotoxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, and other physiological effects.

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In conventional chemotherapy, the cancer cells can become highly resilient due to a phenomenon known as multi-drug resistance (MDR). The co-delivery of chemotherapeutic agents assisted with novel nanocarrier-based targeted DDS may counter the MDR issues and subsequently improve their therapeutic efficacy. In line with this, the present work deals with the development of 1D graphene oxide nanoscrolls (GONS)-based nano delivery system for co-delivery of chemosensitizer along with the chemotherapeutic agent.

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Objective: This study aimed to assess the disease pattern and drug utilization among admitted patients in a tertiary-care hospital's neurology intensive care unit (neuro ICU).

Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was conducted between August 2022 and January 2023. Patients of any age and gender admitted to the neuro ICU were included, but those who declined to participate were excluded.

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  • * Inflammation and fibrosis in the heart were linked to changes in epigenetic proteins, specifically histone deacetylases (HDAC3, HDAC4, and HDAC6), after inducing CKD through a surgical procedure known as unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO).
  • * Treatment with the HDAC6 inhibitor, ricolinostat (RIC), showed promise in reversing cardiac damage by restoring heart health markers and reducing inflammation and fibrosis in the heart tissue.
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic problem of the intestine and relapsing in nature. Biochanin A is a nature-derived isoflavonoid and has numerous bioactivities. However, its role against UC and intestinal inflammation remains obscure.

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Glycyrrhiza glabra is commonly known as licorice. Licorice is the major source of glycyrrhizin. There is no reported stability indicating method for glycyrrhizin in the literature so far.

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The tunable properties of stimuli-responsive copolymers or hydrogels enable their application in different fields such as biomedical engineering, tissue engineering, or even drug release. Here we introduce a new PNIPAM-based triblock copolymer material comprising a controlled amount of a novel hydrophobic crosslinker 2,4'-diacryloyloxy benzophenone (DABP) and acrylic acid (AAc) to achieve lower critical solution temperature (LCST) between ambient and body temperatures. The dual stimuli-responsive p(NIPAM--DABP--AAc) triblock copolymer material and hydrogel were synthesized, and their temperature and pH-responsive behaviors were systematically investigated.

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  • Delayed wound healing is primarily caused by bacterial infections and ongoing inflammation, necessitating materials with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and hemostatic properties for better recovery.
  • This study introduces a new biomacromolecule-based scaffold (ArCh) made from a combination of arabinogalactan and chitosan, which is enhanced with Glycyrrhizin and Copper sulfide nanoparticles to improve wound healing effects.
  • The results showed that these GACuS ArCh scaffolds excelled in swelling, biodegradation, and biocompatibility, and when subjected to NIR light, they exhibited improved hemostatic and antibacterial properties, indicating their potential in promoting faster tissue regeneration and healing.
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Molecular Pathogenesis, Organ Metastasis, and Targeted Therapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol

April 2024

Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Research Laboratory, Division of Life Sciences; Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), An Autonomous Institute under - Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India).

Around 2 million people are diagnosed with lung cancer annually, causing 20,000 deaths. Non-small cell carcinomas account for 80-85% of lung cancer cases. Over the last few decades, there has been an improved understanding of the chromosomal makeup of lung cancer.

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Chemoresistance is one of the major factors for treatment failure in OSCC. Reprogramming chemoresistance cells to undergo drug induced apoptotic cell death is a feasible approach to overcome drug resistance. Cyanobacteria is considered important sources of lead compounds for the development of drugs for treating cancer chemoresistance.

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an emerging global health problem and a potential risk factor for metabolic diseases. The bidirectional interactions between liver and gut made dysbiotic gut microbiome one of the key risk factors for NAFLD. In this study, we reported an increased abundance of in the gut of obese and NASH patients living in India.

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