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Why do bacteria use so many enzymes to scavenge hydrogen peroxide?

Surabhi Mishra, James A. Imlay

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Optimal Protein and Energy Nutrition Decreases Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated, Critically Ill Patients

Peter J.M. Weijs, Sandra N. Stapel, S.D.W. de Groot +5

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Optimal nutritional therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients, defined as protein and energy targets reached, is associated with a decrease in 28-day mortality by 50%, whereas only...

Prediction models for shape and size of ca-alginate macrobeads produced through extrusion–dripping method

Eng‐Seng Chan, Boon‐Beng Lee, Ravindra Pogaku +1

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Immunomodulatory Effects of Probiotics in the Intestinal Tract

Véronique Delcenserie, Dominic Martel, M. Lamoureux +3

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

The intestinal microbiota is the largest source of microbial stimulation that exerts both harmful and beneficial effects on human health. The interaction between probiotic and enterocytes is the...

The essential toxin: The changing perception of selenium in environmental sciences

Markus Lenz, Piet N.L. Lens

The Science of The Total Environment

The structures of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O-polysaccharide antigens

Roland Stenutz, Andrej Weintraub, Göran Widmalm

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Escherichia coli is usually a non-pathogenic member of the human colonic flora. However, certain strains have acquired virulence factors and may cause a variety of infections in humans and in...

Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic<i>Escherichia coli</i>Infections: Translocation, Translocation, Translocation

Junkal Garmendia, Gad Frankel, Valérie F. Crepin

Infection and Immunity

Escherichia coli is the most abundant facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacterium of the intestinal microflora, naturally colonizing the mucous layer of the colon. A conserved core genomic...

Advances in analytical methodology for bioinorganic speciation analysis: metallomics, metalloproteomics and heteroatom-tagged proteomics and metabolomics

Joanna Szpunar

The Analyst

The recent developments in analytical techniques capable of providing information on the identity and quantity of heteroatom-containing biomolecules are critically discussed. Particular attention is...

Inhibition of Cancer Cell Proliferation in Vitro by Fruit and Berry Extracts and Correlations with Antioxidant Levels

Marie Olsson, Karl‐Erik Gustavsson, Staffan Andersson +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The effects of 10 different extracts of fruits and berries on cell proliferation of colon cancer cells HT29 and breast cancer cells MCF-7 were investigated. The fruits and berries used were rosehips,...

Relationship Between Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Postthrombotic Syndrome

Susan R. Kahn, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg

Archives of Internal Medicine

The postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a frequent complication of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Clinically, PTS is characterized by chronic, persistent pain, swelling, and other signs in the affected...

Flavours of cheese products: metabolic pathways, analytical tools and identification of producing strains

Laurent Marilley

International Journal of Food Microbiology

<i>Lactobacillus</i>Bacteremia during a Rapid Increase in Probiotic Use of<i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i>GG in Finland

Minna Salminen, Soile Tynkkynen, Hilpi Rautelin +6

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Lactobacilli supposedly have low pathogenicity; they are seldom detected in blood culture. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, which originates indigenously in the human intestine, became available for use...

Comparison of 3 and 6 Months of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy After a First Episode of Proximal Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism and Comparison of 6 and 12 Weeks of Therapy After Isolated Calf Deep Vein Thrombosis

L. Pinède, J. Ninet, P. Duhaut +6

Circulation

After isolated C-DVT, 6 weeks of oral anticoagulation is sufficient. For P-DVT or PE, we demonstrated an equivalence between 3 and 6 months of anticoagulant therapy. For patients with temporary risk...

The Transcription Factor MTF-1 Mediates Metal Regulation of the Mouse ZnT1 Gene

S. Joshua Langmade, Rudravajhala Ravindra, Patrick J. Daniels +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Metal regulation of the mouse zinc transporter (ZnT)-1 gene was examined in cultured cells and in the developing conceptus. Zinc or cadmium treatment of cell lines rapidly (3 h) and dramatically...

An immune-enhancing enteral diet reduces mortality rate and episodes of bacteremia in septic intensive care unit patients

Cristóbal Galbán‐Malagón, Juan Carlos Montejo, A. Mesejo +5

Critical Care Medicine

Immune-enhancing enteral nutrition resulted in a significant reduction in the mortality rate and infection rate in septic patients admitted to the ICU. These reductions were greater for patients with...

Developments in the understanding of starch functionality

Anne‐Marie Hermansson, Karin Svegmark

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis: aggressive therapy with catheter-directed thrombolysis.

Charles P. Semba, Michael D. Dake

Radiology

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of catheter-directed thrombolysis with urokinase in treating symptomatic iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis (DVT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive...

The Relationship Between Child Anthropometry and Mortality in Developing Countries: Implications for Policy, Programs and Future Research

David Pelletier

Journal of Nutrition

The prevention of child mortality is a commonly stated health goal in developing countries and the target of much international assistance in the health sector. Over the past decade the primary...

Zinc, copper and selenium in reproduction

Ranveer Singh Bedwal, Archana Bahuguna

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Probiotics: the scientific basis

Martin Hill

Gut

Methods for assessment of fish production in fresh waters

Roger Mann

Biological Conservation

Efficacy of omega-3 PUFAs in depression: A meta-analysis

Yuhua Liao, Bo Xie, Huimin Zhang +6

Translational Psychiatry

We conducted this meta-analysis of double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trials to estimate the efficacy of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and...

The Role of Copper and Zinc Toxicity in Innate Immune Defense against Bacterial Pathogens

Karrera Y. Djoko, Cheryl‐lynn Y. Ong, Mark J. Walker +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are essential for optimal innate immune function, and nutritional deficiency in either metal leads to increased susceptibility to bacterial infection. Recently, the...

Probiotics, prebiotics, and microencapsulation: A review

Loveleen Kaur Sarao, Maninder Singh Arora

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

The development of a suitable technology for the production of probiotics is a key research for industrial production, which should take into account the viability and the stability of the organisms...

Action of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) in the modification of food proteins: A review

Ana Luisa Camolezi Gaspar, Silvana Pedroso de Góes-Favoni

Food Chemistry

The effect of multiple anthropometric deficits on child mortality: meta-analysis of individual data in 10 prospective studies from developing countries

Christine M. McDonald, Ibironke Olofin, Seth Flaxman +6

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in infrastructure-restricted settings

Robert Dreibelbis, Peter J. Winch, Elli Leontsini +4

BMC Public Health

A number of WASH-specific models and frameworks exist, yet with some limitations. The IBM-WASH model aims to provide both a conceptual and practical tool for improving our understanding and...

Traceability issues in food supply chain management: A review

Fabrizio Dabbene, P. Gay, Cristina Tortia

Biosystems Engineering

The transcriptional landscape and small RNAs of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Typhimurium

Carsten Kröger, Shane C. Dillon, Andrew D. S. Cameron +18

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

More than 50 y of research have provided great insight into the physiology, metabolism, and molecular biology of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), but important gaps in our...

Human Milk for the Premature Infant

Mark A. Underwood

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Racial Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the 19th Century

Kyla Wazana Tompkins

The act of eating is both erotic and violent, as one wholly consumes the object being eaten. At the same time, eating performs a kind of vulnerability to the world, revealing a fundamental...

Campylobacter jejuni: A brief overview on pathogenicity-associated factors and disease-mediating mechanisms

Javid Iqbal Dasti, Abdul Malik Tareen, Raimond Lugert +2

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Eicosapentaenoic Acid Prevents LPS-Induced TNF-α Expression by Preventing NF-κB Activation

Yan Zhao, Swati Joshi‐Barve, Shirish Barve +1

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

The results suggest that suppression of the TNF-alpha expression by EPA is partly attributed to its inhibitory effect on NF-kappaB activation. EPA appears to prevent NF-kappaB activation by...

Effect of dietary fish oil on biohydrogenation of fatty acids and milk fatty acid content in cows

K.J. Shingfield, Seppo Ahvenjärvi, Vesa Toivonen +4

Animal Science

Abstract Mechanisms underlying milk fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) responses to supplements of fish oil were investigated using five lactating cows each fitted with a rumen cannula in a simple...

Zinc Oxide Protects Cultured Enterocytes from the Damage Induced by Escherichia coli

Marianna Roselli, Alberto Finamore, Ivana Garaguso +2

Journal of Nutrition

Postoperative fondaparinux versus preoperative enoxaparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in elective hip-replacement surgery: a randomised double-blind comparison

Michael R. Lassen, Kenneth A. Bauer, Bengt I. Eriksson +1

The Lancet

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a 43-Kilobase Genomic Island Associated with the Multidrug Resistance Region of<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serovar Typhimurium DT104 and Its Identification in Phage Type DT120 and Serovar Agona

David A. Boyd, Geoffrey A. Peters, Axel Cloeckaert +4

Journal of Bacteriology

This study describes the characterization of the recently described Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) (D. A. Boyd, G. A. Peters, L.-K. Ng, and M. R. Mulvey, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 189:285-291, 2000),...

Non-typhoidal salmonellosis: emerging problems

Wolfgang Rabsch, H. Tschäpe, Andreas J. Bäumler

Microbes and Infection

Essentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Artemis P. Simopoulos, Alexander Leaf, Norman Salem

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Meeting Reports/Abstracts| July 23 1999 Essentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Subject Area: Endocrinology , Further Areas , Nutrition and Dietetics ,...

Compression ultrasonography for diagnostic management of patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study

Alberto Cogo, A.W.A. Lensing, Maria M.W. Koopman +7

BMJ

It is safe to withhold anticoagulant treatment from patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis who have a normal result on compression ultrasonography at the time of presentation and at...

Thermostable direct hemolysin gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a virulence gene acquired by a marine bacterium

Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, James B. Kaper

Infection and Immunity

evidence for the importance of TDH in the enteropathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus has only recently been obtained by using genetically altered strains and more-sensitive assays. The molecular...

Apoptosis induced by a human milk protein.

Anders Håkansson, Boris Zhivotovsky, S Orrenius +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

To the breast-fed infant, human milk is more than a source of nutrients; it furnishes a wide array of molecules that restrict microbes, such as antibodies, bactericidins, and inhibitors of bacterial...

Hormones and Growth Factors in Milk

Clark E. Grosvenor, Mary Frances Picciano, Craig R. Baumrucker

Endocrine Reviews

Research dealing with hormones/growth factors in milk has progressed rapidly during the last 10 yr from their identification in milk to their regulation of various functions in the maternal organism...

The Antihypertensive Effects of Fish Oil

Howard R. Knapp, Garret A. FitzGerald

New England Journal of Medicine

Both n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fats have been suggested to lower blood pressure, an effect ascribed to altered biosynthesis of eicosanoids. To test these hypotheses, we studied blood pressure and...

Syndromes of <i>Vibrio vulnificus</i> Infections

Karl C. Klontz, Spencer Lieb, Minnie Schreiber +3

Annals of Internal Medicine

Study Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of Vibrio vulnificus infections. Design: Case series based on notifiable disease report forms and patient medical records....

Adhesion of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to human intestinal enterocytes and cultured human intestinal mucosa

Stuart Knutton, D R Lloyd, A S McNeish

Infection and Immunity

The adhesion of classic enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains of human origin to isolated human small intestinal enterocytes and cultured small intestinal mucosa was investigated. An...

Metallothioneins and their role in the metabolism and toxicity of metals

M. George Cherian, Robert A. Goyer

Life Sciences

Can Intravenous Feeding as the Sole Means of Nutrition Support Growth in the Child and Restore Weight Loss in an Adult?

Stanley J. Dudrick, Douglas W. Wilmore, Harry M. Vars +1

Annals of Surgery

Dudrick, Stanley J. M.D.; Wilmore, Douglas W. M.D.; Vars, Harry M. PhD.; Rhoads, Jonathan E. M.D. Author Information

Cancer-associated venous thromboembolism

Alok A. Khorana, Nigel Mackman, Anna Falanga +5

Nature Reviews Disease Primers