Search Results - "Devapregasan Moodley"
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Parsing the Interferon Transcriptional Network and Its Disease Associations
Published in Cell (28-01-2016)“…Type 1 interferon (IFN) is a key mediator of organismal responses to pathogens, eliciting prototypical “interferon signature genes” that encode antiviral and…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Manipulator of Protective Immunity
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (25-02-2016)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the most successful pathogens in human history and remains a global health challenge. MTB has evolved a plethora of…”
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Endogenous IL-27 during toxoplasmosis limits early monocyte responses and their inflammatory activation by pathological T cells
Published in mBio (13-03-2024)“…Mice that lack the genes for IL-27, or the IL-27 receptor, and infected with develop T cell-mediated pathology. Here, studies were performed to determine the…”
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Sirtuin 1 rs1467568 and rs7895833 in South African Indians with early-onset coronary artery disease
Published in Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (01-07-2016)“…Background: Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), a class III histone deacetylase, has been identified as a candidate molecule affecting the epigenetic mechanisms of…”
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Initiation but no execution - modulation of peripheral blood lymphocyte apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis - a potential role for heat shock protein 70
Published in Journal of inflammation (London, England) (03-11-2011)“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which causes synovial damage. Persistence of lymphocyte infiltrates in the rheumatoid synovium has…”
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727 Increased serum levels of EBI3 are associated with poor outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma patients and SRF388, a first-in-class IL-27 blocking antibody, inhibits the growth of murine liver tumors
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-11-2020)“…BackgroundIL-27 is a heterodimeric cytokine consisting of IL 27p28 and Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3) that binds the IL-27 receptor subunit alpha and…”
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The effects of Sutherlandia frutescens extracts in cultured renal proximal and distal tubule epithelial cells
Published in South African Journal of Science (01-01-2010)“…Sutherlandia frutescens (SF), a medicinal plant indigenous to South Africa, is traditionally used to treat a diverse range of illnesses, including cancer and…”
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Apoptosis-promoting effects of Sutherlandia frutescens extracts on normal human lymphocytes in vitro
Published in South African Journal of Science (01-01-2010)“…Sutherlandia frutescens (SF), an indigenous medicinal plant to South Africa, is traditionally used to treat a diverse range of illnesses. More specifically,…”
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Association of -308 TNF-alpha promoter polymorphism with viral load and CD4 T-helper cell apoptosis in HIV-1 infected black South Africans
Published in Southern African journal of HIV medicine (01-06-2012)“…Objective. To determine whether the -308 TNF-α promoter polymorphism is associated with markers of HIV progression in the South African population. Methods…”
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Fumonisin B1 induces global DNA hypomethylation in HepG2 cells – An alternative mechanism of action
Published in Toxicology (Amsterdam) (06-01-2014)“…Abstract Fumonisin B1 (FB1 ), a common mycotoxin contaminant of maize, is known to inhibit sphingolipid biosynthesis and has been implicated in cancer…”
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miR-146a Polymorphism Influences Levels of miR-146a, IRAK-1, and TRAF-6 in Young Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Published in Cell biochemistry and biophysics (01-03-2014)“…Modulation of nuclear factor KappaB (NF-κB) activation may play a role in regulating inflammatory conditions associated with coronary artery disease (CAD)…”
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Fumonisin B1 inhibits apoptosis in HepG2 cells by inducing Birc-8/ILP-2
Published in Toxicology letters (01-06-2015)“…•Fumonisin B1 (FB1) inhibits apoptosis in HepG2 liver cells.•FB1 significantly up-regulated the anti-apoptotic Birc-8/ILP-2 gene and protein expression.•FB1…”
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Expression profiling of constitutive mast cells reveals a unique identity within the immune system
Published in Nature immunology (01-07-2016)“…Austen and colleagues assess the transcriptional profiles of mast cells isolated from peripheral connective tissues and basophils isolated from spleen and…”
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Fumonisin B1 modulates expression of human cytochrome P450 1b1 in human hepatoma (Hepg2) cells by repressing Mir-27b
Published in Toxicology letters (16-05-2014)“…•Fumonisin B1 significantly downregulates miR27b in HepG2 cells.•FB1, significantly upregulates CYP1B1 mRNA and protein expression in HepG2 cells.•CYP1B1 is…”
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Network pharmacology of JAK inhibitors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-08-2016)“…Small-molecule inhibitors of the Janus kinase family (JAKis) are clinically efficacious in multiple autoimmune diseases, albeit with increased risk of certain…”
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The Arg72 variant of the p53 functional polymorphism (rs1042522) is associated with coronary artery disease in young South Africans of Indian ancestry
Published in Gene (30-11-2016)“…Tumor protein p53 (p53), classically referred to as a tumor suppressor gene, is involved in cell cycle regulation and may be related to atherosclerosis by…”
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism is associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease in young South African Indians
Published in Gene (15-10-2015)“…Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) reduces 5′,10′-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5′-methyltetrahydrofolate, and is involved in remethylation of…”
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Fumonisin B1 induces global DNA hypomethylation and modulates cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) by repressing miR-27b in HepG2 cells
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Abstract 1802: CD39 inhibition shapes the transcriptional landscape of myeloid cells and induces proinflammatory states in the CT26 syngeneic tumor model
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-07-2021)“…Abstract Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) generated by tissue damage or immunogenic cell death initiates proinflammatory responses that are potently…”
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Atorvastatin Increases miR-124a Expression: A Mechanism of Gamt Modulation in Liver Cells
Published in Journal of cellular biochemistry (01-11-2015)“…ABSTRACT Atorvastatin is used to control cholesterol and lipid levels in hyperlipidaemic and hypercholesterolaemic patients. Myopathy and hepatotoxicity,…”
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