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Inhibition and Genetic Ablation of the B7/CD28 T-Cell Costimulation Axis Prevents Experimental Hypertension

Antony Vinh, Wei Chen, Yelena Blinder +6

Circulation

T-cell costimulation via B7 ligands is essential for development of experimental hypertension, and inhibition of this process could have therapeutic benefit in the treatment of this disease.

Glutamate. Its applications in food and contribution to health

S. Jinap, Parvaneh Hajeb

Appetite

Role of metallothionein in cadmium traffic and toxicity in kidneys and other mammalian organs

Ivan Sabolić, Davorka Breljak, Mario Škarica +1

BioMetals

Effect of bile salts on the DNA and membrane integrity of enteric bacteria

Megan E. Merritt, Janet R. Donaldson

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Enteric bacteria are able to resist the high concentrations of bile encountered throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Here we review the current mechanisms identified in the enteric bacteria...

Human cancer cell antiproliferative and antioxidant activities of Juglans regia L.

Márcia Carvalho, Pedro J. Ferreira, Vanda Mendes +4

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Risk Assessment for Birds and Mammals

European Food Safety Authority

EFSA Journal

The revised Guidance Document on Risk Assessment for Birds and Mammals on the basis of the Scientific Opinion of the PPR Panel on the Science behind the Guidance Document on Risk Assessment for Birds...

Inactivation mechanisms of lactic acid starter cultures preserved by drying processes

Chalat Santivarangkna, Ulrich Kulozik, Petra Foerst

Journal of Applied Microbiology

The preservation of lactic acid starter cultures by drying are of increased interest. A further improvement of cell viability is, however, still needed, and the insight into inactivation mechanisms...

A role for sweet taste: Calorie predictive relations in energy regulation by rats.

Susan E. Swithers, Terry L. Davidson

Behavioral Neuroscience

Animals may use sweet taste to predict the caloric contents of food. Eating sweet noncaloric substances may degrade this predictive relationship, leading to positive energy balance through increased...

Genetic Variation in Taste and Its Influence on Food Selection

Bibiana García‐Bailo, Clare Toguri, Karen Eny +1

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Abstract Taste perception plays a key role in determining individual food preferences and dietary habits. Individual differences in bitter, sweet, umami, sour, or salty taste perception may influence...

Benefits of fish oil supplementation in hyperlipidemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Guy D. Eslick, Peter R.C. Howe, Caroline Smith +2

International Journal of Cardiology

Drying technologies in food processing

Niels Skovgaard

International Journal of Food Microbiology

The convenience food market in Great Britain: Convenience food lifestyle (CFL) segments

Marie Buckley, Cathal Cowan, Mary McCarthy

Appetite

Mutations in sodium-borate cotransporter SLC4A11 cause recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED2)

Eranga N. Vithana, Patricio E. Morgan, Periasamy Sundaresan +17

Nature Genetics

Effects of Chemical Form of Selenium on Plasma Biomarkers in a High-Dose Human Supplementation Trial

Raymond F. Burk, Brooke K. Norsworthy, Kristina E. Hill +2

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Intervention trials with different forms of selenium are under way to assess the effects of selenium supplements on the incidence of cancer and other diseases. Plasma selenium biomarkers respond to...

Thin-layer drying behaviour of mint leaves

İ̇brahim Doymaz

Journal of Food Engineering

Ximelagatran vs Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin and Warfarin for the Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Jean‐Noël Fiessinger, Menno V. Huisman, Bruce L. Davidson +9

JAMA

Oral ximelagatran administered in a fixed dose without coagulation monitoring, was as effective as enoxaparin/warfarin for treatment of deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism and...

Multicomponent fortified human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants

Carl A Kuschel, Jane E. Harding

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Multicomponent fortification of human milk is associated with short-term improvements in weight gain, linear and head growth. Despite the absence of evidence of long-term benefit and insufficient...

Dietary Alkylresorcinols: Absorption, Bioactivities, and Possible Use as Biomarkers of Whole-grain Wheat- and Rye-rich Foods

Alastair B. Ross, Afaf Kamal‐Eldin, Per Åman

Nutrition Reviews

The biologic and chemical properties of alkylresorcinols (ARs) have been reviewed previously, but there has been relatively little research or focus on the importance of ARs in food and diet. ARs...

Effect of water and sanitation on childhood health in a poor Peruvian peri-urban community

William Checkley, Robert H. Gilman, Robert E. Black +4

The Lancet

Absorption, excretion, and distribution of dietary antioxidant betalains in LDLs: potential health effects of betalains in humans

Luisa Tesoriere, Mario Allegra, Daniela Butera +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Whole-grain consumption and the metabolic syndrome: a favorable association in Tehranian adults

Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Opposing effects of cis-9,trans-11 and trans-10,cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid on blood lipids in healthy humans

Sabine Tricon, Graham C. Burdge, Samantha Kew +7

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Decreased mortality and infectious morbidity in adult burn patients given enteral glutamine supplements: A prospective, controlled, randomized clinical trial*

Dominique R. Garrel, Julie Patenaude, Bernadette Nedelec +5

Critical Care Medicine

Enteral glutamine supplementation in adult burn patients reduces blood infection by a factor of three, prevents bacteremia with P. aeruginosa, and may decrease mortality rate. It has no effect on...

Repeated Oral Administration of High Doses of the Pomegranate Ellagitannin Punicalagin to Rats for 37 Days Is Not Toxic

Begoña Cerdá, J. M. Castro Cerón, Francisco A. Tómas‐Barberán +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The water-soluble ellagitanin punicalagin has been reported to be toxic to cattle. Taking into account that this antioxidant polyphenol is very abundant in pomegranate juice (> or =2 g/L), the...

Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) provides tools to identify and analyze sequences from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and related sequences from other organisms

Karen Christie

Nucleic Acids Research

The Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD; http://www.yeastgenome.org/), a scientific database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has recently developed several...

Chemical Characterization of Basil (<i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L.) Found in Local Accessions and Used in Traditional Medicines in Iran

Jamal Javanmardi, A Khalighi, Abdolkarim Kashi +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Ocimum species are used in traditional Iranian medicine, as a culinary herb, and as a well-known source of flavoring principles. Horticultural characteristics, including quantitative and qualitative...

Effect of cooling rate on the structure and mechanical properties of milk fat and lard

Rodrigo Campos, Suresh S. Narine, Alejandro G. Marangoni

Food Research International

Application of Peleg model to study water absorption in chickpea during soaking

Mahir Turhan, Sedat Sayar, Sundaram Gunasekaran

Journal of Food Engineering

High (1→3,1→4)-β-Glucan Barley Fractions in Bread Making and their Effects on Human Glycemic Response

A. Cavallero, S. Empilli, Furio Brighenti +1

Journal of Cereal Science

Relationship of prebiotics and food to intestinal microflora

Michaël Blaut

European Journal of Nutrition

Acute Pulmonary Embolectomy

Lishan Aklog, Christopher S. Williams, John G. Byrne +1

Circulation

The high survival rate of 89% can be attributed to improved surgical technique, rapid diagnosis and triage, and careful patient selection. We hope that other tertiary centers will evaluate pulmonary...

Infection Due to<i>Legionella</i>Species Other Than<i>L. pneumophila</i>

Robert R. Muder, Victor L. Yu

Clinical Infectious Diseases

In addition to Legionella pneumophila, 19 Legionella species have been documented as human pathogens on the basis of their isolation from clinical material. Like L. pneumophila, other Legionella...

Bacillomycin D: an iturin with antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus

Anne-Laure Moyne, R. A. Shelby, Thomas E. Cleveland +1

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Both bacillomycin D analogues were active at the same concentration against A. flavus, but the different lipid chain length apparently affected the activity of the lipopeptide against other fungi.

Not Just a Drop in the Bucket: Expanding Access to Point-of-Use Water Treatment Systems

Eric Mintz, Jamie Bartram, Peter Lochery +1

American Journal of Public Health

Since 1990, the number of people without access to safe water sources has remained constant at approximately 1.1 billion, of whom approximately 2.2 million die of waterborne disease each year. In...

Natural Food Antimicrobial Systems

The plasticizing effect of water on proteins, polysaccharides and their mixtures. Glassy state of biopolymers, food and seeds

Yu. I. Matveev

Food Hydrocolloids

Fish consumption and cancer risk

Esteve Fernández, Liliane Chatenoud, Carlo La Vecchia +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Oligosaccharides in human milk during different phases of lactation

GV Coppa, Paolo Pierani, Lucia Zampini +3

Acta Paediatrica

Twenty-one oligosaccharides of human milk were quantified by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography. Milk samples were collected from 18 mothers during the first 3 mo of lactation. The data...

Omega-3 fatty acid concentrates: nutritional aspects and production technologies

Fereidoon Shahidi, Udaya N. Wanasundara

Trends in Food Science & Technology

The glutathione redox couple modulates zinc transfer from metallothionein to zinc-depleted sorbitol dehydrogenase

Lijuan Jiang, Wolfgang Maret, Bert L. Vallée

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The release and transfer of zinc from metallothionein (MT) to zinc-depleted sorbitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.14) in vitro has been used to explore the role of MT in cellular zinc distribution. A 1:1...

Novel role of zinc in the regulation of prostate citrate metabolism and its implications in prostate cancer

L.C. Costello, Renty Franklin

The Prostate

The prostate gland of humans and many other animals has the major function of accumulating and secreting extraordinarily high levels of citrate. This specialized metabolic process of "net citrate...

Rheological properties at small (dynamic) and large (yield) deformations of acid gels made from heated milk

J.A. Lucey, Cheng Tet Teo, Peter A. Munro +1

Journal of Dairy Research

The effect of a range of milk heat treatments on the rheological properties, at small and large deformations, of acid skim milk gels was investigated. Gels were made from reconstituted skim milk...

Comparison of the oral, rectal, and vaginal immunization routes for induction of antibodies in rectal and genital tract secretions of women

Pamela A. Kozlowski, Susan Cu‐Uvin, Marian R. Neutra +1

Infection and Immunity

To determine which mucosal immunization routes may be optimal for induction of antibodies in the rectum and female genital tract, groups of women were immunized a total of three times either orally,...

The role of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis

Henri R. Ford, Simon C. Watkins, Kimberly K. Reblock +1

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Oral Bacterial Therapy Reduces the Duration of Symptoms and of Viral Excretion in Children with Mild Diarrhea

Alfredo Guarino, Roberto Berni Canani, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo +2

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Oral administration of Lactobacillus GG is effective in rotavirus-positive and rotavirus-negative ambulatory children with diarrhea. Furthermore, it reduces the duration of rotavirus excretion.

Prevalence of cytolethal distending toxin production in Campylobacter jejuni and relatedness of Campylobacter sp. cdtB gene

Carol L. Pickett, Everett C. Pesci, D L Cottle +3

Infection and Immunity

Campylobacter jejuni produces a toxin called cytolethal distending toxin (CDT). The genes encoding this toxin in C. jejuni 81-176 were cloned and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of the genes...

Does Supplementation of Diet With 'Fish Oil' Reduce Blood Pressure?

Lawrence J. Appel

Archives of Internal Medicine

<h3>Background:</h3> Several lines of evidence suggest that supplementation of diet with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3) PUFA), commonly referred to as fish oils, may reduce blood pressure...

Expression of Salmonella typhimurium genes required for invasion is regulated by changes in DNA supercoiling

Jorge E. Galán, Roy Curtiss

Infection and Immunity

The ability to enter intestinal epithelial cells is an essential virulence factor of salmonellae. We have previously cloned a group of genes (invA, B, C, and D) that allow S. typhimurium to penetrate...

Oxidative stress as a causal factor in differentiation and aging: a unifying hypothesis

Rajindar S. Sohal, Robert G. Allen

Experimental Gerontology

Nutritional improvement of cereals by sprouting

J. K. Chavan, S. S. Kadam, Larry R. Beuchat

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Cereal grains form a major source of dietary nutrients for all people, particularly those in the developing countries. However, the nutritional quality of cereal grains and sensory properties of...