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Nagesh Rao

President & Director, MICA
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Effects of an entertainment‐education radio soap opera on family planning behavior in Tanzania

…, PW Vaughan, RMA Swalehe, N Rao… - Studies in family …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
An entertainment‐education radio soap opera introduced in Tanzania in 1993 was evaluated
by means of afield experimental design in which the radio program was broadcast by …

The role of miRNA in inflammation and autoimmunity

…, I Massachi, S Manickavel, S Singh, NP Rao… - Autoimmunity …, 2013 - Elsevier
miRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that modulate the expression of multiple
protein-encoding genes at the post-transcriptional level. They have recently been recognized as …

Abundant and diverse fungal microbiota in the murine intestine

…, F Zhu, O Oluwadara, N Rao… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enteric microbiota play a variety of roles in intestinal health and disease. While bacteria in the
intestine have been broadly characterized, little is known about the abundance or diversity …

Cytogenetic and molecular tumor profiling for type 1 and type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma

…, AJ Pantuck, JW Said, DB Seligson, NP Rao… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate immunohistochemical and cytogenetic
features and their prognostic value in papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) subtypes. …

[PDF][PDF] The role of CREB as a proto-oncogene in hematopoiesis and in acute myeloid leukemia

…, K Kinjo, N Federman, TB Moore, A Gill, NP Rao… - Cancer cell, 2005 - cell.com
CREB is a transcription factor that functions in glucose homeostasis, growth factor-dependent
cell survival, and memory. In this study, we describe a role of CREB in human cancer. …

X-inactivation in female human embryonic stem cells is in a nonrandom pattern and prone to epigenetic alterations

Y Shen, Y Matsuno, SD Fouse, N Rao… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is an essential mechanism for dosage compensation of X-linked
genes in female cells. We report that subcultures from lines of female human …

Entertainment-education and possibilities for second-order social change

A Singhal, N Rao, S Pant - Journal of Creative …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Inspired by the entertainment-education radio soap opera, Taru, a family from the upper-caste
brahmin community in Bihar, India, allowed men from the lower caste dalit community to …

Development of a real-time RT-PCR assay for detecting EGFRvIII in glioblastoma samples

…, DB Seligson, WH Yong, Z Xiong, N Rao… - Clinical Cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII) is an oncogenic, constitutively
active mutant form of the EGFR that is commonly expressed in glioblastoma and is also …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of a third member of the guanylyl cyclase-activating protein subfamily

F Haeseleer, I Sokal, N Li, M Pettenati, N Rao… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
The mammalian retina contains at least two guanylyl cyclases (GC1 and GC2) and two
guanylyl cyclase-activating proteins (GCAP1 and GCAP2). Here we present evidence of the …

Functional recovery after transplantation of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stromal cells in a rat model of spinal cord injury

R Pal, C Gopinath, NM Rao, P Banerjee… - …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background aims. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a medically untreatable condition for which stem
cells have created hope. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have established that these cells …