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Suppression of hippocampal TRPM7 protein prevents delayed neuronal death in brain ischemia

Hong‐Shuo Sun, Michael Jackson, Loren J. Martin +11

Nature Neuroscience

Association of Maternal Height With Child Mortality, Anthropometric Failure, and Anemia in India

S. V. Subramanian

JAMA

In a nationally representative sample of households in India, maternal height was inversely associated with child mortality and anthropometric failure.

Effects of a Saturated Fat and High Cholesterol Diet on Memory and Hippocampal Morphology in the Middle-Aged Rat

Ann‐Charlotte Granholm, Heather A. Bimonte‐Nelson, Alfred Moore +3

Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Diets rich in cholesterol and/or saturated fats have been shown to be detrimental to cognitive performance. Therefore, we fed a cholesterol (2%) and saturated fat (hydrogenated coconut oil, Sat Fat...

Estimated annual numbers of US acute‐care hospital patients at risk for venous thromboembolism

Frederick A. Anderson, Maxim Zayaruzny, John A. Heit +2

American Journal of Hematology

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major US health problem. However, the total number of US inpatients who are at risk for VTE is unknown. Our objective was to estimate the number of US acute-care...

Enterobacter sakazakii in food and beverages (other than infant formula and milk powder)

Miriam Friedemann

International Journal of Food Microbiology

HPLC analysis of diverse grape and wine phenolics using direct injection and multidetection by DAD and fluorescence

Sergio Gómez‐Alonso, Esteban García‐Romero, Isidro Hermosín‐Gutiérrez

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Effects of the oral administration of the exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens on the gut mucosal immunity

Gabriel Vinderola, Gabriela Perdigón, Jairo Duarte +2

Cytokine

BAGEL: a web-based bacteriocin genome mining tool

Anne de Jong, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum, Jetta J. E. Bijlsma +2

Nucleic Acids Research

A common problem in the annotation of open reading frames (ORFs) is the identification of genes that are functionally similar but have limited or no sequence homology. This is particularly the case...

Effect of patient's sex on risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis

Simon McRae, Huyen Tran, Sam Schulman +2

The Lancet

Thrombosis during pregnancy and the postpartum period

Allison James, Victor F. Tapson, Samuel Z. Goldhaber

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Intestinal permeability and systemic infections in critically ill patients: Effect of glutamine*

Daurea Abadia De-Souza, Lewis Joel Greene

Critical Care Medicine

Glutamine administration improves the prognosis of critically ill patients presumably by maintaining the physiologic intestinal barrier and by reducing the frequency of infections.

8-Hydroxyquinoline Derivatives as Fluorescent Sensors for Magnesium in Living Cells

Giovanna Farruggia, Stefano Iotti, Luca Prodi +6

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Despite the key role of magnesium in many fundamental biological processes, knowledge about its intracellular regulation is still scarce, due to the lack of appropriate detection methods. Here, we...

Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

Jennifer Bryce, César G. Victora, Jean‐Pierre Habicht +2

Health Policy and Planning

This analysis highlights the need for a shift if child survival efforts are to be successful. Delivery systems that rely solely on government health facilities must be expanded to include the full...

Formation and Characterization of Aerobic Granules in a Sequencing Batch Reactor Treating Soybean-Processing Wastewater

Kuizu Su, Han‐Qing Yu

Environmental Science & Technology

Aerobic granules were cultivated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) fed with soybean-processing wastewater at 25+/-1 degrees C and pH 7.0+/-0.1. The granulation process was described via measuring...

GroEL of<i>Lactobacillus johnsonii</i>La1 (NCC 533) Is Cell Surface Associated: Potential Role in Interactions with the Host and the Gastric Pathogen<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>

Gabriela E. Bergonzelli, Dominique Granato, R. David Pridmore +3

Infection and Immunity

Heat shock proteins of the GroEL or Hsp60 class are highly conserved proteins essential to all living organisms. Even though GroEL proteins are classically considered intracellular proteins, they...

<i>Legionella</i> Subvert the Functions of Rab1 and Sec22b to Create a Replicative Organelle

Jonathan C. Kagan, Mary‐Pat Stein, Marc Pypaert +1

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Legionella pneumophila is a bacterial pathogen that infects eukaryotic host cells and replicates inside a specialized organelle that is morphologically similar to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To...

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients

Giancarlo Agnelli

Circulation

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication of surgical procedures. The risk for VTE in surgical patients is determined by the combination of individual predisposing factors and the...

Fibre and effects on probiotics (the prebiotic concept)

Glenn R. Gibson

Clinical Nutrition Supplements

Overexpression of Selenocysteine Methyltransferase in Arabidopsis and Indian Mustard Increases Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation

Danika L. LeDuc, Alice S. Tarun, Marı́a Montes-Bayón +11

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A major goal of phytoremediation is to transform fast-growing plants with genes from plant species that hyperaccumulate toxic trace elements. We overexpressed the gene encoding selenocysteine...

Selenoprotein Metabolism and Function: Evidence for More than One Function for Selenoprotein P

Raymond F. Burk, Kristina E. Hill, Amy K. Motley

Journal of Nutrition

Thermodynamic properties of moisture sorption of potato

W.A.M. McMinn, T.R.A. Magee

Journal of Food Engineering

A comprehensive procedure for performance evaluation of solar food dryers

M. Augustus Leon, S. Kumar, S.C. Bhattacharya

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of some essential oils

Buket Cicioğlu Andoğan, Hasan Baydar, Selçuk Kaya +3

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Recurrence: High Negative Predictive Value of D-dimer Performed after Oral Anticoagulation Is Stopped

Cristina Legnani, Benilde Cosmi, Giuliana Guazzaloca +3

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

In some patients with previous venous thromboembolism (VTE) D-dimer levels (D-Dimer) tend to increase after oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) is stopped. The aim of our study was to evaluate the...

Consumers' convenience orientation towards meal preparation: conceptualization and measurement

Math J. J. M. Candel

Appetite

Food of the Gods: Cure for Humanity? A Cultural History of the Medicinal and Ritual Use of Chocolate

Teresa L. Dillinger, Patricia Barriga, Sylvia Escárcega +3

Journal of Nutrition

Chalky and Translucent Rice Grains Differ in Starch Composition and Structure and Cooking Properties

A. Lisle, Margrit Martin, Melissa Fitzgerald

Cereal Chemistry

ABSTRACT Chalk is an important quality characteristic in rice and occurs most commonly when high temperatures are experienced during grain development. The aims of this report are to determine...

The Safety Evaluation of Monosodium Glutamate

Ronald W. Walker, John R. Lupien

Journal of Nutrition

Some remarks on rehydration of dried foods

Piotr P. Lewicki

Journal of Food Engineering

Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Culture and the Past.

Richard Wilk, Sidney W. Mintz

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

The Role of Viscous Soluble Fiber in the Metabolic Control of Diabetes: A review with special emphasis on cereals rich in β-glucan

P. Würsch, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer

Diabetes Care

Recent recommendations for the dietary management of diabetes mellitus state that diet needs to be individualized so that there is improved glucose and lipid control in the patient. In a majority of...

Selenium metabolism and bioavailability

Lynne Daniels

Biological Trace Element Research

Imaging the intracellular trafficking and state of the AB5 quaternary structure of cholera toxin.

Philippe I. H. Bastiaens, Irina Majoul, Peter J. Verveer +2

The EMBO Journal

Antifungal Activity of the Essential Oil of Origanum syriacum L.

Rasha K. Daouk, Shawky M. Dagher, Elsa J. Sattout

Journal of Food Protection

Copper and Silver Transport by CopB-ATPase in Membrane Vesicles of Enterococcus hirae

Marc Solioz, Alex Odermatt

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The P-type ATPase, CopB, of Enterococcus hirae is required for the copper resistance displayed by this organism and thus was postulated to be a copper pump. Using 64Cu+ and 110mAg+, we here show...

Relation between infant feeding and infections during the first six months of life

Micheline Beaudry, Renée Dufour, Sylvie Marcoux

The Journal of Pediatrics

Dietary substitution with an α-linolenic acid-rich vegetable oil increases eicosapentaenoic acid concentrations in tissues

Evangeline Mantzioris, MJ James, Robert A. Gibson +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

A novel zinc(II) binding site modulates the function of the beta A4 amyloid protein precursor of Alzheimer's disease

Ashley I. Bush, Gerhard Multhaup, Robert D. Moir +6

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Abnormalities of zinc metabolism occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a condition where pathological catabolism of the amyloid protein precursor (APP) causes cerebral beta A4 amyloidosis. An...

Toxicological Principles of Metal Carcinogenesis with Special Emphasis on Cadmium

Michael P. Waalkes, Timothy P. Coogan, R. A. Barter

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Metals are an important and emerging class of carcinogens. At least three metals, specifically nickel, chromium, and arsenic, are confirmed human carcinogens, and several more are suspected to have...

Lactic acid bacteria in meat fermentation

Walter P. Hammes, Annegret Bantleon, Seunghwa Min

FEMS Microbiology Letters

The main fermented meat products are fermented sausages in which lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are the essential agents of the ripening process. During indigenous fermentations Lactobacillus curvatus...

Gustatory responses of single neurons in the caudolateral orbitofrontal cortex of the macaque monkey

Edmund T. Rolls, S. Yaxley, Zenon Sienkiewicz

Journal of Neurophysiology

1. In recordings made from 3,120 single neurons, a secondary cortical taste area was found in the caudolateral part of the orbitofrontal cortex of the cynomolgus macaque monkey, Macaca fascicularis....

Host-specificity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli depends on differences in binding specificity to Gal alpha 1-4Gal-containing isoreceptors.

Nicklas Strömberg, B.‐I. Marklund, B Lund +5

The EMBO Journal

pH-Induced dissociation of bovine casein micelles. II. Mineral solubilization and its relation to casein release

Douglas G. Dalgleish, Andrew J. R. Law

Journal of Dairy Research

Summary Measurements of the release of Ca, Mg and inorganic phosphate(P i ) from the casein micelles of bovine milk have been made, as functions of the pH, in the range 4·9–6·7, and at temperatures...

Content of raffinose oligosaccharides and sucrose in various plant seeds

Tsung Min Kuo, Jody F. VanMiddlesworth, Walter J. Wolf

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTContent of raffinose oligosaccharides and sucrose in various plant seedsTsung Min Kuo, Jody F. VanMiddlesworth, and Walter J. WolfCite this: J. Agric. Food...

Characterization of aromatic- and purine-dependent Salmonella typhimurium: attention, persistence, and ability to induce protective immunity in BALB/c mice

David O’Callaghan, Duncan J. Maskell, Foo Y. Liew +2

Infection and Immunity

Stable transposon-generated auxotrophic mutations in aroA, purA, and purE or aroA and purA together were introduced into Salmonella typhimurium strains which were virulent in mice. Strains harboring...

TANSLEY REVIEW NO. 5 FRUCTANS AND THE METABOLISM OF SUCROSE IN VASCULAR PLANTS

Chris Pollock

New Phytologist

The occurrence, structure and metabolism of fructose polymers in tissues of vascular plants are discussed in relation to the metabolism of sucrose. Distinctions are made between long-term and...

Auditory Biochemistry.

Dennis L. Kisiel

Ear and Hearing

Teratogenic aspects of manganese, zinc, and copper nutrition.

L. S. Hurley

Physiological Reviews

Ecology, serology, and enterotoxin production of Vibrio cholerae in Chesapeake Bay

James B. Kaper, Hank Lockman, Rita R. Colwell +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A total of 65 isolates of Vibrio cholerae, serotypes other than O--1, have been recovered from water, sediment, and shellfish samples from the Chesapeake Bay. Isolations were not random, but followed...