197 results on '"AHMAD, JAMSHAID"'
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152. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY IN THE CONTEXT OF FOOTBALL AND LINGUISTICS.
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Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Saadia, Tabassum, M. Farhan, Ahmad, Jamshaid, and Khan, Shahzaman
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LINGUISTIC context ,METAPHOR ,CONCEPTUAL history - Abstract
This article is an attempt to study the use and implication of war-inspired terminologies in the football commentary which is live. There was found a noteworthy conceptual transfer between these two areas, it represented the reasonableness and sustainability of the chief metaphor. Moreover, it was claimed that such metaphorical illustrations connect with a form of escalating terminologies; to portray a war like scenario. Football commentators use such words to intensify the pace of match coverage. Argentina and Brazil are known as arch rivals and their contest is always expected competitive. While Germany and Argentina are world's best teams, have mesmerizing influence on the minds of people. It was a comparative study which exposed the variation of intensity level in the commentary which was equally indefatigable in the knock out stage matches. Though it was predicted that 2nd match of arch rivals would have been more enthusiastic, yet the amount of metaphors and warinspired terminologies was more in the 1st semi-final. The analysis delineated the difference of such words; 1st semi-final has more poetic, passionate and action verbs as compare to the other two matches. Cognitive Metaphor Theory can be extended to study the other sports equally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
153. COMMON FIXED POINT THEOREMS FOR JS- CONTRACTIONS.
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AL-RAWASHDEH, AHMED and AHMAD, JAMSHAID
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FIXED point theory , *CONTRACTIONS (Topology) , *METRIC spaces , *BANACH spaces , *NONLINEAR analysis - Abstract
The aim of this article is to study JS-contractions and to establish some new common fixed point theorems for these contractions in the setup of complete metric spaces. Presented theorems are generalizations of recent fixed point theorems due to Hussain et al. [Fixed Point Theory and Applications (2015) 2015:185]. An example is also given to support our generalized result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
154. On Fuzzy Fixed Points for Fuzzy Maps with Generalized Weak Property
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, Azam, Akbar, additional, and Hussain, Nawab, additional
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- 2014
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155. Coupled coincidence point results for (φ,ψ)-contractive mappings in partially ordered metric spaces
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Ahmad, Jamshaid, primary, Arshad, Muhammad, additional, and Vetro, Pasquale, additional
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- 2014
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156. Tripled Coincidence and Common Fixed Point Results for Two Pairs of Hybrid Mappings
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, Abbas, Mujahid, additional, and Arshad, Muhammad, additional
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- 2014
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157. Generalized Common Fixed Point Results with Applications
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Arshad, Muhammad, additional, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, and Azam, Akbar, additional
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- 2014
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158. Generalized Common Fixed Point Results via Greatest Lower Bound Property
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, Azam, Akbar, additional, and Al-Rawashdeh, Ahmed Saleh, additional
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- 2014
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159. Conservation of the Extended Substrate Specificity Profiles Among Homologous Granzymes Across Species
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Plasman, Kim, primary, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, additional, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, Hao, Han, additional, Kaiserman, Dion, additional, Sirota, Fernanda L., additional, Jonckheere, Veronique, additional, Bird, Phillip I., additional, Gevaert, Kris, additional, and Van Damme, Petra, additional
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- 2013
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160. Some Common Fixed Point Results in Rectangular Metric Spaces
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Arshad, Muhammad, primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, and Karapınar, Erdal, additional
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- 2013
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161. On a Theorem of Khan in a Generalized Metric Space
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Ahmad, Jamshaid, primary, Arshad, Muhammad, additional, and Vetro, Calogero, additional
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- 2013
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162. Fixed Point Results of Locally Contractive Mappings in Ordered Quasi-Partial Metric Spaces
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Shoaib, Abdullah, primary, Arshad, Muhammad, additional, and Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional
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- 2013
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163. On Multivalued Contractions in Cone Metric Spaces without Normality
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Arshad, Muhammad, primary and Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional
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- 2013
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164. Common Fixed Points for Multivalued Mappings in Complex Valued Metric Spaces with Applications
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Ahmad, Jamshaid, primary, Klin-Eam, Chakkrid, additional, and Azam, Akbar, additional
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- 2013
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165. On Fixed Points ofα-ψ-Contractive Multivalued Mappings in Cone Metric Spaces
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, and Azam, Akbar, additional
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- 2013
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166. Some Common Coupled Fixed Point Results for Generalized Contraction in Complex-Valued Metric Spaces
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, primary, Azam, Akbar, additional, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, and Di Bari, Cristina, additional
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- 2013
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167. Common Fixed Point Results for Mappings with Rational Expressions
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Kutbi, M. A., primary, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, Hussain, Nawab, additional, and Arshad, Muhammad, additional
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- 2013
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168. On Fixed Points of α-Ψ-Contractive Multivalued Mappings in Cone Metric Spaces.
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Kutbi, Marwan Amin, Ahmad, Jamshaid, and Azam, Akbar
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FIXED point theory , *SET-valued maps , *METRIC spaces , *MATHEMATICAL mappings , *HAUSDORFF spaces - Abstract
We define the notion of α*-Ψ-contractive mappings for cone metric space and obtain fixed points of multivalued mappings in connection with Hausdorff distance function for closed bounded subsets of cone metric spaces. We obtain some recent results of the literature as corollaries of our main theorem. Moreover, a nontrivial example of α*-Ψ-contractive mapping satisfying all conditions of our main result has been constructed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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169. Common α-Fuzzy Fixed Point Results for Kannan Type Contractions with Application
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Hassan Albargi, Amer and Ahmad, Jamshaid
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The purpose of this paper is to utilize complex valued extended b-metric space and obtain common α-fuzzy fixed point theorems under Kannan type contractions. As application, we derive common α-fixed point results for multivalued mappings in the context of complex valued extended b-metric space.
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- 2022
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170. SOME NEW FIXED POINT THEOREMS IN C*-ALGEBRA VALUED Gb-METRIC SPACES.
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KHAN, SAMI ULLAH, AHMAD, JAMSHAID, ARSHAD, MUHMMAD, and RASHAM, TAHAIR
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FIXED point theory , *METRIC spaces , *CONTRACTIONS (Topology) , *DIFFERENTIAL equations , *POINT mappings (Mathematics) - Abstract
In this article, we define the C*-algebra-valued Gb-metric spaces and prove the existence and uniqueness of some fixed point theorems for self mappings with contractive conditions on complete C*-algebra-valued Gb-metric spaces. As an application of our result, we establish an existing result for a differential equation in a C*-algebra-valued Gb-metric space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
171. Common α-Fuzzy Fixed Point Results with Applications to Volterra Integral Inclusions
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Eqal Al-Mazrooei, Abdullah and Ahmad, Jamshaid
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The purpose of this paper is to establish some common α-fuzzy fixed point theorems for a pair fuzzy mappings and obtain some results of literature for multivalued mappings. For it, we define the notion of generalized Θ-contractions in the context of b-metric spaces. As applications, we investigate the solutions of Volterra integral inclusions by our established results.
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- 2021
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172. On Fuzzy Fixed-Point Results in Complex Valued Extended b-Metric Spaces with Application
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Essa Shammaky, Amnah, Ahmad, Jamshaid, and Farrag Sayed, Abdelhamied
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The aim of this paper is to define fuzzy contraction in the context of complex valued extended b-metric space and prove fuzzy fixed-point results. Our results improve and extend certain recent results in literature. Moreover, we discuss an illustrative example to highlight the realized improvements. As application, we derive fixed-point results for multivalued mappings in the setting of complex valued extended b-metric space.
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- 2021
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173. On Some New Fixed Point Results with Applications to Matrix Difference Equations
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Amin Kutbi, Marwan, Ahmad, Jamshaid, and Imran Shahzad, Muhammad
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The aim of this article is to discuss the convergence of iterative sequences of the Prešić type involving new classes of operators satisfying Prešić type Θ-contractive condition in the context of metric spaces. Some examples are also provided to show the significance of the investigation of finding fixed points. Some convergence results for a class of matrix difference equations will be derived as application.
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- 2021
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174. Cyclic b-Multiplicative A,B-Hardy–Rogers-Type Local Contraction and Related Results in b-Multiplicative and b-Metric Spaces
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Eqal Al-Mazrooei, Abdullah, Shoaib, Abdullah, and Ahmad, Jamshaid
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The aim of this paper is to define cyclic b-multiplicative Hardy–Rogers-type local contraction in the context of generalized spaces named as b-multiplicative spaces to extend various results of the literature including the main results of Yamaod et al. In this way, we apply a new generalized contractive condition only on a closed set instead of a whole set and by using b-multiplicative space instead of multiplicative metric space. We apply our results to obtain new results in b-metric spaces. Examples are given to show the usability of our results, when others cannot.
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- 2020
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175. Some Generalized Fixed Point Results with Applications to Dynamic Programming
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H. Al-Sulami, Hamed, Hussain, Nawab, and Ahmad, Jamshaid
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The aim of this paper is to introduce some generalized contractions and prove certain new fixed point results for self-mappings satisfying these contractions in the setting of F-metric space. As an application of our results, we investigate the problem of dynamic programming related to the multistage process which formulates the problems of computer programming and mathematical optimization. We also provide an example to support the validity of our main results.
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- 2020
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176. Nutritional and elemental analysis of Picea smithiana (wall) Boiss collected from Swat, KPK, Pakistan
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Dr Kashif Bashir, Ahmad, Bashir, Patel, Seema, Rauf, Abdur, and Ahmad, Jamshaid
177. Strong coupled fixed point analysis in fuzzy metric spaces and an application to Urysohn integral equations
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Li, Xiangling, primary, Rehman, Saif, additional, Khan, Sami, additional, Hussain, Nawab, additional, Ahmad, Jamshaid, additional, and Aydi, Hassen, additional
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178. Fixed point results for {α,ξ}-expansive locally contractive mappings
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Ahmad, Jamshaid, Al-Rawashdeh, Ahmed, and Azam, Akbar
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Applied Mathematics ,Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics ,Analysis - Full Text
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179. Circulating miRNA-192 and miR-29a as Disease Progression Biomarkers in Hepatitis C Patients with a Prevalence of HCV Genotype 3.
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Ullah, Amin, Rehman, Irshad Ur, Ommer, Katharina, Ahmed, Nadeem, Odenthal, Margarete, Yu, Xiaojie, Ahmad, Jamshaid, Nadeem, Tariq, Ali, Qurban, and Ahmad, Bashir
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HEPATITIS C , *DISEASE progression , *HEPATITIS C virus , *BIOMARKERS , *GENOTYPES - Abstract
MicroRNAs miR-29a and miR-192 are involved in inflammatory and fibrotic processes of chronic liver disease, and circulating miR-29a is suggested to diagnose fibrosis progression due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This study aimed to evaluate the expression profile of circulating miR-192 and 29a in a patient cohort with a high frequency of HCV genotype-3. A total of 222 HCV blood samples were collected and serum were separated. Patients were classified into mild, moderate, and severe liver injury based on their Child–Turcotte–Pugh CTP score. RNA was isolated from the serum and used for quantitative real-time PCR. The HCV genotype-3 (62%) was the predominant HCV genotype. In HCV patients, the serum miR-192 and miR-29a levels were significantly upregulated in comparison to healthy controls (p = 0.0017 and p = 0.0001, respectively). The progression rate of miR-192 and 29a in the patient group with mild was highly upregulated compared to patients with moderate and severe hepatitis infection. The ROC curve of miR-192 and miR-29a of moderate liver disease had a significant diagnostic performance compared to the other HCV-infected groups. The increase in miR-29a and miR-192 serum levels was even slightly higher in patients with HCV genotype-3 than in non-genotype-3 patients. In conclusion, serum miR-192 and miR-29a levels significantly increased during the progression of chronic HCV infection. The marked upregulation in patients with HCV genotype-3 suggests them as potential biomarkers for hepatic disease, independently of the HCV genotype. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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180. Effect of Corporate Governance on Free Cash Flow via Dividend Payout.
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Butt, Affaf Asghar, Murtaza, Sadaf, Shahzad, Aamer, and Ahmad, Jamshaid
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FREE cash flow , *CORPORATE governance , *DIVIDENDS , *STOCK exchanges ,DIVIDEND policy - Abstract
This study aims to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanisms (i.e., board composition, insider ownership, block holder ownership, and audit quality) on free cash flow (FCF) through the dividend policy of the firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The sample of non-financial firms was taken from the KSE-100 index from 2008 to 2017. The mediation technique developed in 1986 by Baron and Kenny is used. The results revealed that CG mechanisms help to minimize the agency problem of free cash flow. Strong governance attributes results in higher dividend payment. This study concludes that a high dividend payout has a negative effect on FCF. Overall, this study confirms the full mediating effects of dividend payout on the relationship between board independence and FCF, insider ownership and FCF, audit quality and FCF, and partial mediation of dividend payout on the link between board meetings and FCF. The results suggest that firms should build and execute their policies relating to corporate governance to manage their resources efficiently; this can help reduce FCF and minimize agency problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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181. Circulating microRNA-122 in HCV cirrhotic patients with high frequency of genotype 3.
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Ullah, Amin, Yu, Xiaojie, Odenthal, Margarete, Meemboor, Sonja, Ahmad, Bashir, Rehman, Irshad ur, Ahmad, Jamshaid, Ali, Qurban, and Nadeem, Tariq
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ALANINE aminotransferase , *HEPATITIS C , *GENOTYPES , *MICRORNA , *LIVER diseases , *LIVER injuries - Abstract
MicroRNA-122 (miR-122) is a liver abundant microRNA that is released upon liver injury. In the present study, we investigated the circulating miR-122 profiles in a Pakistani patients´ cohort with HCV chronic liver disease that was mainly based on HCV genotype 3 infections. From 222 patients with chronic HCV liver disease, classified as mild, moderate, or severe, serum samples were collected. Cell-free RNA was isolated and used for miR-122 quantification by qPCR. More than 60% of 222 patients were infected with HCV genotype 3. ALT values and HCV viral load showed no correlation with the HCV genotype. Circulating miR-122 levels were significantly upregulated in patients with cirrhosis. Notably, HCV patients with mild cirrhosis showed the most marked increase in serum miR-122 levels (p = 0.0001). Furthermore, we proved a positive correlation (r = 0.46) of miR-122 with the ALT values in patients with mild cirrhosis. Importantly, our data of increased miR-122 levels in serum samples obtained from a patient cohort with a high prevalence of chronic genotype 3 HCV infection confirmed the previous findings collected from cohorts with a high prevalence of genotype 1. Therefore, we suggest that miR-122 increase after HCV infection does not depend on the HCV genotype. In conclusion, our findings confirm that serum miR-122 levels are significantly upregulated in the HCV cirrhotic patients serving in particular as a biomarker for the non-advanced stages of cirrhosis, independently of the HCV genotype. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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182. Aspergillus flavus originated pure compound as a potential antibacterial.
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Khattak, Saeed Ullah, Lutfullah, Ghosia, Iqbal, Zafar, Ahmad, Jamshaid, Rehman, Irshad Ur, Shi, Yanbin, and Ikram, Saima
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TETRACYCLINES , *GRAM-negative bacteria , *METABOLITES , *BIOACTIVE compounds , *FUNGAL metabolites , *NUCLEAR magnetic resonance , *ASPERGILLUS flavus , *AGAR - Abstract
Problem Background: Penicillin was the first and most famous fungal secondary metabolite used as broad spectrum antibiotic that revolutionarised pharmaceutical research and also saved millions of lives. The over optimistic belief in 1967 that sufficient antibiotics had been discovered to defeat infectious diseases was quickly crashed with the appearance of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria in 1990s. This has posed a serious threat to mankind. Although scientists are making efforts to synthesize and discover new antibiotics there are not enough new drugs in pharmaceutical pipeline to beat the pace at which MDR bacteria are emerging. In view of this there is an urgent and serious medical need for new bioactive compounds to be discovered to treat infections caused by MDR pathogens. The present study is aimed to investigate the antibacterial potential of Aspergillus flavus originated compounds that may act as drug leads to treat future infections. Methodology: Among the 6 isolated fungal strains from the rhizosphere of Mentha piperetta, one was processed for isolation of secondary metabolites on the basis of preliminary antibacterial testing. Observation of morphological and microscopic features helped in identification of the fungal strain as Aspergillus flavus. Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium was used for fungal growth while Czapec Yeast Broth (CYB) medium was used for production of fungal metabolites. Column chromatography technique was utilized for purification of compound from crude fungal extract and the mass of the compound was determined using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) method. Structure elucidation of the pure compound was performed using 500 Varian Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) machine. Docking was performed using Glide SP algorithm. Agar well diffusion method was used to determine the invitro antibacterial potential of the compound against two MDR bacterial strains i.e. Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris. For this a total of 4 dose concentrations i.e. (100, 250, 500, 1000 μg mL− 1) of the compound were prepared and applied to bacterial strains on Mueller Hinton agar using tetracycline as control. Results: The chemical name of the purified compound from A. flavus was determined as (2E)-3-[(3S, 4R)-8-hydroxy-3, 4-dimethyl-1-oxo-3, 4-dihydro-1H-2- benzopyran-7-yl] prop-2-enoic acid with the formula C14H14O5 and exact mass of 262.08. The in-Silico analysis showed that this compound has the potential to inhibit the binding pocket of S. aureus TyrRS (1JII) with docking score of − 8.67 Kcal mole− 1. The results obtained from invitro experiments were encouraging as at 1000 μg mL− 1 the compound showed 58.8% inhibition against S. aureus and 28% inhibition against P. vulgaris. Conclusions: The pure compound with formula C14H14O5 and exact mass of 262 exhibited antibacterial potential both insilico and invitro against both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria. The compound was more active against S. aureus in comparison to P. vulgaris. From the obtained results it is concluded that this compound can be used as potent antibacterial candidate but further studies will be needed prior to its use as antibiotic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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183. Screening of small molecule libraries using combined text mining, ligand- and target-driven based approaches for identification of novel granzyme H inhibitors.
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Ikram, Saima, Ahmad, Fawad, Ahmad, Jamshaid, and Durdagi, Serdar
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SMALL molecules , *GRANZYMES , *SERINE proteinases , *MOLECULAR dynamics , *KILLER cells , *PROTEOLYTIC enzymes - Abstract
Granzymes are serine proteases synthesized by CTL and NK cells. Five granzyme genes (GzmA, -B, -H, -K, -M) are present in humans, which are located at three different chromosomal loci. Being serine proteases, the binding pocket constitutes a catalytic triad (i.e., His59, Asp103 and Ser197). Granzymes are released into target (cancerous and virally infected) cells by a specialized process known as granule exocytosis pathway. After internalization, these proteases initiate apoptosis. Granzymes are also involved in other non-apoptotic immune associated roles like ECM remodeling, cytokine modulation, killing of pathogens through generation of phagosomes. Their intracellular activity is regulated by specialized inhibitors knows as SERPINs. However, if these proteases are secreted in excess into the extracellular environment, their regulation becomes important as otherwise they start self-damage to the tissues thereby worsening the disease conditions. Efforts are being made to identify potential inhibitors for regulation of these proteases in an extracellular environment. Physiological and synthetic inhibitors have been reported against some members however there is no known inhibitor against extracellular human GzmH. Thus, in the current study, we investigated small molecule databases for the identification of potential molecules having the ability to inhibit GzmH by combined molecular simulations, which can ultimately be used as a potential therapeutic agent. [Display omitted] • Granzymes are serine proteases synthesized by CTL and NK cells. • There is currently no any small molecule reported so far for extracellular GzmH. • We identified 12 potential GzmH hit inhibitors from two individual small molecule databases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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184. Purification of Potential Antimicrobial Metabolites from Endophytic Fusarium oxysporum Isolated from Myrtus communis.
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Khattak SU, Ahmad M, Ahmad J, Ikram S, Ahmad S, Alshabrmi FM, and Alatawi EA
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The rise of microbial resistance and emerging infections pose significant health threats. Natural products from endophytic fungi offer a promising source of novel compounds with the potential as major drug leads. This research aims to screen Myrtus communis and Moringa oleifera for endophytic fungi and screen their metabolites for antibacterial and antifungal potential. Six endophytic fungal strains were isolated using a potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. The M. communis isolates were designated MC1, MC2, and MC3, and the M. oleifera isolates were named MO1, MO2, and MO3. Preliminary bioactivity testing revealed that the MC3 isolate exhibited significant growth inhibition against multidrug-resistant bacterial and fungal pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, and Candida glabrata. The MC3 isolate was identified as Fusarium oxysporum through morphological and microscopic methods. For metabolite production, the fungal strain was cultured in potato dextrose broth (PDB) medium at 28 °C for 14 days in a shaking incubator. The metabolites were purified using various chromatographic techniques, HPLC and GC-MS. The GC-MS analysis of the bioactive compound containing fungal strain (F. oxysporum) revealed multiple compounds at different retention times using the NIST-20 Library. Based on RSI values and probability indices, two compounds were targeted for further purification. Structure elucidation was performed using 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments on a Varian 500 NMR machine. The compounds identified were ethyl iso-allocholate (C
26 H44 O5 , exact mass 436.32) and 1-monolinoleoyl glycerol trimethylsilyl ether (C27 H56 O4 Si2 , exact mass 500.37). The MS (NIST-20) library facilitated the investigation of the in silico antimicrobial activity of these compounds against the elastase virulence protein of P. aeruginosa and protease Sapp1p from C. parapsilosis. Both the compounds were docked with druggable proteins using the Glide induced fit docking (IFD) algorithm. The ethyl iso-allocholate and 1-monolinoleoyl glycerol trimethylsilyl ether compounds showed binding scores - 10.07 kcal mol-1 and - 7.47 kcal mol-1 against elastase, and - 8.16 kcal mol-1 and - 6.89 kcal mol-1 against aspartic protease, respectively. In vitro studies confirmed the inhibitory activity of these compounds against multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa and E. faecalis. Ethyl iso-allocholate exhibited higher bioactivity against P. aeruginosa with inhibition rates of 41%, 27%, and 35% at concentrations of 1000, 500, and 250 µg mL-1 , respectively. These results suggest that bioactive compounds from F. oxysporum have the potential as antimicrobial agents, warranting further research., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
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185. Purification of andibenin and a chromanone analogue from rhizospheric Aspergillus flavus and soil-borne Penicillium notatum exhibiting cytotoxic and antibacterial properties.
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Khattak SU, Iqbal Z, Ahmad J, Shi Y, and Rehman IU
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- Animals, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Bacteria drug effects, Rhizosphere, Antifungal Agents pharmacology, Antifungal Agents chemistry, Antifungal Agents isolation & purification, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents chemistry, Anti-Bacterial Agents isolation & purification, Artemia drug effects, Aspergillus flavus drug effects, Penicillium chemistry, Penicillium drug effects, Soil Microbiology
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The discovery of bioactive compounds from fungal natural sources holds immense potential for the development of novel therapeutics. The present study investigates the extracts of soil-borne Penicillium notatum and rhizosphere-inhabiting Aspergillus flavus for their antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic potential. Additionally, two compounds were purified using chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The results demonstrated that the ethyl acetate fraction of A. flavus exhibited prominent cytotoxic activity against Artemia salina , whereas the ethyl acetate fraction of P. notatum displayed promising antibacterial potential. At dose concentrations of 10, 100, and 1000 µg mL
-1 , the ethyl acetate fraction of A. flavus showed mortality percentages of 7.6%, 66.4%, and 90%, respectively. The ethyl acetate fraction of P. notatum extract exhibited significant antibacterial activity, forming inhibition zones measuring 41, 38, 34, 34, and 30 mm against B. subtilis, S. flexneri, E. coli, K. pneumoniae , and S. aureus , respectively, at 1000 µg mL-1 . At this concentration, inhibition zones of 28, 27, and 15 mm were recorded for P. vulgaris, S. typhi , and X. oryzae . Using bioassay-guided approach, one compound each was purified from the fungal extracts. The initial purification involved mass spectroscopic analysis, followed by structural elucidation using 500 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Compound 1, derived from A. flavus , was identified as ethyl 2-hydroxy-5,6-dimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylate, with a mass of 212, whereas compound 2, isolated from P. notatum , was identified as 3-amino-2-(cyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-ylamino)-8-methoxy-4H-chromen-4-one, with an exact mass of 270. Based on bioassay results, compound 1 was subjected to brine shrimp lethality assay and compound 2 was tested for its antibacterial potential. Compound 1 exhibited 30% lethality against brine shrimp larvae at a concentration of 100 µg mL-1 , whereas at 1000 µg mL-1 the mortality increased to 70%. Compound 2 displayed notable antibacterial potential, forming inhibition zones of 30, 24, 19, and 12 mm against S. aureus, E. coli, B. subtilis , and S. flexneri , respectively. In comparison, the standard antibiotic tetracycline produced inhibition zones of 18, 18, 15, and 10 mm against the respective bacterial strains at the same concentration.- Published
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186. Field response and molecular screening of European wheat germplasm against powdery mildew at the Himalayan region of Pakistan.
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Iqbal A, Rehman ZU, Khan MR, Khan AM, Khan SU, Arif M, Iqbal J, Rehman MU, Ali M, Qasim M, Ali I, Facho ZH, Hussain M, Hussain I, Ahmad J, and Ali S
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- Disease Resistance genetics, Pakistan, Plant Breeding, Plant Diseases genetics, Triticum genetics, Ascomycota
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Wheat powdery mildew possesses a significant threat to wheat crops not only on a global scale but also in the northern region of Pakistan. Recognizing the need for effective measures, the exploration and utilization of exotic germplasm take on critical importance. To address this, a series of trials were made to investigate the response of 30 European (EU) lines, in addition to the local checks (Siran, Atta-Habib (AH) and Ghanimat-e-IBGE) against wheat powdery mildew at the Himalayan region of Pakistan. The study involved field testing from 2018 to 2022 across multiple locations, resulting in 38 different environments (location × year). In addition to field evaluations, molecular genotyping was also performed. The disease was absent on the tested lines during 2018, 2019, and 2020 whereas it ranged from 0 to 100% at Chitral location during 2021, where 100% was observed only for one EU wheat line "Matrix." The disease prevailed only at Gilgit location (0-60% for EU wheat line "F236") and at Nagar location (0-10% for EU wheat lines Substance and Nelson) during the disease season of 2022. Most of the EU wheat lines showed very low ACI values, due to an overall low disease pressure. Matrix showed the maximum ACI (1.54) followed by Ritter (1.25) and Bli_autrichion (0.87), whereas the minimum (0.1) was for Substance, JB_Asano, and KWS_Loft followed by Canon (0.19), all exhibiting partial resistance. The molecular marker-based screening revealed that Pm38 was the most prevalent and detected in 100% of wheat lines followed by Pm39 (60%) and Pm8 (30%). Six wheat lines (20%) possessed all three Pm genes (Pm8, Pm38, and Pm39) concurrently. The variability observed in this study can be utilized in future breeding efforts aimed at developing resistant wheat varieties., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Institute of Plant Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences.)
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- 2023
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187. Phylogenetic Analysis and Emerging Drug Resistance against Different Nucleoside Analogues in Hepatitis B Virus Positive Patients.
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Gohar M, Rehman IU, Ullah A, Khan MA, Yasmin H, Ahmad J, Butt S, and Ahmad A
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Several nucleotide analogues have been approved for use in treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Long-term exposure to therapy leads to the emergence of mutations within the HBV DNA polymerase gene, resulting in drug resistance, a major factor contributing to therapy failure. Chronic HBV patients from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, who had completed 6 months of therapy participated in this study. Samples were collected from 60 patients. In this study, the entire reverse transcriptase domain of the HBV polymerase gene was amplified using nested polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. Drug-resistant mutations were detected in nine (22.5%) patients. All of these patients had lamivudine-resistant mutations (rtM204V + L180M), while seven individuals (17.5%) had both lamivudine- plus entecavir-resistant mutations (L180M + M204V + S202G). N236T, a mutation that gives rise to tenofovir and adefovir resistance, was observed in two (5%) patients. T184A, a partial drug-resistant mutation to entecavir, was found in five (12.5%) patients. Furthermore, other genotypic variants (100%) and vaccine escape mutations (5%) were additionally observed. Moreover, pN459Y (35%), pN131D (20%), pL231S (20%), pP130Q (17.5%), pS189Q (12.5%), pP161S (5%), pH160P (2.5%), pT322S (2.5%), and pA223S (2.5%) mutations in the polymerase gene, as well as sA166V (17.5%), sQ181K (12.5%), sV184R (7.5%), sA17E (5%), sP153S/K (5%), sW156C (5%), sC76Y (2.5%), and S132F (2.5%) mutations in the small surface gene, were identified for the first time in this study. Phylogenetic analysis showed that genotype D was predominant amongst the HBV carriers. Subtype D1 was found in most patients, while two patients were subtype D9. These novel findings may contribute to the body of knowledge and have clinical significance for treating and curing HBV infections in Pakistan.
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188. Antibiotic Resistance Profiling and Phylogenicity of Uropathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections.
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Khan MA, Rahman AU, Khan B, Al-Mijalli SH, Alswat AS, Amin A, Eid RA, Zaki MSA, Butt S, Ahmad J, Fayad E, and Ullah A
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are healthcare problems that commonly involve bacterial and, in some rare instances, fungal or viral infections. The irrational prescription and use of antibiotics in UTI treatment have led to an increase in antibiotic resistance. Urine samples (145) were collected from male and female patients from Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Biochemical analyses were carried out to identify uropathogens. Molecular analysis for the identification of 16S ribosomal RNA in samples was performed via Sanger sequencing. Evolutionary linkage was determined using Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis-7 (MEGA-7). The study observed significant growth in 52% of the samples (83/145). Gram-negative bacteria were identified in 85.5% of samples, while Gram-positive bacteria were reported in 14.5%. The UTI prevalence was 67.5% in females and 32.5% in males. The most prevalent uropathogenic bacteria were Klebsiella pneumoniae (39.7%, 33/83), followed by Escherichia coli (27.7%, 23/83), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (10.8%, 9/83), Staphylococcus aureus (9.6%, 8/83), Proteus mirabilis (7.2%, 6/83) and Staphylococcus saprophyticus (4.8%, 4/83). Phylogenetic analysis was performed using the neighbor-joining method, further confirming the relation of the isolates in our study with previously reported uropathogenic isolates. Antibiotic susceptibility tests identified K. pneumonia as being sensitive to imipenem (100%) and fosfomycin (78.7%) and resistant to cefuroxime (100%) and ciprofloxacin (94%). Similarly, E. coli showed high susceptibility to imipenem (100%), fosfomycin (78.2%) and nitrofurantoin (78.2%), and resistance to ciprofloxacin (100%) and cefuroxime (100%). Imipenem was identified as the most effective antibiotic, while cefuroxime and ciprofloxacin were the least. The phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that K. pneumoniae , E. coli , P. aeruginosa , S. aureus and P. mirabilis clustered with each other and the reference sequences, indicating high similarity (based on 16S rRNA sequencing). It can be concluded that genetically varied uropathogenic organisms are commonly present within the KP population. Our findings demonstrate the need to optimize antibiotic use in treating UTIs and the prevention of antibiotic resistance in the KP population.
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- 2023
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189. Sustained virological response to antiviral drugs in treatment of different genotypes of HCV cirrhotic patients.
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Ullah A, Maryam A, Malik G, Hameed H, Hussain K, Ahmad J, Haq I, Haq M, M Aljowaie R, Mohsen Abougazia E, Chen TW, Ahmad J, Bashir K, Ahmad L, and Ahmad B
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- Humans, Genotype, Hepacivirus genetics, Liver Cirrhosis drug therapy, Ribavirin therapeutic use, Sofosbuvir therapeutic use, Sustained Virologic Response, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Hepatitis C drug therapy
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Cirrhosis and liver cancer are both caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of the liver. Patients with HCV cirrhosis may be treated with one of many antiviral medications, depending on their specific genotype. Samples of cirrhotic HCV were obtained from 190 people at the Khyber Teaching Hospital and the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar, Pakistan. Multiplex and real-time PCR were used to assess the genotypes and viral loads of the samples, respectively. Sixty patients were given sofosbuvir plus daclatasvir with ribavirin, while the remaining 56 patients were given sofosbuvir with ribavirin for a period of 12-24 weeks. LFTs were also tracked both before and after therapy. Group I (sofosbuvir + daclatasvir) had a sustained virological response of 82.70 percent. Group II (sofosbuvir + daclatasvir with ribavirin) had an 86% sustained virological response, whereas group III (84% sustained virological response) received only ribavirin. When compared to other genotypes, genotype 3 showed the most impressive sustained virologic response (SVR) to the antiviral medicines. Based on the results of this trial, we propose sofosbuvir + daclatasvir ribavirin for the treatment of cirrhotic patients with various HCV genotypes since it produces the greatest sustained virological response.
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- 2023
190. Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activities of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Derived from Secondary Metabolites of Lentinula edodes .
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Amin ZS, Afzal M, Ahmad J, Ahmed N, Zeshan B, Hashim NHHN, and Yean CY
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- Antioxidants pharmacology, Antioxidants chemistry, Hypoglycemic Agents, Anti-Bacterial Agents chemistry, Plant Extracts chemistry, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Zinc Oxide pharmacology, Zinc Oxide chemistry, Metal Nanoparticles chemistry, Shiitake Mushrooms, Nanoparticles chemistry, Agaricales
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Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are the second most prevalent metal oxide, owing to their characteristics of low cost, safe, and easily prepared. ZnO NPs have been found to exhibit unique properties which show their potential to be used in various therapies. Numerous techniques have been devised for the manufacture of zinc oxide because it is one of the nanomaterials that has received major research interest. Mushroom sources are proven to be efficient, ecologically friendly, inexpensive, and safe for humankind. In the current study, an aqueous fraction of methanolic extract of Lentinula edodes ( L. edoes ) was used to synthesize ZnO NPs. The biosynthesis of ZnO NPs was achieved by using the reducing and capping capability of an L. edodes aqueous fraction. Bioactive compounds from mushroom, such as flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds, are used in the green synthesis process to biologically reduce metal ions or metal oxides to metal NPs. Biogenically synthesized ZnO NPs were further characterized by using UV-Vis, FTIR, HPLC, XRD, SEM, EDX, zeta sizer and zeta potential analyses. The FTIR showed the functional group at the spectra in the range 3550-3200 cm
-1 indicated the presence of the hydroxyl (OH) group, while bands in the range 1720-1706 cm-1 indicated C=O carboxylic stretches bonds. Furthermore, the XRD pattern of ZnO NPs created in the current study was found to be nanocrystals which are hexagonal. The SEM analysis of ZnO NPs showed spherical shapes and size distributions in the range 90-148 nm. Biologically synthesized ZnO NPs have substantial biological activities including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory potential. Biological activities showed significant antioxidant (65.7 ± 1.09), antidiabetic (85.18 ± 0.48), and anti-inflammatory potential (86.45 ± 0.60) at 300 µg inhibition in paw inflammation of (1.1 ± 0.06) and yeast-induced pyrexia (97.4 ± 0.51) at 10 mg in a dose-dependent manner. The outcomes of this research indicated that ZnO NPs significantly reduced inflammation and have the ability to scavenge free radicals and prevent protein denaturation, while also indicating their possible use in food and nutraceutical applications to treat various ailments.- Published
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191. Phylogenetic analysis of the 5' untranslated region of HCV from cirrhotic patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Ullah A, Rehman IU, Ahmad J, Odenthal M, Ahmad S, Nadeem T, Ali Q, Rizwan M, Khan MA, Hassan S, Ahsan H, and Ahmad B
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers, Female, Hepatitis C complications, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis diagnosis, Liver Cirrhosis etiology, Liver Diseases, Male, Middle Aged, Pakistan epidemiology, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Public Health Surveillance, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Young Adult, 5' Untranslated Regions, Hepacivirus genetics, Hepatitis C epidemiology, Hepatitis C virology, Liver Cirrhosis epidemiology, RNA, Viral
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a small, single-stranded RNA virus with a 9.6 kb genome, is one of the most common causes of liver diseases. Sequencing of the 5' untranslated region (UTR) is usually used for HCV genotyping, but it is less important in numerous subtypes due to its scarce sequence variations. This study aimed to identify genotypes using the 5' UTR of HCV from cirrhotic patients of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Serum RNA samples (44) were screened by real time PCR to determine the HCV viral load. Nested PCR was performed to identify cDNA and the 5' UTR. The HCV 5' UTR was sequenced using the Sanger method. MEGA-7 software was used to analyze evolutionary relatedness. After 5' UTR sequencing, 26 samples (59%) were identified as genotype 3, and 2 samples (6%) were identified as genotypes 1, 2 and 4. The most predominant genotype was 3a, and genotype 4 was rarely reported in the phylogenetic tree. Analysis of the HCV 5' UTR is an efficient alternative method for confirmation of various genotypes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that genotype 3 was dominant in the area of KP, Pakistan., (© 2021. The Author(s).)
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- 2021
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192. Potent novel inhibitors against hepatitis C virus NS3 (HCV NS3 GT-3a) protease domain.
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Ikram S, Ahmad J, Rehman IU, and Durdagi S
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- Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Hepacivirus, Humans, Peptide Hydrolases, Protease Inhibitors pharmacology, Protease Inhibitors therapeutic use, Viral Nonstructural Proteins genetics, Hepatitis C drug therapy, Hepatitis C, Chronic
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HCV NS3, a non-structural hepatitis C viral protein is used as one of the potential targets for inhibition by direct-acting antivirals. It is known that the success rate for HCV genotype-1 treatment remained very high, however, treatment of genotype-3a (GT-3a), is still quite challenging. In the current study, the HCV GT-3a full-length NS3 gene was amplified and sequenced. The complete nucleotide sequence was translated into the amino acid sequence and homology models of HCV-NS3 GT-3a were generated by HCV-NS3 genotype-1b as a template. The objective of the study was to screen novel therapeutic hits from large databases. For this aim, various small molecule databases including, BindingDB (∼45.000 compounds), NCI (∼265.000 compounds), and Specs-SC (∼212.000 compounds) were used. Firstly, all of the compounds were screened using binary-QSAR models from the MetaCore/MetaDrug server, and compounds were filtered based on therapeutic activity predictions by the anti-viral QSAR model. Filtered molecules were used in 26 different toxicity QSAR models and active non-toxic compounds were identified. These selected molecules were then used in docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations studies at the binding cavities of the NS3 protease domain of the GT-3a. Results were compared with known inhibitors and novel molecules are proposed against HCV-NS3 GT-3a. These molecules have high ligand efficiencies as compared to the reference molecules suggesting a better alternate to the existing suite of inhibitors. Thus, this study will be a step ahead in the development of new potential compounds as antiviral drugs for the GT-3a target., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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193. Physics-driven identification of clinically approved and investigation drugs against human neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4): A virtual drug repurposing study.
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Ahmad J, Ikram S, Hafeez AB, and Durdagi S
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- Drug Repositioning, Humans, Neutrophils, Physics, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Serine Proteases
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Neutrophils synthesize four immune associated serine proteases: Cathepsin G (CTSG), Elastase (ELANE), Proteinase 3 (PRTN3) and Neutrophil Serine Protease 4 (NSP4). While previously considered to be immune modulators, overexpression of neutrophil serine proteases correlates with various disease conditions. Therefore, identifying novel small molecules that can potentially control or inhibit the proteolytic activity of these proteases is crucial to revert or temper the aggravated disease phenotype. To the best of our knowledge, although there is limited data for inhibitors of other neutrophil protease members, there is no previous clinical study of a synthetic small molecule inhibitor targeting NSP4. In this study, an integrated molecular modeling algorithm was performed within a virtual drug repurposing study to identify novel inhibitors for NSP4, using clinically approved and investigation drugs library (∼8000 compounds). Based on our rigorous filtration, we found that following molecules Becatecarin, Iogulamide, Delprostenate and Iralukast are predicted to block the activity of NSP4 by interacting with core catalytic residues. The selected ligands were energetically more favorable compared to the reference molecule. The result of this study identifies promising molecules as potential lead candidates., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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194. SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) - A drug repurposing study.
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Ahmad J, Ikram S, Ahmad F, Rehman IU, and Mushtaq M
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The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019 in China subsequently lead to a pandemic. Lack of vaccine and specific anti-viral drugs started a global health disaster. For a sustained control and protection, development of potential anti-viral drugs is one of the targeted approach. Although, designing and developing a panel of new drugs molecules are always encouraged. However, in the current emergency, drug repurposing study is one of the most effective and fast track option. The crystal structure of a SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase (RdRp) has recently been deciphered through X-ray crystallography. The single-chain of core RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase relies on virus-encoded cofactors nsp7 and two units of nsp8 for its optimum function. This study explored the FDA approved database of 7922 molecules and screened against the core polymerase along with cofactors. Here we report a panel of FDA approved drugs that show substantial interactions with key amino acid residues of the active site. Interestingly, some of the identified drugs (Ornipressin, Lypressin, Examorelin, Polymyxin B1) bind strongly within the binding pockets of both forms of RdRp. Besides, we found strong candidates for the complex form as well which include Nacortocin, Cistinexine, Cisatracurium (among others). These drugs have the potential to be considered while contriving therapeutic options., (© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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195. Screening of FDA approved drugs for finding potential inhibitors against Granzyme B as a potent drug-repurposing target.
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Ikram S, Ahmad J, and Durdagi S
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- Drug Repositioning, Molecular Docking Simulation, Granzymes metabolism, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
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Granzyme B is one of the best-characterized and extensively studied member of cytotoxic lymphocytes (CL) proteases. Initially, it is thought to be involved in eliminating virally infected or cancerous cells by using a specialized mechanism through which they are internalized into target cells. In the last decade, however this dimension has changed as there are several reports show that not only CL but also other immune cells can also synthesize Granzyme B. This leads to the possibility of the presence of these proteases in extracellular environment. Being active protease, it then raises the possibility of damaging host tissues as evident from the available reported literature. In many instances, Granzyme B is directly involved in pathogenicity, however in others, it contributes to the disease severity as their over expression makes the clinical situation quite worse which ultimately leads to the chronic state of the disease. Serine protease inhibitor-9 is a natural known intracellular inhibitor of Granzyme B, however there is less data available about the potential inhibitors that can regulate its activity in an extracellular environment. Current study is an effort to identify potential novel inhibitors of Granzyme B. For this aim, drug repurposing study was performed. Around 7900 FDA approved drugs were screened using both ligand- and target-driven approaches. Initially, all molecules were docked using induced fit docking (IFD) approach and selected 318 high-docking scored molecules were used in short (1-ns) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Based on MM/GBSA binding free energy calculations, 6 compounds were selected and used in long (100-ns) MD simulations. These compounds were then used in binary QSAR analysis. Therapeutic activity potentials of studied compounds were investigated by Clarivate Analytics's MetaCore/MetaDrug platform which uses binary QSAR models. It is developed based on manually curated database of molecular interactions, molecular pathways, gene-disease associations, chemical metabolism and toxicity information. Results of selected compounds were compared with a positive control molecule. Current drug repurposing study is a step ahead in finding potential lead compounds by screening database of FDA approved molecules. We have identified novel inhibitors (Tannic acid, Mupirocin, Phytonadiol sodium diphosphate, Cefpiramide, Xenazoic acid) that have potential to decrease the activity of Granzyme B., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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196. Herbicidal activity of pure compound isolated from rhizosphere inhabiting Aspergillus flavus.
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Khattak SU, Lutfullah G, Iqbal Z, Rehman IU, Ahmad J, and Khan AA
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- Anthracenes chemistry, Anthracenes isolation & purification, Aspergillus flavus isolation & purification, Avena drug effects, Crops, Agricultural, Germination, Herbicides chemistry, Herbicides isolation & purification, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mentha piperita microbiology, Silybum marianum drug effects, Molecular Structure, Pakistan, Plant Weeds drug effects, Rhizosphere, Seeds drug effects, Seeds growth & development, Triticum growth & development, Anthracenes pharmacology, Aspergillus flavus chemistry, Herbicides pharmacology
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In the quest for bioactive natural products of fungal origin, Aspergillus flavus was isolated from rhizosphere of Mentha piperita using Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and Czapec Yeast Broth (CYB) nutrient media for metabolites production. In total, three different metabolites were purified using HPLC/LCMS and the structures were established using 500 Varian NMR experiments. Further the isolated metabolites in different concentrations (10, 100, 1000 μg/mL) were tested for herbicidal activity using Completely Randomized design (CRD) against the seeds of Silybum marianum and Avena fatua which are major threats to wheat crop in Pakistan. Among the isolated metabolites, one compound was found active against the test weed species whose activity is reported in the present work. The chemical name of the compound is 2-(1, 4-dihydroxybutan-2-yl)-1, 3-dihydroxy-6, 8-dimethoxyanthracene-9, 10(4aH, 9aH)-dione with mass of 388. Results showed that all seeds germinated in control treatment; however, with the metabolite treated, the growth was retarded to different levels in all parts of the weeds. At a dose of 1000 μg/mL of the pure compound, 100% seeds of S. marianum and 60% seeds of A. fatua were inhibited. Interestingly, the pure compound exhibited less inhibition of 10% towards the seeds of common wheat (Triticum aestivum).
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- 2018
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197. Analysis of the evolution of granule associated serine proteases of immune defence (GASPIDs) suggests a revised nomenclature.
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Ahmad J, Bird PI, and Kaiserman D
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- Animals, Biological Evolution, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 enzymology, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 enzymology, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 enzymology, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 genetics, Fishes, Granzymes genetics, Granzymes immunology, Humans, Mast Cells enzymology, Neutrophils enzymology, Peptide Hydrolases metabolism, Phylogeny, Species Specificity, Cytoplasmic Granules enzymology, Cytoplasmic Granules immunology, Serine Proteases chemistry, Serine Proteases immunology
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GASPIDs (granule associated serine protease of immune defence) are a family of serine proteases intimately involved with the function of the vertebrate immune system. With the availability of a large and growing set of assembled genomes, we undertook an evolutionary analysis to plot the development of this protein family from a single precursor to the modern mammalian cohort of 12 genes, in an attempt to define and systematically classify subgroups or clades within this family, which are implied by the conventional gene designations. We identified a primordial GASPID gene as either GzmA or GzmK in cartilaginous fish and reconstructed an evolutionary path through to humans. Apart from historic value, the current sub-designations (granzymes, mast cell proteases and neutrophil serine proteases) serve no useful purpose and are increasingly misleading. We therefore used our phylogenetic and point mutation analyses to separate GASPIDs into three clades. These could form the basis of a simple nomenclature that allows effective classification of GASPIDs without implying functional roles.
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- 2014
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