Project description:After collection, live honeybees were brought to geneOmbio Technologies Central Processing Laboratory under controlled room temperature (25.9C, 72% RH) until dissection was made. The honeybees selected for analysis were collected from Pune region (18°31′13″N 73°51′24″E) from the state of Maharashtra, India. These were identified as Apis cerena based on mitochondrial COI gene sequencing. Ten honeybees were anaesthetized on ice and immediately dissected for isolation of mandibular glands using sterile scalpel
Project description:Analysis of leaves of wild-type and rice COI mutants treated with methyl jasmonate (MeJA). Results provide the role of rice COI on response to jasmonic acid.
Project description:The socioeconomic burden of snakebite in India is largely attributed to the ‘big four’ snakes, completely neglecting the considerable impact of envenoming by many other snake species. Bites from the so-called ‘neglected many’ are often treated with a polyvalent antivenom that is manufactured against the ‘big four’ snakes - a strategy that has been widely documented to fail. Yet, specific antivenoms are not commercially manufactured against these snakes. While the medical importance of various species of cobras, saw-scaled vipers, and kraits is very well-known, the clinical impact of pit vipers from the rainforests of the Western Ghats, northeastern India, and Andaman and Nicobar islands has remained elusive. Amongst the 90+ species of snakes found in the Western Ghats, the hump-nosed (Hypnale hypnale), Malabar (Craspedocephalus malabaricus) and bamboo (Craspedocephalus gramineus) pit vipers can potentially inflict clinically severe envenoming in humans. To evaluate the severity of toxicity inflicted by these snakes, we characterised their venom composition, biochemical and pharmacological activities, and toxicity- and morbidity-inducing potentials. Our findings highlight the therapeutic inadequacies of the generic Indian and Hypnale-specific Sri Lankan polyvalent antivenoms in neutralising morbidity and mortality resulting from pit viper envenomings and underscore the need for a regional antivenom therapy in India.
Project description:Transcriptional profile of snails exposed to irradiated E. paraensei miricidia and four days later challenged with S. mansoni miricidia. Compared to snails exposed to only irradiated E. paraensei miricidia.
Project description:Transcriptional profile of BS-90 snails injected with a cocktail of four FREP3 specific 27-mer DSiRNA oligos and two hours later exposed to S. mansoni miricidia. Compared to BS-90 snails injected with a cocktail of three GFP specific DSiRNA oligos and two hours later exposed to S. mansoni miricidia. Experiments were done over the course of 49 days. Snails were collected (10each) at 2 and 4 dpe to S. mansoni for comparison.
2012-04-01 | GSE33525 | GEO
Project description:Metagenomic exploration of Surface waters from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Project description:Transcriptional profiles of snails sized 12-20mm exposed to E. paraensei and unexposed controls Keywords: Dose response Five individual snails from the treatment group were analyzed at 12hours, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 days. Five unexposed control snails were also analyzed.
Project description:Aim: To improve risk stratification in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), we aimed to identify genes in monocytes predictive of new ischemic events in patients with CAD and determine to what extent expression of these transcripts resembles expression in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Results: COX10 and ZNF484 distinguished between AMI and the whole group of stable CAD patients with an accuracy of 90%. COX10 and ZNF484 together with MT-COI and WNK1 distinguished AMI patients from stable CAD patients with and without a new event with a sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 98%. MT-COI and COX10 increased the accuracy for separating stable CAD patients with and without a new coronary event from 68 to 80% in addition to age, gender, BMI, diabetes, lipids, blood pressure and hs-CRP. Interestingly, expression of MT-COI, COX10 and WNK1 (but not ZNF484) in PBMCs paired with that in monocytes; COX10 in whole blood was similar to that in monocytes. Conclusions: This work showed that COX10 and ZNF484, eventually combined with MT-COI and WNK1 have the potential to accurately discriminate between AMI and stable CAD patients, and may improve the risk assessment of stable CAD patients.
Project description:Transcriptional profile of snails with induced acquired resistance (exposed first to irradiated E. paraensei miricidia) after secondary challenge with viable miricidia. Compared to snails exposed to irradiated miricidia only or to viable miricidia only. Experiments were done over the course of 16 days, with 8 day intervals between sensitization and secondary challenge. Keywords: Dose response