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This is the first report of these five identified miRNAs on targeting PHD finger in Oryza sativa Indica. Further, expression analysis of 44 PHD finger genes under salinity was also performed using quantitative Real-Time PCR. The expression profile of 8 genes were found to be differentially regulated, among them two genes were significantly up regulated i.e., OsPHD6 and OsPHD12. In silico protein-protein interaction analysis using STRING database showed interaction of the OsPHD finger proteins with other protein partners that are directly or indirectly involved in development and abiotic stress tolerance.There is a strong interest in the neuroscience community to measure brain connectivity and develop methods that can differentiate connectivity across patient groups and across different experimental stimuli. The development of such statistical tools is critical to understand the dynamics of functional relationships among brain structures supporting memory encoding and retrieval. However, the challenge comes from the need to incorporate within-condition similarity with between-conditions heterogeneity in modeling connectivity, as well as how to provide a natural way to conduct trial- and condition-level inference on effective connectivity. A Bayesian hierarchical vector autoregressive (BH-VAR) model is proposed to characterize brain connectivity and infer differences in connectivity across conditions. Within-condition connectivity similarity and between-conditions connectivity heterogeneity are accounted for by the priors on trial-specific models. In addition to the fully Bayesian framework, an alternative twoted with multiple trials from two main conditions. The proposed modeling approach provided novel insights into hippocampal connectivity during memory performance. Specifically, it separated CA1 into two functional units, a lateral and a medial segment, each showing stronger functional connectivity to itself than to the other. This approach also revealed that information primarily flowed in a lateral-to-medial direction across trials (within-condition), and suggested this effect was stronger on one trial condition than the other (between-conditions effect). AD-5584 Collectively, these results indicate that the proposed model is a promising approach to quantify the variation of functional connectivity, both within- and between-conditions, and thus should have broad applications in neuroscience research.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is being increasingly recognized as a public health problem in India. The entity of CKD of undetermined etiology (CKDu) is increasingly being reported globally. Here we describe the burden of CKDu in a heretofore undescribed population in South India.

We prospectively enrolled all patients with CKD referred to the nephrology department in an observational registry. We analyzed their sociodemographic and clinical features over 4 years. The diagnosis of CKD and its etiology was determined using predefined criteria. Geolocalization of CKD patients was performed. Subsequently, CKD screening was conducted in a village located in an area of CKDu clustering.

A total of 2424 patients were analyzed; the median age was 52 years and 75.3% were male. Seventy-five percent had advanced CKD. CKDu was the most common (51.7%) etiologic category. This is the highest proportion of CKDu reported among all published CKD studies to date from India. The clinical and demographic profile of this patient population match that of CKDu patients reported from Sri Lanka and Central America, where CKDu is endemic. A clustering of cases of CKDu was noted in specific districts using a geographic information system software. Screening of 447 people in an outreach program at a village located in an area identified to have clustering of CKDu showed a CKD prevalence of 19%.

We report a previously unrecognized endemic area of CKDu among the underprivileged population engaged in agricultural labor in coastal southeastern India in the states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Tondaimandalam) in India.

We report a previously unrecognized endemic area of CKDu among the underprivileged population engaged in agricultural labor in coastal southeastern India in the states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Tondaimandalam) in India.

Autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis (ARRTD) caused by inactivation mutations in

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is a very rare but fatal disorder with an unknown prevalence.

We report 6 Taiwanese individuals with ARRTD from 6 unrelated families diagnosed by renal histology. Clinical features, outcome, and prevalence of carrier heterozygosity were examined.

All patients exhibited antenatal oligohydramnios, postnatal anuria, pulmonary hypoplasia, and profound hypotension refractory to interventions. Angiotensinogen (AGT) protein levels were diminished in the liver, along with reduced serum AGT, angiotensin I (Ang I) and angiotensin II (Ang II) levels. Neonatal demise occurred in all but 1 case. All individuals carried the same homozygous E3_E4 del2870bp deletion+9bp insertion in

, which led to a truncated protein (1-292 amino acid). The allelic frequency of this heterozygous

mutation was approximately 1.2% (6/500), suggesting that ARRTD may not be exceedingly rare in Taiwan. This mutation results in skipping of exons encoding the serpin domain of AGT, which is important for renin interaction and the generation of truncated protein.

modeling revealed a diminished interaction between mutant AGT and renin. One patient survived after responding to high-dose hydrocortisone therapy, with resolution of profound hypotension, accompanied by an increase in serum AGT, Ang I, and Ang II levels.

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mutation may lead to the diminished interaction with renin and decreased Ang I and Ang II generation. Hydrocortisone may potentially rescue cases of ARRTD caused by this truncated AGT.

This AGT mutation may lead to the diminished interaction with renin and decreased Ang I and Ang II generation. Hydrocortisone may potentially rescue cases of ARRTD caused by this truncated AGT.

Narsoplimab is a human monoclonal antibody against mannan-associated lectin-binding serine protease-2 (MASP-2). Now in a phase 3 study, narsoplimab was evaluated in a staged phase 2 study assessing safety and effectiveness in high-risk patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

Substudy 1 was a single-arm open-label study of 12 weekly infusions and tapered corticosteroids, with 6 weeks of follow-up. In substudy 2, patients were randomized 11 to receive a course of treatment consisting of once-weekly narsoplimab or vehicle infusions for 12 weeks. After 6 weeks of follow-up, both substudy 2 groups could continue in an open-label extension, receiving 1 or more narsoplimab courses at the investigator's discretion.

The most commonly reported adverse events (AEs) included headache, upper respiratory infection, and fatigue. Most AEs were mild or moderate and transient. No treatment-related serious AEs were reported. All 4 patients who were enrolled in substudy 1 had reductions in 24-hour urine protein excretion (UPE) at week 18, ranging from 54% to 95% compared with baseline.