ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my unfathomable gratitude to my supervisor
Dr.D.Haripriya, M.Sc., Ph.D., Former Assistant Professor, Department of Medical
Research, SRM University, Kattankulathur, for her excellent guidance, thought
provoking discussions, constructive criticism and unwavering encouragement in
every step of the study.
It is my privilege and pleasure to thank Dr.V.Ponnvaiko, Vice Chancellor,
SRM University, Kattankulathur for his kind attention and encouragement.
I like to extend my thanks to Dr.Thangaraju, Pro Vice Chancellor, SRM
Medical College, Hospital & Research Center, SRM University for his kind
attention.
I also like to extend my thanks to Dr.D.Balakrishnan, Dean Medical
Research, SRM Medical College, Hospital & Research Center, SRM University for
his kind attention and encouragement in my progress.
I am very thankful to Prof. N. Seethuraman, Registrar, SRM University,
Dr. James Pandian, Dean Medical, Dr. Narayana Rao, Director Research and
Dr.Kashmir Raja, Dean Research, SRM University for the invariable support and
encouragement.
I will fail in my duty if I forget to thank Dr.Vinod Kochupillai, Former
Director Medical, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for her
profound support and concern.
I am very thankful to my external doctoral committee members,
Dr.P.Kalaiselvi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, PGIBMS, Taramani
and Dr.S.Shila, Research Scientist, VRR Diagnostic service and Research centre.
I also personally thank my internal doctoral committee members,
Dr. Rajagopalan, Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and
Dr. Ebenezer William, Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, SRM
Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for their valuable suggestions and
support.
I also thank Dr. Annabelle Rajaseharan for her valuable suggestions and
comments. I personally thank Dr. Pushpa Gnanaraj and Dr. Subhashini,
Dermatologist, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for recruiting
psoriasis patients for this study.
I extend my thanks to the Dr.S.Sundaresan,
Dr. P. Venkataraman and Dr. Kanchanamala, Assistant Professors, Department of
Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for their help
and support.
I also express my sincere gratitude to Dr. P. Ganeshkumar, Assistant
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital &
Research Centre for his help and support in statistical analysis. I am also grateful to
Mr.Pazhanimuthu, Ramachandra University, for his kind help to do Real Time
PCR.
I am also very thankful to all Teaching and Non teaching staffs of the
Department of Biochemistry, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for
their support.
I acknowledge the kind help of research scholars, Mrs.S.Swapna,
Mrs. M.Hemamalini and Mr.E.Purusoth and also other research scholars for their
kind co-operation and maintaining a friendly atmosphere.
I also thank my Mr.Valuvan, Technician, Department of Anatomy, SRM
Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for his technical help. I also thank the
Staff nurses, Department of Dermatology and Technicians, Central Laboratory,
SRM Medical College Hospital, who was highly supportive throughout.
I am grateful to my colleague’s Mr.B.Prabhu,
Mr. A.Shivakumar, Ms. Kalaiselvi , Ms. Padma and Mr. Sathish for their
constant support and timely help during my project work. I also thank
Ms. Aisha and Mrs. Archana, Computer operators, Department of Medical
Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre for their help and
support
I would like to thank my friends Mrs.K.Amuthavalli, Mrs.G.Lavanya and
Dr.S.Sivakumar for their cheering company at all times.
I am gratified to all the PSORIASIS PATIENTS who kindly gave up their
time and skin to help with this work. Without their dedication and willingness to
participate, the work would have not been possible.
It is my great pleasure to thank my Parents, Brothers,
and my Sister in laws for their care and continuous encouragement throughout my
education.
I am also grateful to Mrs. Shanthi V., M/s. Adyar Students Xerox Pvt.
Ltd., for their cooperation and timely help throughout my thesis.
I extend my sincere thanks to all, those who helped me during the course of
study.
E. TAMILSELVI