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R Srinivasan

Publications and source records attributed to R Srinivasan.

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PubMed1979

Long-term chrysotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis.

The efficacy of chrysotherapy appears to increase with prolonged administration. In patients who were followed for 3 years after gold therapy was started, remissions occurred in 73% of those who continued chrysotherapy. Only 6% of those who stopped gold injections during the first 18 months subsequently developed "spontaneous" remissions, although initially both groups had comparable moderately severe rheumatoid arthritis of 6 to 8 years' duration. Therefore, in the absence of definite toxicity, maintenance gold injections should be continued indefinitely.

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PubMed1978

Azasterol inhibitors in yeast. Inhibition of the 24-methylene sterol delta24(28)-reductase and delta24-sterol methyltransferase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by 23-azacholesterol.

The effects of 23-azacholesterol on sterol biosynthesis and growth of Saccharomyces cervisiae were examined. In the presence of 0.2, 0.5, and 1 micron 23-azacholesterol, aerobically-growing yeast produced a nearly constant amount of ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraenol (approx. 36% of total sterol) and slowly accumulated zymosterol with a concommitant decline in ergosterol synthesis. Growth and total sterol content of yeast cultures treated with 0.2-1 micron 23-azacholesterol were similar to that of the control culture. Yeast cultures treated with 5 and 10 micron 23-azacholesterol produced mostly zymosterol (58-61% of total sterol), while ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraenol production declined to less than 10% of total sterol. The observed changes in the distribution of sterols in treated cultures are consistent with inhibition of 24-methylene sterol 24(28)-sterol reductase (total inhibition at 1 micron 23-azacholesterol) and of 24-sterol methyltransferase (71% inhibition at 10 micron 23-azacholesterol). Yeast cultures treated with 10 micron 23-azacholesterol were found to contain 4,4-dimethylcholesta-8,14,24-trienol and 4alpha-methylcholesta-8,14,24-trienol, which were isolated and characterized for the first time.

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PubMed1977

Effect of neonatal sympathectomy on the postnatal differentiation of the submandibular gland of the rat.

Right superior cervical sympathectomy was performed in one-day old rats. This operation had a small but definite effect on the postnatal development of the submandibular gland. The gland on the sympathectomized side weighed less and contained smaller amounts of DNA, RNA and protein than the contralateral intact gland. The postnatal development of acinar cells and granular convoluted ductal cells was retarded in the sympathectomized gland. The acinar cells which differentiated after the ganglionectomy were smaller than those in the contralateral intact gland and were filled with secretory granules but devoid of basal basophilia. The rate of cellular proliferation in the sympathectomized gland was, however, similar to that intact gland at various ages studied.

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PubMed1976

Extended helical conformation newly observed in protein folding.

A new secondary structure, which shows regularity within the experimental error, is noticed in alpha-chymotrypsin, and considering its extended nature, the name epsilon-helix has been suggested for the same. The average observed values of phi and psi for this conformation are -93 degrees and +146 degrees, respectively. The helical parameters turn out to be n = 2.7 and h = 3.3 angstroms.

Chymotrypsin↗