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  1. Article ; Online: Histopathologic correlates of trabecular meshwork in microincisional trabeculectomy.

    Rao, Aparna

    Indian journal of ophthalmology

    2023  Volume 72, Issue 3, Page(s) 335–338

    Abstract: Purpose: To report the histopathologic correlates of trabecular meshwork (TM) specimens procured by microincisional trabeculectomy (MIT) for different severities of glaucoma (early glaucoma: visual field mean deviation [MD] <-6 dB, moderate glaucoma: MD ...

    Abstract Purpose: To report the histopathologic correlates of trabecular meshwork (TM) specimens procured by microincisional trabeculectomy (MIT) for different severities of glaucoma (early glaucoma: visual field mean deviation [MD] <-6 dB, moderate glaucoma: MD from - 6 to - 12 dB, and advanced glaucoma: MD <-12 dB).
    Methods: TM specimens from four patients undergoing MIT with or without cataract surgery were analyzed by routine histopathology for structural changes. The number of cells, the number of cells with spindle-shaped nuclei suggestive of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT), and the distance between the trabecular beams were calculated using different tools on freely available ImageJ software using the line or pint/count tool.
    Results: The TM specimens procured from two early and two advanced glaucoma cases showed decreasing cellularity and decreased compact arrangement of the trabecular beams in severe disease stages. The number of cells and preserved architecture in all four specimens were evident, with > 50 cells being present per section in all four cases despite the glaucoma being of advanced disease stage in two patients.
    Conclusion: The TM specimens obtained from MIT can be utilized for downstream analysis using different molecular methods for studying the molecular events in the tissue from early to severe glaucoma.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Trabeculectomy/methods ; Trabecular Meshwork/surgery ; Trabecular Meshwork/pathology ; Glaucoma/surgery ; Cataract Extraction ; Visual Fields ; Intraocular Pressure
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-15
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 187392-1
    ISSN 1998-3689 ; 0301-4738
    ISSN (online) 1998-3689
    ISSN 0301-4738
    DOI 10.4103/IJO.IJO_1390_23
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  2. Article ; Online: Commentary: Glaucoma in patients aged less than 40 years: A growing concern.

    Rao, Aparna

    Indian journal of ophthalmology

    2022  Volume 70, Issue 12, Page(s) 4193

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Glaucoma/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-19
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 187392-1
    ISSN 1998-3689 ; 0301-4738
    ISSN (online) 1998-3689
    ISSN 0301-4738
    DOI 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2169_22
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  3. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Market-Driven Plant Breeding for Practicing Breeders

    Tiwari, Aparna / Tikoo, Surinder K. / Angadi, Sharan P. / Kadaru, Suresh B. / Ajanahalli, Sadananda R. / Vasudeva Rao, M. J.

    2022  

    Abstract: This book highlights the technicalities of plant breeding in a seed-business environment and explains the crucial aspects of the value chain. It educates the readers on how to initiate, participate, sustain national and international agreements for ... ...

    Author's details by Aparna Tiwari, Surinder K. Tikoo, Sharan P. Angadi, Suresh B. Kadaru, Sadananda R. Ajanahalli, M. J. Vasudeva Rao
    Abstract This book highlights the technicalities of plant breeding in a seed-business environment and explains the crucial aspects of the value chain. It educates the readers on how to initiate, participate, sustain national and international agreements for material transfer, how consortia work to facilitate germplasm accessibility, and how to set visionary goals to develop a superior plant varieties. The book covers the aspects such as how to conduct disease screening trials at hot spots, preparing an operational budget, and how to accelerate product advancement. Plant breeding is broadly defined as manipulation of plant genotypes to create phenotypes that are beneficial to mankind. It helps to achieve food security and sustainability by developing high yielding, climate-resilient, nutritious varieties of crops and hence is able to address unprecedented challenges like rising global population, diminishing genetic biodiversity, and uncertainties of the weather . This book is an extraordinary source of information starting from goal-genesis to market-oriented product-profiling and help readers to accelerate/enhance? their work/professional performance more effectively. This book will be very useful to practicing plant breeders at various levels in the public and private sectors. It is a must-have book for potential plant breeders who enter plant breeding profession just after the completion of their formal plant breeding education.
    Keywords Agricultural genome mapping ; Agricultural biotechnology ; Agriculture ; Agricultural Genetics ; Agricultural Biotechnology
    Subject code 631.5233
    Language English
    Size 1 online resource (XXXI, 387 p. 53 illus., 31 illus. in color.)
    Edition 1st ed. 2022.
    Publisher Springer Nature Singapore ; Imprint: Springer
    Publishing place Singapore
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer
    ISBN 981-19-5434-8 ; 981-19-5433-X ; 978-981-19-5434-4 ; 978-981-19-5433-7
    DOI 10.1007/978-981-19-5434-4
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  4. Article ; Online: Inter-individual Variation in Pain Sensitivity among Healthy Young Indian Adults- a pilot study.

    Aparna Rao, C / Savitha, D

    Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ)

    2023  Volume 21, Issue 81, Page(s) 40–45

    Abstract: Background Pain perception, with inter-individual variability, is a challenge for both patients and clinicians. Distribution of pain sensitivity parameters being less explored in Indian population can vary with reports from outside India. Objective To ... ...

    Abstract Background Pain perception, with inter-individual variability, is a challenge for both patients and clinicians. Distribution of pain sensitivity parameters being less explored in Indian population can vary with reports from outside India. Objective To describe distribution of pain sensitivity parameters using cold pressor test in healthy adults and to explore relationship of pain sensitivity with gender, vascular reactivity and parental history of hypertension. Method Pain was induced with non-dominant hand immersed in cold water (30 C to 50 C) in 150 subjects (75 males and 75 females) selected as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. Pain sensitivity (pain threshold, tolerance and unpleasantness), vascular reactivity (Δ change in blood pressure and pulse rate) were measured. Result Subjects demonstrated pain threshold [17.6 s (10.7, 26.6)], tolerance [40.2 s (30.0, 59.2)] and unpleasantness [7.0 (6.1,8.0)]. Pain unpleasantness showed a weak negative correlation with pain threshold and tolerance (p < 0.001). Pain threshold had moderate positive correlation with tolerance (p < 0.001). Males had significantly higher pain threshold and tolerance than females (p=0.004). Significant rise in posttest systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.001), decrease in pulse rate (p=0.007) were found compared to resting values. Pain tolerance showed a weak positive correlation with Δ systolic blood pressure (p=0.039). Subjects with positive parental history of hypertension showed higher pain unpleasantness scores (p=0.02). Conclusion The study demonstrated a wide range of pain sensitivity for narrow age and body mass index. Gender difference was observed for pain threshold and tolerance. Vascular reactivity was demonstrated. Subjective pain perception was higher in subjects with parental history of hypertension.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Female ; Humans ; Adult ; Pain Threshold/physiology ; Pilot Projects ; Pain Measurement ; Pain ; Hypertension ; Cold Temperature
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-20
    Publishing country Nepal
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2257651-4
    ISSN 1812-2078 ; 1812-2078
    ISSN (online) 1812-2078
    ISSN 1812-2078
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  5. Article: An Interprofessional Approach to Aural Rehabilitation for Adults with Hearing Loss and Cognitive Concerns.

    Tillery, Kate Helms / Rao, Aparna

    Audiology research

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 166–178

    Abstract: Individuals with hearing loss are at risk for cognitive decline. The traditional approach to audiological care does not typically involve a team approach that addresses cognitive concerns. While cognitive screening is within the scope of practice in ... ...

    Abstract Individuals with hearing loss are at risk for cognitive decline. The traditional approach to audiological care does not typically involve a team approach that addresses cognitive concerns. While cognitive screening is within the scope of practice in audiology, audiologists are not typically trained in interpreting screening results or providing rehabilitation that supports cognitive health. However, as growing evidence shows that hearing loss is tied to cognitive decline, a team approach is required to support whole-person care. Speech-language pathologists, who specialize in optimizing communication, are best situated to collaborate with audiologists to provide holistic aural rehabilitation. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists who partner to support a client's communication skills and social relationships play an important role in the life of an individual with hearing loss. In this perspective, we describe relevant background information about hearing loss and cognition and present an interprofessional approach to aural rehabilitation for adults with hearing loss who have cognitive concerns. We also discuss implications for future research.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-04
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2039-4330
    ISSN 2039-4330
    DOI 10.3390/audiolres14010014
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  6. Article ; Online: Letter to the Editor: Long-Term Intraocular Pressure Fluctuation is a Risk Factor for Visual Field Progression in Advanced Glaucoma.

    Rao, Aparna / Khan, Sardar M

    Journal of glaucoma

    2023  Volume 32, Issue 5, Page(s) e41

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Visual Fields ; Glaucoma/complications ; Glaucoma/diagnosis ; Tonometry, Ocular ; Risk Factors ; Disease Progression
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 913494-3
    ISSN 1536-481X ; 1057-0829
    ISSN (online) 1536-481X
    ISSN 1057-0829
    DOI 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002179
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  7. Article ; Online: Cogan Reese Syndrome, a Unilateral Puzzling Cause of Secondary Glaucoma.

    Rao, Aparna

    Ophthalmology. Glaucoma

    2020  Volume 3, Issue 4, Page(s) 287

    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anterior Chamber/diagnostic imaging ; Cogan Syndrome/complications ; Cogan Syndrome/diagnosis ; Female ; Glaucoma/etiology ; Glaucoma/physiopathology ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ISSN 2589-4196
    ISSN (online) 2589-4196
    DOI 10.1016/j.ogla.2020.02.004
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  8. Article ; Online: A Feedback Loop between TGF-β1 and

    Chakraborthy, Munmun / Rao, Aparna

    Current issues in molecular biology

    2023  Volume 45, Issue 3, Page(s) 2381–2392

    Abstract: Autophagy is a cell's evolutionary conserved process for degrading and recycling cellular proteins and removing damaged organelles. There has been an increasing interest in identifying the basic cellular mechanism of autophagy and its implications in ... ...

    Abstract Autophagy is a cell's evolutionary conserved process for degrading and recycling cellular proteins and removing damaged organelles. There has been an increasing interest in identifying the basic cellular mechanism of autophagy and its implications in health and illness during the last decade. Many proteinopathies such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease are reported to be associated with impaired autophagy. The functional significance of autophagy in exfoliation syndrome/exfoliation glaucoma (XFS/XFG), remains unknown though it is presumed to be impaired autophagy to be responsible for the aggregopathy characteristic of this disease. In the current study we have shown that autophagy or ATG5 is enhanced in response to TGF-β1 in human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells and TGF-β1 induced autophagy is necessary for increased expression of profibrotic proteins and epithelial to mesenchymal (EMT) through Smad3 that lead to aggregopathy. Inhibition of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2000024-8
    ISSN 1467-3045 ; 1467-3037
    ISSN (online) 1467-3045
    ISSN 1467-3037
    DOI 10.3390/cimb45030154
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  9. Article ; Online: Secondary glaucoma following vitreo-retinal surgeries.

    Kolipaka, Gowri P / Rao, Aparna

    Indian journal of ophthalmology

    2023  Volume 71, Issue 1, Page(s) 18–25

    Abstract: Vitreoretinal surgeries either in the form of external compression by buckles or by increasing the intraocular volume by tamponades can cause a significant rise in intraocular pressure (IOP), causing glaucoma to be one of the most common consequences of ... ...

    Abstract Vitreoretinal surgeries either in the form of external compression by buckles or by increasing the intraocular volume by tamponades can cause a significant rise in intraocular pressure (IOP), causing glaucoma to be one of the most common consequences of vitreoretinal surgeries despite improved surgical techniques. Identifying the mechanism that causes the raised IOP is crucial as the management of glaucoma can differ accordingly. Intravitreal (IVT) injections in the form of IVT steroids or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections can also cause a significant rise in the IOP and effect, especially the glaucomatous eyes, which are already predisposed. Not just the overlapping clinical features make the diagnosis confusing but also associated scarring of the conjunctiva, and the presence of episcleral hardware in some cases due to scleral buckle make the surgical management of glaucoma in these eyes very challenging. In this review, we describe in detail the various mechanisms causing secondary glaucoma post vitreoretinal surgeries with a focus on how to distinguish between them. We also discuss the possible consequences of anti-VEGF agents on IOP, various surgical challenges, and modifications with newer surgical options in the management of this refractory glaucoma.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Vitreoretinal Surgery/adverse effects ; Vitrectomy/adverse effects ; Glaucoma/diagnosis ; Glaucoma/etiology ; Glaucoma/surgery ; Intraocular Pressure ; Scleral Buckling/adverse effects
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-06
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 187392-1
    ISSN 1998-3689 ; 0301-4738
    ISSN (online) 1998-3689
    ISSN 0301-4738
    DOI 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1155_22
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  10. Article ; Online: A Feedback Loop between TGF-β1 and ATG5 Mediated by miR-122-5p Regulates Fibrosis and EMT in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells

    Munmun Chakraborthy / Aparna Rao

    Current Issues in Molecular Biology, Vol 45, Iss 154, Pp 2381-

    2023  Volume 2392

    Abstract: Autophagy is a cell’s evolutionary conserved process for degrading and recycling cellular proteins and removing damaged organelles. There has been an increasing interest in identifying the basic cellular mechanism of autophagy and its implications in ... ...

    Abstract Autophagy is a cell’s evolutionary conserved process for degrading and recycling cellular proteins and removing damaged organelles. There has been an increasing interest in identifying the basic cellular mechanism of autophagy and its implications in health and illness during the last decade. Many proteinopathies such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease are reported to be associated with impaired autophagy. The functional significance of autophagy in exfoliation syndrome/exfoliation glaucoma (XFS/XFG), remains unknown though it is presumed to be impaired autophagy to be responsible for the aggregopathy characteristic of this disease. In the current study we have shown that autophagy or ATG5 is enhanced in response to TGF-β1 in human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells and TGF-β1 induced autophagy is necessary for increased expression of profibrotic proteins and epithelial to mesenchymal (EMT) through Smad3 that lead to aggregopathy. Inhibition of ATG5 by siRNA mediated knockdown reduced profibrotic and EMT markers and increased protein aggregates in the presence of TGF-β1 stimulation. The miR-122-5p, which was increased upon TGF exposure, was also reduced upon ATG5 inhibition. We thus conclude that TGF-β1 induces autophagy in primary HTM cells and a positive feedback loop exists between TGF-β1 and ATG5 that regulated TGF downstream effects mainly mediated by Smad3 signaling with miR-122-5p also playing a role.
    Keywords TGF-β1 ; ATG5 ; miR-122-5p ; feedback loop ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 500
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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