Metastatic Lymphadenopathy in Kashmir Valley: A Clinicopathological Study

Qadri, Sumyra Khurshid,Hamdani, Nissar Hussain,Shah, Parveen,Baba, Khalil Mohammad Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.1

Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common presentation in both benign and malignant diseases which need to be diagnosed without delay. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps us diagnose a disease and follow its course, including the response to therapy. Aim: This study aimed to analyze the clinicopathological features of metastatic lymphadenopathy and the diagnostic utility of FNAC in our setting. Materials and Methods: This two-year prospective study included all the patients with metastatic lymphadenopathy, diagnosed with FNAC. Results: A total of 412 cases (male:female ratio, 1.3:1; age range, 3 to 90 years) were studied. Supraclavicular lymph nodes were involved most commonly (50.5%). The commonest metastatic tumor was squamous cell carcinoma in general (30.1%) and in males (37.6%), and infiltrating ductal carcinoma (25.3%) in females. Lung, with 64 (15.5%) cases followed by esophagus, 60 (14.6%) cases; breast, 49 (11.9%) cases; skin, 32 (7.8%) cases; and stomach, 25 (6.1%) cases were the most common primary sites of malignancy. In 69 patients, excision biopsy was performed. Histopathological findings correlated well with that of cytology in all these cases. Conclusions: FNAC is an important tool in the diagnostic work up of metastatic lymphadenopathy, which in the hands of an experienced and skilful cytopathologist can avoid the need for excision biopsy.

Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine: results from 2 years of follow-up of a randomised trial

Qadri, Firdausi,Ali, Mohammad,Lynch, Julia,Chowdhury, Fahima,Khan, Ashraful Islam,Wierzba, Thomas F,Excler, Jean-Louis,Saha, Amit,Islam, Md Taufiqul,Begum, Yasmin A,Bhuiyan, Taufiqur R,Khanam, Farhana Elsevier 2018 LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES Vol.18 No.6

<P><B>Summary</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>A single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is attractive because it reduces logistical challenges for vaccination and could enable more people to be vaccinated. Previously, we reported the efficacy of a single dose of an OCV vaccine during the 6 months following dosing. Herein, we report the results of 2 years of follow-up.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>In this placebo-controlled, double-blind trial done in Dhaka, Bangladesh, individuals aged 1 year or older with no history of receipt of OCV were randomly assigned to receive a single dose of inactivated OCV or oral placebo. The primary endpoint was a confirmed episode of non-bloody diarrhoea for which the onset was at least 7 days after dosing and a faecal culture was positive for <I>Vibrio cholerae</I> O1 or O139. Passive surveillance for diarrhoea was done in 13 hospitals or major clinics located in or near the study area for 2 years after the last administered dose. We assessed the protective efficacy of the OCV against culture-confirmed cholera occurring 7–730 days after dosing with both crude and multivariable per-protocol analyses. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02027207.</P> <P><B>Findings</B></P> <P>Between Jan 10, 2014, and Feb 4, 2014, 205 513 people were randomly assigned to receive either vaccine or placebo, of whom 204 700 (102 552 vaccine recipients and 102 148 placebo recipients) were included in the per-protocol analysis. 287 first episodes of cholera (109 among vaccine recipients and 178 among placebo recipients) were detected during the 2-year follow-up; 138 of these episodes (46 in vaccine recipients and 92 in placebo recipients) were associated with severe dehydration. The overall incidence rates of initial cholera episodes were 0·22 (95% CI 0·18 to 0·27) per 100 000 person-days in vaccine recipients versus 0·36 (0·31 to 0·42) per 100 000 person-days in placebo recipients (adjusted protective efficacy 39%, 95% CI 23 to 52). The overall incidence of severe cholera was 0·09 (0·07 to 0·12) per 100 000 person-days versus 0·19 (0·15 to 0·23; adjusted protective efficacy 50%, 29 to 65). Vaccine protective efficacy was 52% (8 to 75) against all cholera episodes and 71% (27 to 88) against severe cholera episodes in participants aged 5 years to younger than 15 years. For participants aged 15 years or older, vaccine protective efficacy was 59% (42 to 71) against all cholera episodes and 59% (35 to 74) against severe cholera. The protection in the older age groups was sustained throughout the 2-year follow-up. In participants younger than 5 years, the vaccine did not show protection against either all cholera episodes (protective efficacy −13%, −68 to 25) or severe cholera episodes (−44%, −220 to 35).</P> <P><B>Interpretation</B></P> <P>A single dose of the inactivated whole-cell OCV offered protection to older children and adults that was sustained for at least 2 years. The absence of protection of young children might reflect a lesser degree of pre-existing natural immunity in this age group.</P> <P><B>Funding</B></P> <P> <ce:grant-sponsor id='gs3' sponsor-id='http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000865' xlink:type='simple' xlink:role='http://www.elsevier.com/xml/linking-roles/grant-sponsor'>Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation</ce:grant-sponsor> to the International Vaccine Institute.</P>

Profile of Lymphadenopathy in Kashmir Valley: a Cytological Study

Qadri, Sumyra Khurshid,Hamdani, Nissar Hussain,Shah, Parveen,Lone, Mohammad Iqbal,Baba, Khalil Mohammad Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.8

Lymphadenopathy is one of the commonest and significant manifestations of local as well as systemic ailments, especially malignancies. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps in diagnosing the disease itself, in general, but more importantly ruling out malignancy, in particular. Hence it saves much of the cost and use of resources incurred with excision biopsy of such lymph nodes. This prompted us to study the cytologic patterns of lymphadenopathy in our setting and the diagnostic utility of FNAC in the evaluation of lymphadenopathy. In this retrospective observational study, 1,579 patients (953 males and 626 females) with lymphadenopathy who were subjected to FNAC over a period of three years (January 2009 to December 2011) were studied. The cervical region was involved in most of the cases (76%) followed by the axillary region (17.5%). Metastatic malignancy (38.2%) was the commonest cause of lymphadenopathy followed by reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (36.9%), tuberculosis (9.1%) and lymphomas (8.6%). Squamous cell carcinoma (32.2%) followed by adenocarcinoma (21.9%) were the most frequent metastatic tumors. FNAC is a useful diagnostic tool in the management of patients presenting with lymphadenopathy and should be considered before more invasive and costly procedures are performed, particularly in developing countries.

Efficacy of a Single-Dose, Inactivated Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladesh

Massachusetts Medical Society 2016 The New England journal of medicine Vol.374 No.18

<P>BACKGROUND A single-dose regimen of the current killed oral cholera vaccines that have been prequalified by the World Health Organization would make them more attractive for use against endemic and epidemic cholera. We conducted an efficacy trial of a single dose of the killed oral cholera vaccine Shanchol, which is currently given in a two-dose schedule, in an urban area in which cholera is highly endemic. METHODS Nonpregnant residents of Dhaka, Bangladesh, who were 1 year of age or older were randomly assigned to receive a single dose of oral cholera vaccine or oral placebo. The primary outcome was vaccine protective efficacy against culture-confirmed cholera occurring 7 to 180 days after dosing. Prespecified secondary outcomes included protective efficacy against severely dehydrating culture-confirmed cholera during the same interval, against cholera and severe cholera occurring 7 to 90 versus 91 to 180 days after dosing, and against cholera and severe cholera according to age at baseline. RESULTS A total of 101 episodes of cholera, 37 associated with severe dehydration, were detected among the 204,700 persons who received one dose of vaccine or placebo. The vaccine protective efficacy was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI], 11 to 60%; 0.37 cases per 1000 vaccine recipients vs. 0.62 cases per 1000 placebo recipients) against all cholera episodes, 63% (95% CI, 24 to 82%; 0.10 vs. 0.26 cases per 1000 recipients) against severely dehydrating cholera episodes, and 63% (95% CI, -39 to 90%), 56% (95% CI, 16 to 77%), and 16% (95% CI, -49% to 53%) against all cholera episodes among persons vaccinated at the age of 5 to 14 years, 15 or more years, and 1 to 4 years, respectively, although the differences according to age were not significant (P = 0.25). Adverse events occurred at similar frequencies in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS A single dose of the oral cholera vaccine was efficacious in older children (= 5 years of age) and in adults in a setting with a high level of cholera endemicity.</P>

Developing an efficient in vitro callusing and regeneration protocol in Dendranthema × grandiflorum Kitam.

Din Ambreena,Qadri Z. A.,Wani Muneeb Ahmad,Iqbal Shameen,Malik Sajid Ali,Bhat Z. A.,Banday Neelofar 한국작물학회 2022 Journal of crop science and biotechnology Vol.25 No.4

To standardize the methodology for in vitro callusing and regeneration of two chrysanthemum cultivars, ‘Candid’ and ‘Flirt,’ an experiment was carried out. The petals and leaf segments were used as explants. In both cultivars, petals were shown to be the most effective for callusing and regeneration. In both cultivars, MS medium enriched with 1.00 mg L−1 BAP + 1.50 mg L−1 NAA resulted in the best callusing of petal explants in terms of minimal days to callus initiation, maximal callus induction, and callus weight per explant. When using petal explants from both cultivars, the shortest time (13.25 and 16.00 days) to callus initiation, the highest callus induction (91.66 and 83.33%) and the highest mean callus weight (2.43 and 2.31 g per explant) were all found in media augmented with 1.00 mg L−1 BAP + 1.50 mg L−1 NAA. In both cultivars, MS media supplied with 1.00 mg L−1 Kinetin + 0.50 mg L−1 IAA resulted in the best regeneration of petal explants in calli-producing shoots and shoot number per explant. Maximum calli-producing shoots 89.58 and 87.49% and significantly maximum shoot number 3.25 and 2.75 per explant were noticed in media fortified with Kinetin 1.00 mg L−1 + IAA 0.50 mg L−1 in case of petal explants of both the cultivars. Nevertheless, the finest callusing of leaf explants in terms of minimum days to callus initiation, highest callus induction in both cultivars was achieved using MS media supplied with 1.00 mg L−1 BAP + 1.50 mg L−1 NAA, whereas the highest callus weight per explant was acquired using MS media supplied with 0.50 mg L−1 BAP and 2.50 mg L−1 NAA. Explants from both cultivars showed a minimum callus initiation period of 15.25 and 16.75 days, callus induction rates of 89.57 and 81.24%, and maximum mean callus weights of 0.94 and 0.89 g, correspondingly.

Relative Expression of Apocarotenoid Biosynthetic Genes in Developing Stigmas of Crocus sativus L.

Javid IqbaLMzr,Raies Ahmad Qadri,Nazeer Ahmed,Tassem Ahmad Mokhdomi,Asrar Hussain Wafai,Sajad Hassan Wani,Shoiab Bukhari,Asif Amin 한국작물학회 2013 Journal of crop science and biotechnology Vol.16 No.3

Saffron, the desiccated stigmas of Crocus sativus, is recognized for its attractive color, flavor, and aroma which are due to the accumulation of crocin, picrocrocin, and safranal, respectively. HPLC analysis demonstrated maximum apocarotenoid accumulation during the fully developed scarlet stage of stigma development followed by the orange and yellow stages of stigma development. Reverse Transcription-PCR analysis revealed a concurrent expression pattern of CsZCD and CsLYC genes in a developmental stagespecific manner. However, CsBCH and CsGT2 genes were specifically expressed during the mature, scarlet stage of stigma development. Real-Time PCR analysis showed a sharp increase in gene expression of CsLYC gene during stigma development indicative of its possible regulatory role in apocarotenoid biosynthesis or stigma development. Results suggest that genetic manipulation of this gene can help to improve the quality of stigma in saffron; besides highlighting its potential to monitor stigma development during in vitro experimentation

Clinicopathological Study of Gall Bladder Carcinoma with Special Reference to Gallstones: Our 8-year Experience from Eastern India

Hamdani, Nissar Hussain,Qadri, Sumyra Khurshid,Aggarwalla, Ramesh,Bhartia, Vishnu Kumar,Chaudhuri, Sumit,Debakshi, Sanjay,Baig, Sarfaraz Jalil,Pal, N.K. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.11

Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is the commonest cancer of the biliary tree and the most frequent cause of death from biliary malignancies. The incidence of GBC shows prominent geographic, age, race, and gender-related differences and is 4-7 times higher in patients with gallstones. This prompted us to study the clinicopathological aspects of the disease and the incidence of gallstones in gallbladder carcinoma patients, in this part of India. In this, combined retrospective (Jan 2004-March 2010) and prospective study (April 2010-Dec 2011) of eight years, 198 patients of gallbladder carcinoma (50 males and 148 females), (range 28-82 years; mean 55 years) were studied. Most of the patients were poor and presented with abdominal pain and mass, with abnormal lab parameters. Gallstones were present in 86% of patients. Surgical exploration was performed in 130, with gallbladder resection in 60 (including 7 incidental GBC). Adenocarcinoma (87.7%) was the commonest histological type. The study indicates that GBC is common in our scenario. It is a disease of elderly females, has a strong association with gallstones and every cholecystectomy specimen should be examined histopathologically.

Post Infection Physiobiochemical Alteration at Various Intensities of Leaf spot (Myrothecium roridum) in Mulberry

Kumar, P.M.Pratheesh,Qadri, S.M.H.,Pal, S.C.,Mishra, A.K.,Urs, S.Raje Korean Society of Sericultural Science 2003 International Journal of Industrial Entomology Vol.7 No.2

Changes in biochemical constituents and physiological alteration were studied in various intensities (1-5%, 6-15%, 16-30%, 31-50% and > 50%) of leaf spot (Myrothecium roridum) on mulberry leaves and compared with healthy leaves. Chlorophyll, total soluble sugar and total protein were decreased (P < 0.01), but total phenol increased due to pathogen infection. Changes in biochemical constituents showed significant correlation with intensity of disease. Chlorophyll ($r^2$= 0.92), and protein (($r^2$= 0.83) possessed negative while phenol (($r^2$= 0.61) possessed positive correlation. Photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, moisture content (%) and physiological water use efficiency (pWUE) were decreased, but stomatal resistance increased in the infected leaves. Physiological parameters also possessed significant (P < 0.01) correlation with disease intensity. Photosynthetic rate (($r^2$= 0.96), transpiration rate ($r^2$=0.88), stomatal conductance (($r^2$= = 0.65), physiological water use efficiency (($r^2$= 0.88) and moisture content (r = 0.85) were negatively but stomatal resistance (($r^2$= 0.75) was positively correlated to disease intensities.

Genetic signature of strong recent positive selection at interleukin-32 gene in goat

Akhtar Rasool Asif,Sumayyah Qadri,Nabeel Ijaz,Ruheena Javed,Abdur Rahman Ansari,Muhammd Awais,Muhammad Younus,Hasan Riaz,Xiaoyong Du 아세아·태평양축산학회 2017 Animal Bioscience Vol.30 No.7

Objective: Identification of the candidate genes that play key roles in phenotypic variations can provide new information about evolution and positive selection. Interleukin (IL)-32 is involved in many biological processes, however, its role for the immune response against various diseases in mammals is poorly understood. Therefore, the current investigation was performed for the better understanding of the molecular evolution and the positive selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-32 gene. Methods: By using fixation index (FST) based method, IL-32 (9375) gene was found to be outlier and under significant positive selection with the provisional combined allocation of mean heterozygosity and FST. Using nucleotide sequences of 11 mammalian species from National Center for Biotechnology Information database, the evolutionary selection of IL-32 gene was determined using Maximum likelihood model method, through four models (M1a, M2a, M7, and M8) in Codeml program of phylogenetic analysis by maximum liklihood. Results: IL-32 is detected under positive selection using the FST simulations method. The phylogenetic tree revealed that goat IL-32 was in close resemblance with sheep IL-32. The coding nucleotide sequences were compared among 11 species and it was found that the goat IL-32 gene shared identity with sheep (96.54%), bison (91.97%), camel (58.39%), cat (56.59%), buffalo (56.50%), human (56.13%), dog (50.97%), horse (54.04%), and rabbit (53.41%) respectively. Conclusion: This study provides evidence for IL-32 gene as under significant positive selection in goat.

Factors Influencing Development and Severity of Grey Leaf Spot of Mulberry (Morus spp.)

Kumar, Punathil Meethal Pratheesh,Qadri, Syed Mashayak Hussaini,Pal, Susil Chandra Korean Society of Sericultural Science 2011 International Journal of Industrial Entomology Vol.22 No.1

Impact of pruning date, shoot age and weather parameters on the severity and development of grey leaf spot (Pseudocercospora mori) of mulberry was studied. The disease severity (%) increased with increase in shoot age irrespective of pruning date. Maximum disease severity was observed in plants pruned during second week of October and minimum in plants pruned during last week of December. Significant (P<0.05) influence of date of pruning, shoot age and their interaction was observed on the severity of the disease. Apparent infection rate (r) was significantly higher during plant growth period from day-48 to day-55. Average apparent rate was higher in plants pruned during first week of September and least in plants pruned during third and fourth week of December. Multiple regression analysis revealed contribution of various combinations of weather parameters on the disease severity. A linear prediction model [$Y=66.05+(-1.39)x_1+(-0.219)x_4$] with significant $R^2$ was developed for prediction of the disease under natural epiphytotic condition.