A. Rahman

Publication List Details

Period

1954 - 2009

Number

155

Co-Authors

Anomalous thermal dynamics of Bragg gratings inscribed in germanosilicate optical fiber (2009)

Rahman, A, Madhav, Venu K, Srinivasan, B, Asokan, S

An interesting, periodic appearance of a new peak has been observed in the reflected spectrum of a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) inscribed in a germanosilicate fiber during thermal treatment. The new...

Why do patients with systemic lupus erythematosus take or fail to take their prescribed medications? A qualitative study in a UK cohort (2009)

Chambers, S. A., Raine, R., Rahman, A., Isenberg, D.

Objective. It has been suggested that low adherence may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with SLE. In this study, we explored the reasons why patients with lupus did or did not take...

The Horizon of Unintentional Injuries among Children in Low-Income Setting: An Overview from Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey (2009)

S. M. Chowdhury, A. Rahman, S. R. Mashreky, S. M. Giashuddin, L. Svanström, L. G. Hörte, ...

Introduction. The paper aims to explore the magnitude and distribution of unintentional injuries among Bangladeshi children (<18 years). Methodology. A cross sectional survey was conducted...

UNESCO REGIONAL OFFICE (2008)

A. Rahman

The views expressed in the book

A windows-based computing tool for rainwater tank analysis and design in multistorey developments (2008)

Rahman, A., Islam, S. M., Eroksuz, E, Dbais, J, Bhuiyan, T.

During the current years of water shortage in Australia, the rainwater tank has become an icon of water saving and conservation. For a property owner, one of the considerations in installation of a...

A windows-based computing tool for rainwater tank analysis and design in multistorey developments (2008)

Rahman, A., Islam, S. M., Eroksuz, E, Dbais, J, Bhuiyan, T.

During the current years of water shortage in Australia, the rainwater tank has become an icon of water saving and conservation. For a property owner, one of the considerations in installation of a...

A windows-based computing tool for rainwater tank analysis and design in multistorey developments (2008)

Rahman, A., Islam, S. M., Eroksuz, E, Dbais, J, Bhuiyan, T.

During the current years of water shortage in Australia, the rainwater tank has become an icon of water saving and conservation. For a property owner, one of the considerations in installation of a...

Factors affecting self-efficacy and pain intensity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain seen in a specialist rheumatology pain clinic (2008)

Rahman, A., Reed, E., Underwood, M., Shipley, M. E., Omar, R. Z.

Objective. Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a very common and costly health problem. Patients presenting to rheumatology clinics with chronic pain can be difficult to manage. We studied 354 patients...

Intestinal transport of different electrolyte solutions across small intestine of rabbit in vivo (2007)

Islam, S., Rahman, A ., Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Wahed, M.A., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Determine the relative effects of different electrolyte solutions in optimizing intestinal absorption of water and electrolytes. Methodology: The rice electrolyte solutions, called...

Impact of community-based intervention on diarrhoea through oral rehydration Therapy on Hospitalization of children aged Less than five years in rural Bangladesh (2007)

Alam, D.S., Yunus, M., Rahman, A., Chowdhury, H.R., Vaughan, J. Patrick

Objective: Examine the impact of community-based intervention on diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy (ORT) on hospitalization of children aged less than five years in rural Bangladesh....

Role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigellosis and cholera in children (2007)

Islam, Sufia, Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Rahman, A., Miller, M., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Evaluate the role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigeltosis and cholera in children. Methodology: Concentrations of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide (by Griess...

Peripheral blood granulocytes and mononuclear cell responses in monkeys with experimental shigellosis (2007)

Islam, L.N., Ferdous, A., Azim, T., Qadri, F., Rahman, A., Islam, M.S., ...

Changes in neutrophil response to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and the phenotype of peripheral blood mononuclear cells were studied in monkeys after oral challenge with Shigellae....

Arginine mutation alters binding of a human monoclonal antibody to antigens linked to systemic lupus erythematosus and the antiphospholipid syndrome (2007)

Lambrianides, A., Giles, I., Ioannou, Y., Mason, L., Latchman, D.S., Manson, J.J., ...

Objective: Previous studies have shown the importance of somatic mutations and arginine residues in the complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of pathogenic anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA)...

Hodgkin's lymphoma in systemic lupus erythematosus (2007)

Bernatsky, S., Ramsey-Goldman, R., Isenberg, D., Rahman, A., Dooley, M. A., Sibley, J., ...

Objective. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there is a well-documented increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but little is known about the risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The purpose...

Binding of antiphospholipid antibodies to discontinuous epitopes on domain I of human β2-glycoprotein I: mutation studies including residues R39 to R43 (2007)

Ioannou, Y., Pericleous, C., Latchman, D.S., Isenberg, D.A., Rahman, A., Giles, I.

Objective: Pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) bind the self antigen N-terminal domain (domain I) of 2-glycoprotein I (2GPI), with residues G40-R43 being important. However, peptides...

A Randomised intervention trial to assess two arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh (2007)

Abul Hasnat, M., Smith, W., Dear, K., Ng, J. C., Sim, M., Ranmuthugala, G., ...

Arsenic groundwater contamination in Bangladesh warrants immediate remediation. This randomised controlled intervention trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of two possible...

Hodgkin's lymphoma in systemic lupus erythematosus (2007)

Bernatsky, S., Ramsey-Goldman, R., Isenberg, D., Rahman, A., Dooley, M. A., Sibley, J., ...

Objective. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there is a well-documented increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but little is known about the risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The purpose...

Hodgkin's lymphoma in systemic lupus erythematosus (2007)

Bernatsky, S., Ramsey-Goldman, R., Isenberg, D., Rahman, A., Dooley, M. A., Sibley, J., ...

Objective. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there is a well-documented increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but little is known about the risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The purpose...

Prevalence of conventional and lupus-specific risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case–control study (2006)

Bessant, R., Duncan, R., Ambler , G., Swanton, J., Isenberg, D.A., Gordon, C., ...

Objective: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are significantly more likely to experience a myocardial infarction or a stroke than age-matched controls. We compared the prevalence of...

Arginine residues are important in determining the binding of human monoclonal antiphospholipid antibodies to clinically relevant antigens (2006)

Giles, I., Lambrianides, N., Pattni, N., Faulkes, D., Latchman, D., Chen, P., ...

In the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), antiphospholipid Abs (aPL) bind to anionic phospholipids (PL) and various associated proteins, especially beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) and prothrombin. In...

Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (2006)

Bernatsky, S, Boivin, J-F, Joseph, L, Manzi, S, Ginzler, E, Gladman, D D, ...

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Bioefficacy of some plant derivatives that protect grain against the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (2006)

A Rahman, F. A. Talukder

Experiments were conducted to study the bioefficacies of different plant/weed derivatives that affect the development of the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculates F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) fed on...

MAC-Assisted topology control for ad-hoc wireless networks (2006)

Ashikur Rahman, A. Rahman, Pawel Gburzynski

We consider ad-hoc wireless networks and the topology control problem whose objective is to minimize the amount of power needed to maintain connectivity. The issue boils down to selecting the optimum...

The critical role of arginine residues in the binding of human monoclonal antibodies to cardiolipin (2005)

Giles, I., Lambrianides, N., Latchman, D., Chen, P., Chukwuocha, R., Isenberg, D., ...

Previously we reported that the variable heavy chain region (VH) of a human beta2 glycoprotein I-dependent monoclonal antiphospholipid antibody (IS4) was dominant in conferring the ability to bind...

“It struck me that they didn't understand pain”: the specialist pain clinic experience of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (2005)

Harding , G., Parsons, S., Rahman, A., Underwood, M.

Objective: To explore the experiences of diagnosis and management among patients who attended a specialist musculoskeletal pain clinic and the factors influencing their interpretation of these...

Evidence of ratchet effect in nanowires of a conducting polymer (2005)

Rahman, A., Sanyal, M. K., Gangopadhayy, R., De, A., Das, I.

Ratchet effect, observed in many systems starting from living organism to artificially designed device, is a manifestation of motion in asymmetric potential. Here we report results of a conductivity...

Review of presentations at the 6th European Lupus Meeting 3–5 March 2005 (2005)

Ioannou, Y., Bowman, S.J., Rahman, A., Giles, I.P.

The 6th European Lupus Meeting was held at the Royal College of Physicians of London and was attended by 450 delegates. The conference brought together leading speakers from Europe and North America...

An international cohort study of cancer in systemic lupus erythematosus (2005)

Bernatsky, S, Boivin, J F, Joseph, L, Rajan, R, Zoma, A, Manzi, S, ...

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Efficacy of Ivermectin Against Gastroinstestinal Nematods in Calves (2005)

A. K. Sarkar, M.Ali, A. Rahman

A study was under taken on 30 young cattle (age 6-9) months, body weight 60-120 kg (of both sexes) of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, affected naturally with various gastrointestinal...

Efficacy of Ivermectin against GastroIntestinal Nematodes in Calves (2005)

M. Ali, A. Rahman

A study was undertaken on 30 young cattle (age 6-9) months, body weight 60-120 kg (of both sexes) of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh affected naturally with various gastrointesitinal...

Efficacy of Ivermectin Against Gastroinstestinal Nematods in Calves (2005)

A. K. Sarkar, M.Ali, A. Rahman

A study was under taken on 30 young cattle (age 6-9) months, body weight 60-120 kg (of both sexes) of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, affected naturally with various gastrointestinal...

Efficacy of Ivermectin against GastroIntestinal Nematodes in Calves (2005)

M. Ali, A. Rahman

A study was undertaken on 30 young cattle (age 6-9) months, body weight 60-120 kg (of both sexes) of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh affected naturally with various gastrointesitinal...

BILAG 2004. Development and initial validation of an updated version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group's disease activity index for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2005)

Isenberg, D. A., Rahman, A., Allen, E., Farewell, V., Akil, M., Bruce, I. N., ...

Objective. To devise a more discriminating version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) disease activity index and to show that it is reliable. Methods. A nominal consensus approach...

BILAG 2004. Development and initial validation of an updated version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group's disease activity index for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2005)

Isenberg, D. A., Rahman, A., Allen, E., Farewell, V., Akil, M., Bruce, I. N., ...

Objective. To devise a more discriminating version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) disease activity index and to show that it is reliable. Methods. A nominal consensus approach...

Structure-Function Analysis of the Presumptive Arabidopsis Auxin Permease AUX1 (2004)

Swarup, R., Kargul, J., Marchant, A., Zadik, D., Rahman, A., Mills, R., ...

We have investigated the subcellular localization, the domain topology, and the amino acid residues that are critical for the function of the presumptive Arabidopsis thaliana auxin influx carrier...

Is α-actinin a target for pathogenic anti-DNA antibodies in lupus nephritis? (2004)

Mason, L.J., Ravirajan, C.T., Rahman, A., Putterman, C., Isenberg , D.A.

Objective: Following recent reports that pathogenic murine anti-DNA antibodies bind to -actinin, it was obviously of interest to assess the ability of human pathogenic anti-double-stranded DNA...

Somatic mutations to arginine residues affect the binding of human monoclonal antibodies to DNA, histones, SmD and Ro antigen (2004)

Haley, J., Mason, L.J., Nagl, S., Giles, I., Latchman, D.S., Isenberg, D.A., ...

Autoantibodies to a wide variety of antigens are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Antibodies to double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) are thought to be particularly closely related to...

Controlled flooding in wireless ad-hoc networks (2004)

A. Rahman, W. Olesinski, P. Gburzynski

Abstract – We show how flooding can be adopted as a reliable and efficient routing scheme in ad-hoc wireless mobile networks. It turns out that, with the assistance of some tunable heuristics,...

Risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in a large British cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2004)

Bessant, R., Hingorani, A., Patel, L., MacGregor, A., Isenberg, D. A., Rahman, A.

Objectives. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. We sought to determine how much of this risk was dependent on recognized...

Autoantibodies, lupus and the science of sabotage (2004)

Rahman, A.

Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) and antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) are important in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)...

Risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in a large British cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2004)

Bessant, R., Hingorani, A., Patel, L., MacGregor, A., Isenberg, D. A., Rahman, A.

Objectives. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. We sought to determine how much of this risk was dependent on recognized...

Risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in a large British cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2004)

Bessant, R., Hingorani, A., Patel, L., MacGregor, A., Isenberg, D. A., Rahman, A.

Objectives. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. We sought to determine how much of this risk was dependent on recognized...

Autoantibodies, lupus and the science of sabotage (2004)

Rahman, A.

Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) and antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) are important in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)...

Relative importance of different human aPL derived heavy and light chains in the binding of aPL to cardiolipin (2003)

Giles, I.P., Haley, J., Nagl, S., Latchman, D.S., Chen, P.P., Chukwuocha, R.U., ...

Introduction: Previous studies have suggested the importance of somatic mutations and arginine, asparagine and lysine residues in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of antiphospholipid...

Disturbances in peripheral blood B cell subpopulations in autoimmune patients (2002)

Potter, K.N., Mockridge, C.I., Rahman, A., Buchan, S., Hamblin, T., Davidson, B., ...

A variety of cell surface markers are being used to identify B cell subpopulations in peripheral blood. Currently at least eight subpopulations have been identified. Analyses of healthy individuals...

Efficacy of a packaged rice oral rehydration solution among children with cholera and cholera-like illness (2001)

Zaman, K., Yunus, M., Rahman, A., Chowdhury, H.R., Sack, D.A.

In past studies, patients with cholera and cholera-like diarrhoea treated with rice oral rehydration solution (ORS) had lower purging rates and a shorter illness duration. We evaluated a new packet...

The importance of somatic mutations in the Vλ gene 2a2 in human monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies (2001)

Rahman, A., Haley, J., Radway-Bright, E., Nagl, S., Low, D.G., Latchman, D.S., ...

2a2 is the most commonly rearranged gene in the human Vλ locus. It has been postulated that certain immunoglobulin genes (including 2a2) are rearranged preferentially because their germline...

Nutritional rickets without vitamin D deficiency in Bangladesh (1999)

Fischer, PR, Rahman, A, Cimma, JP, Kyaw-Myint, TO, Kabir, ARML, Talukder, K, ...

To understand nutritional rickets in Bangladesh better, 14 rachitic and 13 'unaffected' children were evaluated. Seventy per cent of children with active rickets had no evidence of either vitamin D...

Interfacial Micromechanics of Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites. (1998)

Tan, T. M., Lau, A. C. W., Rahman, A.

Lamina-hybrid metal matrix composites in which adjoining matrices have different plastic responses have potential to offer more attractive damage tolerance properties than mono-matrix mmc. at the...

Singular Stress Fields in Metal Matrix Composites. (1998)

Rahman, A., Lau, A. C. W.

Results of a recent study on the singular stress fields in metal matrix composites in which dual matrices exist are presented in this paper. the flanking of the adjoining metallic matrices to the...

FREE EDGE STRESSES IN BONDED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES WITH ORTHOTROPIC PLASTICITY. (1998)

Rahman, A., Lau, A. C. W.

Composite Materials, Mechanics and Processing; Proceedings of the 8th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composite; Held Oct 1992, Cleveland, Ohio; Technomic Publishing Company :...

Characterization of Aeromonas trota strains that cross-react with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal (1995)

Albert, M.John, Ansaruzzaman, M., Shimada, T., Rahman, A., Bhuiyan, N.A., Nahar, S., ...

It has previously been shown that Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal shares antigens with V. cholerae serogroups O22 and O155. We detected six surface water isolates of Aeromonas trota that agglutinated in...

Detection of provisional serovars of Shigella dysenteriae and designation as S. dysenteriae serotypes 14 and 15 (1995)

Ansaruzzaman, M., Rahman, A., Neogi, P.K.B., Faruque, A.S.G., Rowe, B., ...

In initial studies of slide and tube agglutination tests of shigella-like isolates from diarrheal stools from Bangladesh, 10 and 8 strains of Shigella dysenteriae were identified as provisional...

Dwarf cepheid AD CMi -- revisited (1993)

Kilambi, G. C, Rahman, A

An analysis of UBVR light variations of AD Canis Minoris (CMi) is presented. The mean effective temperature derived from the intrinsic (B - V) index is estimated to be 7400 K +/- 100 K whereas that...

Dwarf cepheid DY Pegasus -- revisited (1993)

Kilambi, G. C, Rahman, A

UBV broadband photoelectric photometry of dwarf cepheid DY Pegasus is presented. Using the observed light variations of this pulsating variable, mass, radius, gravity and temperature variations over...

Epitaxial growth of thin films studies by molecular dynamics simulation (1990)

Rahman, A., Schneider, M., Schuller, I.K.

The epitaxial growth of atomic systems, interacting via the spherically symmetric Lennard-Jones potential is studied as a function of substrate temperature Ts and deposition rate. The calculations...

Cardiac lymphoma: an unusual case of myocardial perforation--clinical, echocardiographic, haemodynamic and pathological features (1987)

MOLAJO, A. O., MCWILLIAM, L., WARD, C., RAHMAN, A.

A patient is described in whom lymphoma infiltrated the pericardium and myocardium resulting in right ventricular rupture. Pericardial blood and lymphoma deposit were demonstrated...

POLYMORPHIC TRANSITIONS IN ALKALI HALIDES, A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY (1981)

Parrinello, M., Rahman, A.

Using constant pressure molecular dynamics method, B1 → B2 transition in K+Cl- has been studied. The microscopic detail of the transition is found to be different from the one conjectured about...

POLYMORPHIC TRANSITIONS IN ALKALI HALIDES, A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY (1981)

Parrinello, M., Rahman, A.

Using constant pressure molecular dynamics method, B1 → B2 transition in K+Cl- has been studied. The microscopic detail of the transition is found to be different from the one conjectured about...

POLYMORPHIC TRANSITIONS IN ALKALI HALIDES, A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY (1981)

Parrinello, M., Rahman, A.

Using constant pressure molecular dynamics method, B1 → B2 transition in K+Cl- has been studied. The microscopic detail of the transition is found to be different from the one conjectured about...

QUENCH ECHOES IN LENNARD-JONES AND RUBIDIUM FROZEN FLUIDS--TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ANHARMONIC BEHAVIOR (1980)

Grest, G., Nagel, S., Rahman, A.

We have found a new echo phenomenon that appears in molecular dynamics simulations of a solid. The echo appears in the behavior of the temperature after the system recovers from two abrupt quenches....

QUENCH ECHOES IN LENNARD-JONES AND RUBIDIUM FROZEN FLUIDS--TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ANHARMONIC BEHAVIOR (1980)

Grest, G., Nagel, S., Rahman, A.

We have found a new echo phenomenon that appears in molecular dynamics simulations of a solid. The echo appears in the behavior of the temperature after the system recovers from two abrupt quenches....

QUENCH ECHOES IN LENNARD-JONES AND RUBIDIUM FROZEN FLUIDS--TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ANHARMONIC BEHAVIOR (1980)

Grest, G., Nagel, S., Rahman, A.

We have found a new echo phenomenon that appears in molecular dynamics simulations of a solid. The echo appears in the behavior of the temperature after the system recovers from two abrupt quenches....

DIFFUSIVE MOTION OF IONS IN SUPERIONIC CONDUCTORS : A COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDY OF CaF2 (1978)

Rahman, A.

Superionic conductors are characterized by the fact that one type of ion, out of the two or more ionic species which the material contains, is mobile while the system as a whole behaves as a solid....

DIFFUSIVE MOTION OF IONS IN SUPERIONIC CONDUCTORS : A COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDY OF CaF2 (1978)

Rahman, A.

Superionic conductors are characterized by the fact that one type of ion, out of the two or more ionic species which the material contains, is mobile while the system as a whole behaves as a solid....

DIFFUSIVE MOTION OF IONS IN SUPERIONIC CONDUCTORS : A COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDY OF CaF2 (1978)

Rahman, A.

Superionic conductors are characterized by the fact that one type of ion, out of the two or more ionic species which the material contains, is mobile while the system as a whole behaves as a solid....

CATIONIC HEATS OF TRANSPORT AND VACANCY LIFETIMES IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF SODIUM CHLORIDE AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (1976)

Rahman, A., Blackburn, D.

A technique for measuring heats of transport in alkali halides by comparing thermal and electric driving forces and their effects on a. c. ionic conductance has been evolved. Heats of transport in...

CATIONIC HEATS OF TRANSPORT AND VACANCY LIFETIMES IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF SODIUM CHLORIDE AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (1976)

Rahman, A., Blackburn, D.

A technique for measuring heats of transport in alkali halides by comparing thermal and electric driving forces and their effects on a. c. ionic conductance has been evolved. Heats of transport in...

CATIONIC HEATS OF TRANSPORT AND VACANCY LIFETIMES IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF SODIUM CHLORIDE AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (1976)

Rahman, A., Blackburn, D.

A technique for measuring heats of transport in alkali halides by comparing thermal and electric driving forces and their effects on a. c. ionic conductance has been evolved. Heats of transport in...

Therapeutic evaluation of free and liposome-encapsulated amphotericin B in the treatment of systemic candidiasis in mice.

Gondal, J A, Swartz, R P, Rahman, A

Various doses of amphotericin B encapsulated into unilamellar vesicles of 0.1 micron diameter (lip-AMB) (1.0 to 20.0 mg/kg of body weight) were compared with free amphotericin B (AMB) (0.5 to 2.0...

Effect of single-base substitutions in the central domain of virus-associated RNA I on its function.

Rahman, A, Malhotra, P, Dhar, R, Kewalramani, T, Thimmapaya, B

Adenoviruses use virus-associated RNA I (VAI RNA) to counteract the cellular antiviral response mediated by the interferon-induced, double-stranded-RNA-activated protein kinase PKR. VAI RNA is a...

Detection of provisional serovars of Shigella dysenteriae and designation as S. dysenteriae serotypes 14 and 15.

Ansaruzzaman, M, Kibriya, A K, Rahman, A, Neogi, P K, Faruque, A S, Rowe, B, ...

In initial studies of slide and tube agglutination tests of shigella-like isolates from diarrheal stools from Bangladesh, 10 and 8 strains of Shigella dysenteriae were identified as provisional...

Characterization of Aeromonas trota strains that cross-react with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.

Albert, M J, Ansaruzzaman, M, Shimada, T, Rahman, A, Bhuiyan, N A, Nahar, S, ...

It has previously been shown that Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal shares antigens with V. cholerae serogroups O22 and O155. We detected six surface water isolates of Aeromonas trota that agglutinated in...

Phage specific for Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.

Albert, M J, Bhuiyan, N A, Rahman, A, Ghosh, A N, Hultenby, K, Weintraub, A, ...

From the stool of a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-infected patient, a phage that specifically lysed capsulated V. cholerae O139 strains only was isolated. The phage is useful for the confirmatory...

Genetic basis for a lower prevalence of deficient CYP2D6 oxidative drug metabolism phenotypes in black Americans.

Evans, W E, Relling, M V, Rahman, A, McLeod, H L, Scott, E P, Lin, J S

Debrisoquin hydroxylase (CYP2D6) is a cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the metabolism of > 30 commonly prescribed medications. Deficiency in CYP2D6 activity, inherited as an autosomal recessive...

Evidence for direct estrogen regulation of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene.

Radovick, S, Ticknor, C M, Nakayama, Y, Notides, A C, Rahman, A, Weintraub, B D, ...

This study is an attempt to determine whether estrogen could directly regulate human gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene expression. Human GnRH expression vectors were constructed by fusing...

Isoelectric focusing--polynucleotide/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. A technique to separate and characterize nuclease activities.

Karpetsky, T, Brown, G E, McFarland, E, Brady, S T, Roth, W, Rahman, A, ...

Individual native nuclease activities from human leucocytes are separated by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis in an apparatus that allows the simultaneous running of 28 gels. Proteins are...

Characterization of deoxyribonuclease activities derived from control and inflammation-associated mouse peritoneal macrophages.

Brown, G E, Karpetsky, T P, Rictor, K, Rahman, A

Native DNAase (deoxyribonuclease) activities derived from mouse peritoneal cavity and peripheral blood components were separated, detected, and characterized by electrophoresis into polyacrylamide...

Use of betel quid and cigarettes among Bangladeshi patients in an inner-city practice: prevalence and knowledge of health effects.

Ahmed, S, Rahman, A, Hull, S

BACKGROUND: Betel quid chewing, often combined with tobacco chewing, is a common habit in the Indian subcontinent. It is associated with the development of malignancy of the oral mucosa and foregut....

Therapeutic evaluation of free and liposome-encapsulated amphotericin B in the treatment of systemic candidiasis in mice.

Gondal, J A, Swartz, R P, Rahman, A

Various doses of amphotericin B encapsulated into unilamellar vesicles of 0.1 micron diameter (lip-AMB) (1.0 to 20.0 mg/kg of body weight) were compared with free amphotericin B (AMB) (0.5 to 2.0...

Effect of single-base substitutions in the central domain of virus-associated RNA I on its function.

Rahman, A, Malhotra, P, Dhar, R, Kewalramani, T, Thimmapaya, B

Adenoviruses use virus-associated RNA I (VAI RNA) to counteract the cellular antiviral response mediated by the interferon-induced, double-stranded-RNA-activated protein kinase PKR. VAI RNA is a...

Detection of provisional serovars of Shigella dysenteriae and designation as S. dysenteriae serotypes 14 and 15.

Ansaruzzaman, M, Kibriya, A K, Rahman, A, Neogi, P K, Faruque, A S, Rowe, B, ...

In initial studies of slide and tube agglutination tests of shigella-like isolates from diarrheal stools from Bangladesh, 10 and 8 strains of Shigella dysenteriae were identified as provisional...

Characterization of Aeromonas trota strains that cross-react with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.

Albert, M J, Ansaruzzaman, M, Shimada, T, Rahman, A, Bhuiyan, N A, Nahar, S, ...

It has previously been shown that Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal shares antigens with V. cholerae serogroups O22 and O155. We detected six surface water isolates of Aeromonas trota that agglutinated in...

Phage specific for Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.

Albert, M J, Bhuiyan, N A, Rahman, A, Ghosh, A N, Hultenby, K, Weintraub, A, ...

From the stool of a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-infected patient, a phage that specifically lysed capsulated V. cholerae O139 strains only was isolated. The phage is useful for the confirmatory...

Genetic basis for a lower prevalence of deficient CYP2D6 oxidative drug metabolism phenotypes in black Americans.

Evans, W E, Relling, M V, Rahman, A, McLeod, H L, Scott, E P, Lin, J S

Debrisoquin hydroxylase (CYP2D6) is a cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the metabolism of > 30 commonly prescribed medications. Deficiency in CYP2D6 activity, inherited as an autosomal recessive...

Evidence for direct estrogen regulation of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene.

Radovick, S, Ticknor, C M, Nakayama, Y, Notides, A C, Rahman, A, Weintraub, B D, ...

This study is an attempt to determine whether estrogen could directly regulate human gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene expression. Human GnRH expression vectors were constructed by fusing...

Isoelectric focusing--polynucleotide/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. A technique to separate and characterize nuclease activities.

Karpetsky, T, Brown, G E, McFarland, E, Brady, S T, Roth, W, Rahman, A, ...

Individual native nuclease activities from human leucocytes are separated by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis in an apparatus that allows the simultaneous running of 28 gels. Proteins are...

Characterization of deoxyribonuclease activities derived from control and inflammation-associated mouse peritoneal macrophages.

Brown, G E, Karpetsky, T P, Rictor, K, Rahman, A

Native DNAase (deoxyribonuclease) activities derived from mouse peritoneal cavity and peripheral blood components were separated, detected, and characterized by electrophoresis into polyacrylamide...

Use of betel quid and cigarettes among Bangladeshi patients in an inner-city practice: prevalence and knowledge of health effects.

Ahmed, S, Rahman, A, Hull, S

BACKGROUND: Betel quid chewing, often combined with tobacco chewing, is a common habit in the Indian subcontinent. It is associated with the development of malignancy of the oral mucosa and foregut....

Association between antenatal depression and low birthweight in a developing country

Rahman, A, Bunn, J, Lovel, H, Creed, F

Rahman A, Bunn J, Lovel H, Creed F. Association between antenatal depression and low birthweight in a developing country.

Technological Convergence and International Trade.

Ben-David, D., Rahman, A.

This paper builts on earlier evidence showing that, while most countries exhibit little evidence of unconditional income convergence, countries that trade heavily with another tend to exhibit a...

Raised levels of interleukin 6 in systemic lupus erythematosus correlate with anaemia

Ripley, B, Goncalves, B, Isenberg, D, Latchman, D, Rahman, A

Objectives: Raised levels of the cytokines interleukin (IL) 6 and IL10 have been reported in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Immunotoxicity of multiple dosing regimens of free doxorubicin and doxorubicin entrapped in cardiolipin liposomes.

Rahman, A., Joher, A., Neefe, J. R.

We have shown that doxorubicin entrapped in cardiolipin liposomes retain antitumour efficacy in mice but had diminished cardiac uptake and cardiotoxicity. Such liposomes are preferentially taken up...

An improved method of encapsulation of doxorubicin in liposomes: pharmacological, toxicological and therapeutic evaluation.

Gokhale, P. C., Radhakrishnan, B., Husain, S. R., Abernethy, D. R., Sacher, R., Dritschilo, A., ...

We describe here an improved method of encapsulating doxorubicin in liposomes using phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol and synthetic tetramyristoyl cardiolipin. With this new composition of lipids the...