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Compared With Usual Sodium Intake, Low- and Excessive-Sodium Diets Are Associated With Increased Mortality: A Meta-Analysis

Niels Graudal, Gesche Jürgens, Bo Baslund +1

American Journal of Hypertension

Both low sodium intakes and high sodium intakes are associated with increased mortality, consistent with a U-shaped association between sodium intake and health outcomes.

Associations and dynamics of Vibrionaceae in the environment, from the genus to the population level

Alison Takemura, Diana M. Chien, Martin F. Polz

Frontiers in Microbiology

The Vibrionaceae, which encompasses several potential pathogens, including V. cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, and V. vulnificus, the deadliest seafood-borne pathogen, are a well-studied...

Diverse type VI secretion phospholipases are functionally plastic antibacterial effectors

Alistair B. Russell, Michele LeRoux, Krisztina Hathazi +5

Nature

Taste Preference for Fatty Acids Is Mediated by GPR40 and GPR120

C. Cartoni, Keiko Yasumatsu, Takatoshi Ohkuri +6

Journal of Neuroscience

The oral perception of fat has traditionally been considered to rely mainly on texture and olfaction, but recent findings suggest that taste may also play a role in the detection of long chain fatty...

Deletion of <i>Trpm7</i> Disrupts Embryonic Development and Thymopoiesis Without Altering Mg ²⁺ Homeostasis

Jie Jin, Bimal N. Desai, Betsy Navarro +3

Science

The gene transient receptor potential-melastatin-like 7 (Trpm7) encodes a protein that functions as an ion channel and a kinase. TRPM7 has been proposed to be required for cellular Mg2+ homeostasis...

Resistance in bacteria of the food chain: epidemiology and control strategies

Frank M. Aarestrup, Henrik Caspar Wegener, Peter Collignon

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Bacteria have evolved multiple mechanisms for the efficient evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Modern food production facilitates the emergence and spread of resistance through the...

The complete genome sequence of<i>Lactobacillus bulgaricus</i>reveals extensive and ongoing reductive evolution

Maarten van de Guchte, Stéphanie Penaud, Christine Grimaldi +18

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus (L. bulgaricus) is a representative of the group of lactic acid-producing bacteria, mainly known for its worldwide application in yogurt production. The...

High prevalence of nonthrombotic iliac vein lesions in chronic venous disease: A permissive role in pathogenicity

Seshadri Raju, Peter Neglén

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Starches from different botanical sources I: Contribution of amylopectin fine structure to thermal properties and enzyme digestibility

Sathaporn Srichuwong, Titi Candra Sunarti, Takashi Mishima +2

Carbohydrate Polymers

Gas Chromatography−Olfactometry and Chemical Quantitative Study of the Aroma of Six Premium Quality Spanish Aged Red Wines

Laura Culleré, Ana Escudero, Juan Cacho +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The aroma of six premium quality Spanish red wines has been studied by quantitative gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O) and techniques of quantitative chemical analysis. The GC-O study revealed...

Comparison of the Chemical Composition and Physicochemical Properties of Different Fibers Prepared from the Peel of <i>Citrus sinensis</i> L. Cv. Liucheng

Chi‐Fai Chau, Ya‐Ling Huang

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Fiber-rich fractions (FRFs) including soluble and insoluble dietary fibers (SDF and IDF), alcohol-insoluble solid (AIS), and water-insoluble solid (WIS) were isolated from the peel of Citrus sinensis...

Iron and Hydrogen Peroxide Detoxification Properties of DNA-binding Protein from Starved Cells

Guanghua Zhao, Pierpaolo Ceci, Andrea Ilari +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The DNA-binding proteins from starved cells (Dps) are a family of proteins induced in microorganisms by oxidative or nutritional stress. Escherichia coli Dps, a structural analog of the 12-subunit...

Biology of type II secretion

Maria Sandkvist

Molecular Microbiology

The type II secretion pathway or the main terminal branch of the general secretion pathway, as it has also been referred to, is widely distributed among Proteobacteria, in which it is responsible for...

Managing values in personal food systems

M. Connors, Carole A. Bisogni, Jeffery Sobal +1

Appetite

Movement of zinc and its functional significance in the brain

Atsushi Takeda

Brain Research Reviews

A method for partitioning neutral detergent-soluble carbohydrates

Mary Beth Hall, W.H. Hoover, Jocelyn P Jennings +1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

A method was developed to fractionate the neutral detergent-soluble carbohydrates (NDSC) in feedstuffs. Differential solubilities of carbohydrates in 80:20 (v/v) ethanol/water were used to partition...

cDNA Cloning, functional expression, and mRNA Tissue Distribution of a Third Organellar Ca2+ Pump

Scott Burk, Jonathan Lytton, David H. MacLennan +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

We describe the characterization of a rat kidney cDNA that encodes a novel Ca2+-transporting ATPase. The cDNA, termed RK 8-13, was isolated previously using an oligonucleotide hybridization probe...

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: Pathogenesis, classification, and spectrum of illness

Robert M. Kliegman, Michele C. Walsh

Current Problems in Pediatrics

IDENTIFICATION OF STIMULI CONTROLLING THE SENSORY EVALUATION OF VISCOSITY II. <i>Oral Methods</i>

F. Shama, P. Sherman

Journal of Texture Studies

Abstract The stimulus associated with oral evaluation of the viscosity of liquid and viscous foods appears to embrace a range of shear rates extending from 10 ‐1 to 1000 s ‐1. The value associated...

American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19

Adam Cuker, Eric Tseng, Robby Nieuwlaat +27

Blood Advances

These recommendations were based on very low certainty in the evidence, underscoring the need for high-quality, randomized controlled trials comparing different intensities of anticoagulation. They...

A primary human macrophage-enteroid co-culture model to investigate mucosal gut physiology and host-pathogen interactions

G. Noël, Nicholas W. Baetz, Janet F. Staab +4

Scientific Reports

Integration of the intestinal epithelium and the mucosal immune system is critical for gut homeostasis. The intestinal epithelium is a functional barrier that secludes luminal content, senses changes...

Bacterial Contaminants of Poultry Meat: Sources, Species, and Dynamics

Amélie Rouger, Odile Tresse, Monique Zagorec

Microorganisms

With the constant increase in poultry meat consumption worldwide and the large variety of poultry meat products and consumer demand, ensuring the microbial safety of poultry carcasses and cuts is...

Review of Levan polysaccharide: From a century of past experiences to future prospects

Ebru Toksoy Öner, Lázaro Hernández, Joan Combie

Biotechnology Advances

Ecology and Biotechnology of Selenium-Respiring Bacteria

Y.V. Nancharaiah, Piet N.L. Lens

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

SUMMARY In nature, selenium is actively cycled between oxic and anoxic habitats, and this cycle plays an important role in carbon and nitrogen mineralization through bacterial anaerobic respiration....

Strong sustainable consumption governance – precondition for a degrowth path?

Sylvia Lorek, Doris Fuchs

Journal of Cleaner Production

Immunomodulatory mechanisms of lactobacilli

Jerry M. Wells

Microbial Cell Factories

Over the past decade it has become clear that lactobacilli and other probiotic and commensal organisms can interact with mucosal immune cells or epithelial cells lining the mucosa to modulate...

Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri biofilms produce antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory factors

Sara E. Jones, James Versalovic

BMC Microbiology

L. reuteri biofilms secreted factors that confer specific health benefits such as immunomodulation and pathogen inhibition. Future probiotic selection strategies should consider a strain's ability to...

Small-molecule inhibitors target Escherichia coli amyloid biogenesis and biofilm formation

Lynette Cegelski, Jerome S. Pinkner, Neal D. Hammer +9

Nature Chemical Biology

Zinc at glutamatergic synapses

Pierre Paoletti, Angela Maria Vergnano, Boris Barbour +1

Neuroscience

The Role of Tree Nuts and Peanuts in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Multiple Potential Mechanisms

Penny M. Kris‐Etherton, Frank B. Hu, Emilio Ros +1

Journal of Nutrition

Atherosclerosis: evidence for impairment of resolution of vascular inflammation governed by specific lipid mediators

Aksam Merched, Kerry W.S. Ko, Katherine Gotlinger +2

The FASEB Journal

Atherosclerosis is now recognized as an inflammatory disease involving the vascular wall. Recent results indicate that acute inflammation does not simply passively resolve as previously assumed but...

Liposomal incorporation of carvacrol and thymol isolated from the essential oil of Origanum dictamnus L. and in vitro antimicrobial activity

Christos Liolios, Olga Gortzi, Stavros I. Lalas +2

Food Chemistry

Chemistry, antioxidant and antimicrobial investigations on essential oil and oleoresins of Zingiber officinale

Gurdip Singh, Inder Pal Singh Kapoor, Pratibha Singh +3

Food and Chemical Toxicology

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

P. Bogard

ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment

Antioxidant Activities and Volatile Constituents of Various Essential Oils

Alfreda Wei, Takayuki Shibamoto

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Thirteen essential oils were examined for their antioxidant activity using three different assay systems. Jasmine, parsley seed, rose, and ylang-ylang oils inhibited hexanal oxidation by over 95%...

Vitamin K–containing dietary supplements: comparison of synthetic vitamin K1 and natto-derived menaquinone-7

Leon J. Schurgers, Kirsten J. F. Teunissen, Karly Hamulyák +3

Blood

Vitamin K is a cofactor in the production of blood coagulation factors (in the liver), osteocalcin (in bone), and matrix Gla protein (cartilage and vessel wall). Accumulating evidence suggests that...

Incidence of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension After a First Episode of Pulmonary Embolism

Cecilia Becattini, Giancarlo Agnelli, Raffaele Pesavento +4

CHEST Journal

A new oral direct thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran etexilate, compared with enoxaparin for prevention of thromboembolic events following total hip or knee replacement: the BISTRO II randomized trial

Bengt I. Eriksson, O.E. Dahl, Harry R. Büller +8

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Some thermodynamic considerations in food formulation

V. B. Tolstoguzov

Food Hydrocolloids

The multifaceted Paneth cell

Edith Porter, Charles Bevins, Dipankar Ghosh +1

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Metallothioneins: new functional and structural insights

M Vasák

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

The importance of intrinsic and extrinsic cues to expected and experienced quality: an empirical application for beef

Laurentino Bello Acebrón, Domingo Calvo Dopico

Food Quality and Preference

A bacterial invasin induces macrophage apoptosis by binding directly to ICE.

Yu Chen, Mitchell R. Smith, K Thirumalai +1

The EMBO Journal

Digestion and physiological properties of resistant starch in the human large bowel

John H. Cummings, Emily R. Beatty, Susan M. Kingman +2

British Journal Of Nutrition

The digestion of four sources of resistant starch (RS) has been studied in twelve healthy volunteers who ate controlled diets for 15 d periods. RS from potato, banana, wheat and maize (17-30 g/d) was...

Health Risks and Consequences of Salmonella and Campylobacter jejuni in Raw Poultry

Frank L. Bryan, Michael P. Doyle

Journal of Food Protection

Practical Implications of Malolactic Fermentation: A Review

C. R. Davis, Des Saputro Wibowo, R. Eschenbruch +2

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Malolactic fermentation (MLF) is discussed in terms of its effect on wine quality and methods currently available for its control. Benefits of MLF include the lowering of acidity in high acid wines,...

An Analysis and Synthesis of Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Optimal Scaling, Dual Scaling, Homogeneity Analysis and Other Methods for Quantifying Categorical Multivariate Data

Michel Tenenhaus, Forrest W. Young

Psychometrika

We discuss a variety of methods for quantifying categorical multivariate data. These methods have been proposed in many different countries, by many different authors, under many different names. In...