Institute of Health Studies and Rehabilitation

COVID-19 lockdown and coverage of maternal health and nutrition care in rural West Bengal, India: a single interrupted time-series analysis

Abstract While COVID-19 lockdowns globally disrupted healthcare, the extent of changes in India’s maternal health and nutrition services coverage in rural settings requires further empirical investigation. Utilizing data from 57,371 pregnancies recorded between January 2012 and D...

Glucose-dependent regulation of hepatic adipsin controls glucose uptake and tolerance

Complement factor D, also known as adipsin, is produced by adipose tissue, and the liver that links metabolic regulation with innate immunity. Despite its established systemic functions, the regulation of hepatic adipsin expression and its contribution to metabolic disease remain...