Silencing of human α-synuclein in vitro and in rat brain using lentiviral-mediated RNAi

MK Sapru, JW Yates, S Hogan, L Jiang, J Halter… - Experimental …, 2006 - Elsevier
Human α-synuclein overexpression and its toxic accumulation in neurons or glia are known
to play key roles in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and other related …

An alpha-synuclein AAV gene silencing vector ameliorates a behavioral deficit in a rat model of Parkinson's disease, but displays toxicity in dopamine neurons

CE Khodr, MK Sapru, J Pedapati, Y Han, NC West… - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of silencing ectopically expressed hSNCA in rat substantia nigra (SN) were
examined as a novel therapeutic approach to Parkinson's disease (PD). AAV-hSNCA with or …

[HTML][HTML] FDA approval of angiotensin II for the treatment of hypotension in adults with distributive shock

…, S Hariharan, Q Liu, MD Tzu-Yun, MK Sapru… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Distributive shock is a subset of shock marked by decreased systemic vascular resistance,
organ hypoperfusion and altered oxygen extraction. Despite the use of intravenous fluids and …

A microRNA embedded AAV alpha-synuclein gene silencing vector for dopaminergic neurons

Y Han, CE Khodr, MK Sapru, J Pedapati, MC Bohn - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Alpha-synuclein (SNCA), an abundantly expressed presynaptic protein, is implicated in
Parkinson's disease (PD). Since over-expression of human SNCA (hSNCA) leads to death of …

Serum dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase activity in clinical subtypes of depression

MK Sapru, B Rao… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Serum dopamine‐β‐hydroxylase (DBH) activity was determined in male adult psychiatric
patients (n ‐ 280) and age‐matched male healthy controls (n= 100). Patients included in the …

Identification of a neuregulin and protein-tyrosine phosphatase response element in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ɛ subunit gene: Regulatory role of an Ets …

MK Sapru, SK Florance, C Kirk… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
At the neuromuscular synapse, innervation induces endplate-specific expression of adult-type
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by selective expression of their subunit-encoding genes (…

Adenosine receptors mediate cellular adaptation to ethanol in NG108-15 cells.

MK Sapru, I Diamond, AS Gordon - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 1994 - ASPET
Acute ethanol treatment of NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells results in
inhibition of adenosine uptake with consequent increases in extracellular adenosine and …

Cloning and characterization of GETS-1, a goldfish Ets family member that functions as a transcriptional repressor in muscle

D Goldman, MK Sapru, S Stewart, J Plotkin… - Biochemical …, 1998 - portlandpress.com
An Ets transcription factor family member, GETS-1, was cloned from a goldfish retina cDNA
library. GETS-1 contains a conserved Ets DNA-binding domain at its N-terminus and is most …

[HTML][HTML] Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Transcriptional Repressor of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor δ-Subunit Gene (∗)

MK Sapru, JP Gao, W Walke, M Burmeister… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
We have identified a negative cis-acting regulatory element in the nicotinic acetylcholine
receptor δ-subunit gene's promoter. This element resides within a previously identified 47-base …

A single reagent method of phosphate estimation in phosphatase (s) assay.

MK Sapru, H Geetha, KT Shetty - 1987 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The method is based on the formation of protein-phosphomolybdate complex in relatively mild
acidic conditions in the presence of a non-ionic detergent and low molybdate content. The …