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The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Sustained Weight Loss Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) surgery is one of the most effective approaches for the treatment of severe obesity. Despite substantial weight loss following RYGB, a considerable proportion of patients experience weight ...
Hot Electron Effect in Ultrathin Photovoltaic Junctions
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The focus of the research work described in the following thesis is increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic devices by reducing hot carrier thermalization losses. In principle this can be achieved by reducing the size ...
Elicit Anti-Cancer Effects of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid by Exploiting Overexpressed COX-2 in Cancer: Development of an ω-6 Fatty Acid-Based Therapeutic Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
Interactions of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (Rage) with Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and S100B
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
RAGE is a multi-ligand pattern recognition receptor. RAGE can bind several damage associated molecular pattern proteins. RAGE- ligand interaction is pathophysiologically relevant to several major diseases including diabetes ...
Detection of Metalloenzymes Employing Fluorescentpolymers and Liposomes
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
In the biological systems, proteins are important constituents. Protein-protein interactions play vital roles in physiological environments and any disruption in these interactions lead to adverse effects. However, designing ...
Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Daily injections for basal insulin therapy are far from ideal resulting in hypo/hyperglycemic episodes associated with fatal complications in type-1 diabetes patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a thermosensitive ...
Dual Modified Liposomes for Drug and Gene Delivery to Brain
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The overall goal of our research was to design a vector for efficient delivery of therapeutic genes/drugs to brain. Specifically, this research work was focused on designing PEGylated liposomes surface modified with the ...
Development and Characterization of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Lipid and polymeric nanoparticles, although proven to be effective drug delivery systems compared to free drugs, have shown considerable limitations pertaining to their uptake and release at tumor sites. Spatial and temporal ...
Understanding the Role of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products (Rage) in Pancreatic Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Expression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) and is upregulated in a several cancers. Based on published studies, we hypothesized that RAGE, when overexpressed in pancreatic cancer cells, will ...
Dual-Functionalized Liposomes for Gene Delivery to Brain to Prevent and Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder which lacks effective disease-modifying therapies. We have investigated the therapeutic potential of pDNA encoding apolipoprotein E2 (ApoE2), ...