Prognostic significance of epithelial-mesenchymal and mesenchymal-epithelial transition protein expression in non-small cell lung cancer (Publications)
PURPOSE: In carcinomas, invasive tumor growth is accompanied by desmoplastic stroma reaction and facilitated by epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer cells. We investigated the prognostic
Detection of arsenical drug resistance in <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> with a simple fluorescence test [Research letters] (Publications)
The resurgence of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), coupled with an increased incidence of drug resistance, is of concern. We report a quick, simple, and sensitive test for identification of parasi
Synthesis and evaluation of beta-carbolinium cations as new antimalarial agents based on pi-delocalized lipophilic cation (DLC) hypothesis (Publications)
Several beta-carbolines including naturally occurring substances and their corresponding cationic derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for antimalarial (antiplasmodial) activity in vitro and in
Inhibition of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> fatty acid biosynthesis: evaluation of FabG, FabZ, and FabI as drug targets for flavonoids (Publications)
After the discovery of a potent natural flavonoid glucoside as a potent inhibitor of FabI, a large flavonoid library was screened against three important enzymes (i.e., FabG, FabZ, and FabI) involved
Gender and socio-cultural determinants of TB-related stigma in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia (Publications)
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia. OBJECTIVE: Assess indicators of TB-related stigma and socio-cultural and gender-related features of illness ass
In vitro and in vivo treatments of <em>Echinococcus </em>protoscoleces and metacestodes with artemisinin and artemisinin derivatives (Publications)
In vitro treatment of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus larval stages with the antimalarials dihydroartemisinin and artesunate (10 to 40 microM) exhibited promising results, whil
Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on childhood cancer and nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced conflicting results. We used a cohort approach to examine whether residence near NPPs was associated with leuk