Search Results - "Karamchand, Leshern"

Agarose/crystalline nanocellulose (CNC) composites promote bone marrow-derived mast cell integrity, degranulation and receptor expression but inhibit production of de novo synthesized mediators by Kulka, Marianna, Wagner, Ashley, Cho, Jae-Young, Alam, Syed Benazir, Santos, Joy Ramielle, Jovel, Juan, Karamchand, Leshern, Marcet-Palacios, Marcelo

“…Mast cells are highly granulated tissue-resident leukocytes that require a three-dimensional matrix to differentiate and mediate immune responses. However,…”
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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 by Gounden, Shivona, Moodley, Devapregasan, Chuturgoon, Anil, Karamchand, Leshern, Dawood, Halima

“…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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Cell Envelope Proteomics of Mycobacteria by Hermann, Clemens, Karamchand, Leshern, Blackburn, Jonathan M, Soares, Nelson C

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the most pathogenic mycobacterium species to humans, has infected up to a…”
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Highly stable polymer coated nano-clustered silver plates: a multimodal optical contrast agent for biomedical imaging by Ray, Aniruddha, Mukundan, Ananya, Xie, Zhixing, Karamchand, Leshern, Wang, Xueding, Kopelman, Raoul

“…Here, we present a new optical contrast agent based on silver nanoplate clusters embedded inside of a polymer nano matrix. Unlike nanosphere clusters, which…”
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Biomaterial inks and bioinks for fabricating 3D biomimetic lung tissue: A delicate balancing act between biocompatibility and mechanical printability by Karamchand, Leshern, Makeiff, Darren, Gao, Yongfeng, Azyat, Khalid, Serpe, Michael J., Kulka, Marianna

“…Three dimensional (3D) bioprinting has rapidly emerged as a major fabrication tool in the bioengineering of tissue constructs. 3D bioprinting enables the…”
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Citrate-capped silver nanoparticles as a probe for sensitive and selective colorimetric and spectrophotometric sensing of creatinine in human urine by Alula, Melisew Tadele, Karamchand, Leshern, Hendricks, Nicolette R., Blackburn, Jonathan M.

“…Urinary creatinine concentration is a critical physiological parameter that enables reliable assessment of patient renal function and diagnosis of a broad…”
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Identification and quantitation of pathogenic bacteria via in-situ formation of silver nanoparticles on cell walls, and their detection via SERS by Alula, Melisew Tadele, Krishnan, Sriram, Hendricks, Nicolette R., Karamchand, Leshern, Blackburn, Jonathan M

“…The authors present a fast and sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method for the determination of Mycobacterium smegmatis . It is based on…”
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The cyanobacterial lectin, microvirin-N, enhances the specificity and sensitivity of lipoarabinomannan-based TB diagnostic tests by van der Horst, Megan, Karamchand, Leshern, Bauer, Westley S, Nel, Andrew J M, Blackburn, Jonathan M, Wright, David W

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death globally, despite being treatable. The eradication of TB disease requires, amongst others, diagnostic…”
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Modulation of hydrogel nanoparticle intracellular trafficking by multivalent surface engineering with tumor targeting peptide by Karamchand, Leshern, Kim, Gwangseong, Wang, Shouyan, Hah, Hoe Jin, Ray, Aniruddha, Jiddou, Ruba, Koo Lee, Yong-Eun, Philbert, Martin A, Kopelman, Raoul

“…Surface engineering of a hydrogel nanoparticle (NP) with the tumor-targeting ligand, F3 peptide, enhances both the NP's binding affinity for, and…”
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Real-Time Monitoring of Intracellular Chemical Changes in Response to Plasma Irradiation by Ray, Aniruddha, Ranieri, Pietro, Karamchand, Leshern, Yee, Benjamin, Foster, John, Kopelman, Raoul

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Modulation of Signaling and Intracellular Trafficking Pathways by Surface-Engineered Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Tumor Cells by Karamchand, Leshern

“…Surface engineering of a polyacrylamide (PAA) hydrogel nanoparticle (NP) with the tumortargeting ligand, F3 peptide (KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKKC), confers…”
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Lymphocyte Mitochondrial Depolarization and Apoptosis in HIV-1-Infected HAART Patients by Karamchand, Leshern, Dawood, Halima, Chuturgoon, Anil A

“…BACKGROUND:Efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP), unlike nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs, do not inhibit mitochondrial (mt) polymerase gamma…”
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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 : original article by Chuturgoon, Anil A., Karamchand, Leshern, Moodley, Devapregasan, Dawood, Halima, Gounden, Shivona

“…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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