Browsing Department of Developmental Biology & Genetics (DBG, earlier called MRDG) by Title
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Insights Into The Mechanism Of Actions Of Luteinizing Hormone And Prostaglandin F2α In The Regulation Of Corpus Luteum Function Of Monoovulatory Species
(2016-11-11)Corpus luteum (CL), a transient endocrine structure formed from the ruptured ovarian follicle after ovulation, secretes progesterone (P4) that is essential for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in mammals. The ... -
Investigating the maintenance of X- chromosome inactivation in extra-embryonic endoderm and epiblast stem cells
In eutherian female mammals, one of the X-chromosomes gets inactivated to compensate for the expression dosage of X-linked genes between the sexes. X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) serves as a paradigm of epigenetic memory ... -
Investigating the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance
Clinical chemo-resistance has posed a challenge to scientists and clinicians since the development of chemotherapeutics as anticancer strategy. Mechanisms of drug resistance continue to be a subject investigation amongst ... -
Investigating the Novel Roles of miR-9a and the Regulators of Mitochondrial Dynamics During the Development and Functioning of Indirect Flight Muscles in Drosophila melanogaster
The muscular system is a highly complex and important system in the body. Proper muscle physiology is critical for locomotion, digestion, circulation, reproduction as well as for metabolic and immune homeostasis. Defects ... -
Investigating the role and regulation of Polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) in isoform switching during muscle development in Drosophila melanogaster
Muscles are an excellent system to dissect the development, physiology and evolution of cell heterogeneity and isoform switching. The vertebrate skeletal muscles are composed of heterogeneous muscle fibres. These fibres ... -
Investigating the role of AMPK in mammary gland alveologenesis and lactation
AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) is an energy sensor that regulates cell growth and metabolism. Reports from our laboratory and others have shown the context-specific role of AMPK signaling in breast cancer. However, its role ... -
Investigating the role of miR-198 in oral squamous cell carcinoma pathogenesis
Evidence supports the critical role of microRNA (miRNA) dysregulation in several diseases including cancers. The aberrant expression of numerous tumor suppressor and oncogenic miRNAs is a well-established driving factor ... -
Investigating the role of taxi gene in flight behavior of Drosophila melanogaster
Locomotion is essential for animals and it is regulated by crosstalk between neurons and muscles. Although defects in the crosstalk between neurons and muscles are implicated in many mobility related diseases in human, ... -
Investigation of the stress-induced translatome of matrix-deprived cancer cells
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, in spite of all the ongoing research in the field of oncology. While there have been some breakthroughs in the past 50 years, metastatic tumors remain the bane ... -
Investigations on the invasiveness of chemo-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a debilitating gynecological malignancy wherein patients frequently develop resistance to the first-line chemotherapeutic drugs carboplatin and docetaxel, resulting in poor survival rates. ... -
Investigations on the Possible Role of Aromatic β-Glucoside Metabolism in Self-Defense in Enterobacteriaceae
(2018-04-02)Bacteria are ubiquitous in all ecosystems and are often challenged by multiple stresses such as extreme temperatures, high salt concentrations, nutrient limitation, pH variations, radiation, predation and the presence of ... -
Investigations on the regulatory role of BglG on the expression of ridA and the pleiotropic effects of bglG deletion in E. coli
The bgl operon of E. coli encodes for the proteins involved in the uptake and catabolism of plant-derived aromatic beta-glucosides, normally associated with the soil environment. The silent state of the operon seen ... -
Investigations On The Role Of The Global Regulator H-NS In The Survival Of Escherichia Coli In Stationary-Phase
(2015-08-17)Studies on stationary phase cultures of microorganisms in the laboratory have helped us understand the genetic and physiological basis of adaptation in their natural habitats. Stasis or decline in bacterial populations due ... -
Mapping Of Glycoprotein Hormone-Receptor Interactions Using Hormone Analogs And Antibodies
(2010-09-21)The glycoprotein hormone family comprising of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) plays important role in reproduction and overall ... -
Mechanism of β-catenin regulation by IGFBP2: Role in Glioblastoma progression
Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) were initially identified as high affinity binders of Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). There are six IGFBPs which regulate the bioavailability and functions of IGFs ... -
Mechanistic Insights into the Role of IGFBP-2 in Glioblastoma
(2018-08-13)Insulin like Growth Factor Binding Proteins (IGFBPs) 1 to 6 have important physiological functions of regulating half life and bioavailability of Insulin like Growth Factors (IGFs). Consequently, these have been known to ... -
Mechanistic insights into the role of miR‐6741‐3p in oral squamous cell carcinoma pathogenesis
Many functional studies and clinical analysis have linked miRNA dysregulation as a causative factor for tumor initiation and progression. Overexpression of oncogenic miRNAs and downregulation of tumor suppressor miRNAs are ... -
Metallophosphoesterases In Mycobacteria Enigmatic Roles In Regulating Mycobacterial Physiology
(2014-04-29)Pathogenic bacteria such as M.tuberculosis have evolved several mechanisms to aid their intracellular survival and subvert host defenses. One of the contributing factors is thought to be the production and secretion of ... -
Molecular Actions Of Arecoline, An Alkaloid Implicated In The Manifestation Of Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF)
(2010-07-21)The pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is due to a complex interplay between the production and degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein components. In tissue fibrosis, there is a net accumulation of ...