Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences

Prevalence of Asymptomatic Pyuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Glycemia

Abstract Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with an increased risk of urinary tract infections, including asymptomatic forms like asymptomatic bacteriuria or asymptomatic pyuria (ASP). However, the association between ASP (defined as elevated urinary leukoc...

Performance of IMACS MalignancyRisk Stratification in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies:A Single-centre RetrospectiveCohort Study from India

Background: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) carry an increased malignancy risk. Although the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) has proposed guidelines to screen malignancies, their applicability across populations remains uncertain. In...

Study on Subcellular Expression Patterns of p62/SQSTM1 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas: An Immunohistochemical Analysis

ABSTRACT Background p62/SQSTM1 is a multifunctional 62 kDa protein that shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm to maintain protein homeostasis through the autophagy machinery. Dysregulated p62 acts as an oncogenic signalling hub, activating pathways such as NF-κB, Nrf2, and m...