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Molecular and genetic features of zinc transporters in physiology and pathogenesis

Toshiyuki Fukada, Taiho Kambe

Metallomics

Zinc (Zn) is a vital element. It plays indispensable roles in multifarious cellular processes, affecting the expression and activity of a variety of molecules, including transcription factors,...

Optimal amount of calories for critically ill patients: Depends on how you slice the cake!*

Daren K. Heyland, Naomi E. Cahill, Andrew G. Day

Critical Care Medicine

The estimated association between the amount of calories and mortality is significantly influenced by the statistical methodology used. The most appropriate available analyses suggest that attempting...

Sodium Intake, ACE Inhibition, and Progression to ESRD

Stefan Vegter, Annalisa Perna, Maarten J. Postma +3

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

High sodium intake limits the antihypertensive and antiproteinuric effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in patients with CKD; however, whether dietary sodium also associates with...

Production of bioactive substances by intestinal bacteria as a basis for explaining probiotic mechanisms: Bacteriocins and conjugated linoleic acid

Eileen F. O'Shea, Paul D. Cotter, Catherine Stanton +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Drying kinetics and quality of beetroots dehydrated by combination of convective and vacuum-microwave methods

Adam Figiel

Journal of Food Engineering

Significance of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for the development and behaviour of children

Jan Philipp Schuchardt, Michael Huß, Manuela Stauss‐Grabo +1

European Journal of Pediatrics

Matrix Gla-protein: The calcification inhibitor in need of vitamin K

Ellen C.M. Cranenburg, Cees Vermeer, Leon J. Schurgers

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Among the proteins involved in vascular calcium metabolism, the vitamin K-dependent matrix Gla-protein (MGP) plays a dominant role. Although on a molecular level its mechanism of action is not...

Systematic Review: The Trousseau Syndrome Revisited: Should We Screen Extensively for Cancer in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism?

Marc Carrier, Grégoire Le Gal, Philip S. Wells +3

Annals of Internal Medicine

Previously undiagnosed cancer is frequent in patients with unprovoked VTE. Many cases of previously undiagnosed cancer are missed by screening. An extensive cancer screening strategy detects more...

Thin-layer drying characteristics and modelling of mint leaves undergoing microwave treatment

Belma Özbek, Gökçe Dadalı

Journal of Food Engineering

Integrin-Mediated Host Cell Invasion by Type 1–Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Danelle S. Eto, Tiffani A. Jones, Jamie L. Sundsbak +1

PLoS Pathogens

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), the primary causative agent of urinary tract infections, typically express filamentous adhesive organelles called type 1 pili that mediate both bacterial...

Microwave drying characteristics of spinach

I. Alibas Ozkan, B. Akbudak, Nuray Akbudak

Journal of Food Engineering

Quantification of total bacteria, enterobacteria and lactobacilli populations in pig digesta by real-time PCR

M. Castillo, Susana M. Martín–Orúe, Edgar García Manzanilla +3

Veterinary Microbiology

Overcoming the technological hurdles in the development of probiotic foods

R. Paul Ross, C. Desmond, Gerald F. Fitzgerald +1

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Journal Article Overcoming the technological hurdles in the development of probiotic foods Get access R.P. Ross, R.P. Ross Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, CorkTeagasc Biotechnology, Dairy Products...

Effect of blanching on the antioxidant properties of some tropical green leafy vegetables

Ganiyu Oboh

LWT

Fractionation of wheat and wheat flour into starch and gluten: overview of the main processes and the factors involved

Anne Van Der Borght, Hans Goesaert, Wim S. Veraverbeke +1

Journal of Cereal Science

Influence of Trans Fatty Acids on Health

Steen Stender, Jørn Dyerberg

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

The contribution of dietary trans fatty acids (TFAs) on the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) has recently gained further support due to the results from large, prospective, population-based...

The Acrodermatitis Enteropathica Gene ZIP4 Encodes a Tissue-specific, Zinc-regulated Zinc Transporter in Mice

Jodi Dufner‐Beattie, Fudi Wang, Yien–Ming Kuo +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The human ZIP4 gene (SLC39A4) is a candidate for the genetic disorder of zinc metabolism acrodermatitis enteropathica. To understand its role in zinc homeostasis, we examined the function and...

Pathogen Survival in Swine Manure Environments and Transmission of Human Enteric Illness—A Review

Tat Yee Guan, Richard A. Holley

Journal of Environmental Quality

The influence of zoonotic pathogens in animal manure on human health and well-being as a direct or indirect cause of human enteric illness is examined. Available international data are considered,...

<i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serotype Typhimurium and Its Host-Adapted Variants

Wolfgang Rabsch, Helene L. Andrews, Robert A. Kingsley +4

Infection and Immunity

Salmonella enterica serotypes form a group of pathogens that differ widely in their host range within mammals and birds (Table 1).Members of S. enterica seem to lie along a spectrum in terms of host...

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Jonathan E. Teitelbaum, W. Allan Walker

Annual Review of Nutrition

The health benefits of pre- and probiotics have been the subject of increased research interests. These food supplements have been demonstrated to alter the pre-existing intestinal flora so as to...

Designer eggs: from improvement of egg composition to functional food

P.F Surai, N.H.C. Sparks

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Human Milk Oligosaccharides Are Minimally Digested In Vitro

Mark Jean Gnoth, Clemens Kunz, E. Kinne‐Saffran +1

Journal of Nutrition

Graduated compression stockings in the prevention of venous thromboembolism

Obiekezie Agu, George Hamilton, Daryll Baker

British journal of surgery

Graduated compression stockings reduce the overall cross-sectional area of the limb, increase the linear velocity of venous flow, reduce venous wall distension and improve valvular function. Fifteen...

Biofilms in Food Processing Environments

Amy C. Lee Wong

Journal of Dairy Science

Biofilms are a constant concern in food processing environments. Our overall research focus has been to understand the interaction of factors affecting bacterial attachment and biofilm formation with...

Effect of growth hormone, glutamine, and diet on adaptation in short- bowel syndrome: A randomized, controlled study

James S. Scolapio, Michael Camilleri, CR Fleming +5

Gastroenterology

Selenium in health and disease: A review

L. H. Foster, S. Sumar

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Selenium (Se) was discovered 180 years ago. The toxicological properties of Se in livestock were recognized first; its essential nutritional role for animals was discovered in the 1950s and for...

Potential of antagonistic microorganisms and bacteriocins for the biological preservation of foods

Ulrich Schillinger, Rolf Geisen, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Factors involved in adherence of lactobacilli to human Caco-2 cells

Jeffrey D. Greene, Todd R. Klaenhammer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A quantitative assay performed with bacterial cells labelled with [3H]thymidine was used to investigate factors involved in the adherence of human isolates Lactobacillus acidophilus BG2FO4 and...

Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition: Effects over Two Decades

Ernesto Pollitt, Kathleen S. Gorman, Patrice L. Engle +4

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

The study reported in this Monograph of the effects of early supplementary feeding on cognition included two data collection periods: a longitudinal investigation spanning the years 1969-1977 and a...

Alterations in the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli K-12 after transfer of plasmid and chromosomal genes from Shigella flexneri

Philippe Sansonetti, Thomas L. Hale, Gustave J. Dammin +3

Infection and Immunity

A 140-megadalton plasmid (pWR110), which has previously been associated with virulence in Shigella flexneri, was transferred to Escherichia coli K-12. Segments of S. flexneri chromosomal material...

FIRST PROOF THAT VITAMIN E IS MAJOR LIPID-SOLUBLE, CHAIN-BREAKING ANTIOXIDANT IN HUMAN BLOOD PLASMA

Graham W. Burton, Anne Joyce, K. U. Ingold

The Lancet

Relation between blood pressure and renin, renin substrate, angiotensin II, aldosterone and urinary sodium and potassium in 574 ambulatory subjects.

W. Gordon Walker, Paul K. Whelton, Hiroshi Saito +2

Hypertension

Five hundred and seventy-four ambulatory subjects with blood pressures ranging from 94/58 to 250/145 mm Hg were studied on their usual dietary and sodium intake. Renin, renin substrate, angiotensin...

Fundamental Food Microbiology

Bibek Ray, Arun K. Bhunia

Food microbiology has seen enormous growth in the last decade, fueled by the global pandemic of COVID-19 and continual routine outbreaks with traditional foodborne pathogens. In addition, climate...

The Concept of Postbiotics

Gabriel Vinderola, Mary Ellen Sanders, Seppo Salminen

Foods

The scientific community has proposed terms such as non-viable probiotics, paraprobiotics, ghostbiotics, heat-inactivated probiotics or, most commonly, postbiotics, to refer to inanimate...

Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability—Getting the Trade-Offs Right

Ivar Vågsholm, Naser Shah Arzoomand, Sofia Boqvist

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

The United Nations sustainable development goals include eradication of hunger. To feed 10 billion persons 2050, we need to get the trade-offs right between sustainability, food security, food safety...

The European Union summary report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2017

European Food Safety Authority

EFSA Journal

The data on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria in 2017, submitted by 28 EU Member States (MSs), were jointly analysed by EFSA and ECDC. Resistance in zoonotic...

Encapsulation of curcumin in zein/ caseinate/sodium alginate nanoparticles with improved physicochemical and controlled release properties

Qingguan Liu, Yuequn Jing, Cuiping Han +2

Food Hydrocolloids

The Unregulated Probiotic Market

Claudio De Simone

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Current regulation of probiotics is inadequate to protect consumers and doctors, especially when probiotics are aimed at the dietary management of serious conditions.

Intestinal microbiota development and gestational age in preterm neonates

Katri Korpela, Elin W. Blakstad, Sissel J. Moltu +7

Scientific Reports

The intestinal microbiota is an important contributor to the health of preterm infants, and may be destabilized by a number of environmental factors and treatment modalities. How to promote the...

Nutritional influences on brain development

Michael Georgieff, Sara E. Ramel, Sarah E. Cusick

Acta Paediatrica

Optimizing nutrition during foetal and early postnatal life is a golden opportunity to impact neurodevelopment and brain function across the lifespan.

Pharmacological and Toxicological Properties of Eugenol

Solmaz Mohammadi Nejad, Hilâl Özgüneş, Nurşen Başaran

Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Eugenol is a volatile phenolic constituent of clove essential oil obtained from <i>Eugenia caryophyllata</i> buds and leaves. It is a functional ingredient of numerous products which have been used...

Carbon footprint of food waste management options in the waste hierarchy – a Swedish case study

Mattias Eriksson, Ingrid Strid, Per‐Anders Hansson

Journal of Cleaner Production

Optimisation of phenolic extraction from Averrhoa carambola pomace by response surface methodology and its microencapsulation by spray and freeze drying

Sangeeta Saikia, Nikhil Kumar Mahnot, Charu Lata Mahanta

Food Chemistry

Scientific Opinion on the risks to human and animal health related to the presence of beauvericin and enniatins in food and feed

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)

EFSA Journal

Abstract Beauvericin and enniatins are mycotoxins produced by various Fusarium species. The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on the risk to human and animal health related to...

Effects of cinnamaldehyde on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus membrane

Suxia Shen, Tiehua Zhang, Yuan Yuan +3

Food Control

How to get (a)round: mechanisms controlling growth and division of coccoid bacteria

Mariana G. Pinho, Morten Kjos, Jan‐Willem Veening

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Estimating 24-Hour Urinary Sodium Excretion From Casual Urinary Sodium Concentrations in Western Populations

Ian Brown, Alan R. Dyer, Queenie Chan +4

American Journal of Epidemiology

High intakes of dietary sodium are associated with elevated blood pressure levels and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. National and international guidelines recommend reduced sodium...

Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of matrix Gla-protein: a crucial switch to control ectopic mineralization

Leon J. Schurgers, Jouni Uitto, Chris Reutelingsperger

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Shared and distinct mechanisms of iron acquisition by bacterial and fungal pathogens of humans

Mélissa Caza, James W. Kronstad

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Iron is the most abundant transition metal in the human body and its bioavailability is stringently controlled. In particular, iron is tightly bound to host proteins such as transferrin to maintain...