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Immune response to infection with <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> in mice

Hans‐Willi Mittrücker, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Infection of mice with Salmonella typhimurium results in systemic infection and a disease similar to that seen in humans after infection with S. typhi. The innate immune system can restrict...

"Real Belizean Food": Building Local Identity in the Transnational Caribbean

Richard Wilk

American Anthropologist

Food and cooking can be an avenue toward understanding complex issues of cultural change and transnational cultural flow. Using examples from Belize, I discuss the transformation from late colonial...

Induction and Evasion of Host Defenses by Type 1-Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli

Matthew A. Mulvey, Yolanda S. López-Boado, Carole L. Wilson +4

The Journal of Urology

No AccessJournal of UrologyUrological Survey: Abstracts: Urinary Tract Infection1 Apr 1999Induction and Evasion of Host Defenses by Type 1-Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli M.A. Mulvey, Y.S....

Genotypic and Phenotypic Changes in the Emergence of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7

Peter Feng, Keith A. Lampel, Helge Karch +1

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a foodborne pathogen distinguished from typical E. coli by the production of Shiga toxins (Stx) and the inability to ferment sorbitol (SOR) and to express...

Aggregative adherence fimbria II, a second fimbrial antigen mediating aggregative adherence in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

John R. Czeczulin, S Balepur, Susan Hicks +5

Infection and Immunity

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) has been implicated as an agent of pediatric diarrhea in the developing world. We have shown previously that EAEC adheres to HEp-2 cells by virtue of a...

Physical Properties of Whey Protein Stabilized Emulsions as Related to pH and NaCl

Kyros Demetriades, John N. Coupland, David Julian McClements

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT Corn oil‐in‐water emulsions (20 wt%, d 32 ∼ 0.6 μm) stabilized by 2 wt% whey protein isolate were prepared with a range of pH (3–7) and salt concentrations (0–100 mM NaCl), and particle...

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating and ESR applications in quaternary science and archaeometry

W.J. Rink

Radiation Measurements

Microwave application in vacuum drying of fruits

A.E. Drouzas, Helmar Schubert

Journal of Food Engineering

Diversity and inheritance of inter-simple sequence repeat polymorphisms in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)

Yoshihiko Tsumura, Kenji Ohba, Steven H. Strauss

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Cognitive impairment and mortality in a cohort of elderly people

Catharine R. Galé, C N Martyn, Cyrus Cooper

BMJ

The relation between cognitive function and risk of death from stroke suggests that cerebrovascular disease is an important cause of declining cognitive function. Vitamin C status may be a...

In vivo resuscitation, and virulence towards mice, of viable but nonculturable cells of Vibrio vulnificus

James D. Oliver, R. W. Bockian

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vibrio vulnificus is an estuarine bacterium responsible for 95% of all seafood-related deaths in the United States. The bacterium occurs naturally in molluscan shellfish, and ingestion of raw oysters...

Trans Fatty Acids and Their Effects on Lipoproteins in Humans

Mira Katan, Peter L. Zock, Ronald P. Mensink

Annual Review of Nutrition

Trans fatty acids raise plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in volunteers when exchanged for cis unsaturated fatty acids in the diet. In addition, trans fatty acids may lower...

Patterns of Asthma Mortality in Philadelphia from 1969 to 1991

David M. Lang, Marcia Polansky

New England Journal of Medicine

The rates of death from asthma have increased in Philadelphia, whereas concentrations of major air pollutants have declined. The rates are highest in census tracts with the highest percentages of...

Effect of heat-moisture treatment on the structure and physicochemical properties of cereal, legume, and tuber starches

R. Hoover

Carbohydrate Research

Physical Fitness, Growth and Appetite of Kenyan School Boys with Hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides Infections are Improved Four Months after a Single Dose of Albendazole

Lani S. Stephenson, Michael C. Latham, Elizabeth Adams +2

Journal of Nutrition

We studied physical fitness with the Harvard Step Test, growth, and appetite in primary school boys infected with hookworm (96% baseline prevalence), Trichuris trichiura (98% prevalence) and Ascaris...

Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the Campylobacter jejuni gyrA gene and characterization of quinolone resistance mutations

You Wang, W M Huang, Diane E. Taylor

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

The gyrA gene of Campylobacter jejuni UA580, which encodes the A subunit of DNA gyrase, was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame of 2,589 nucleotides was...

The adjuvant effect of <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i> heat‐labile enterotoxins is linked to their ADP‐ribosyltransferase activity

Nils Lycke, Takao Tsuji, Jan Holmgren

European Journal of Immunology

This study addressed the question of whether the mucosal adjuvant property of cholera toxin (CT) and the structurally closely related Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin (LT) requires the enterotoxic...

Role of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha in resistance to Salmonella typhimurium infection

C Nauciel, Florence Espinasse-Maes

Infection and Immunity

In mice infected with a sublethal dose of Salmonella typhimurium, the injection of an anti-gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) monoclonal antibody increased bacterial proliferation in the spleen and led to...

Venous function assessed during a 5 year period after acute ilio-femoral venous thrombosis treated with anticoagulation

H. Åkesson, Lars Brudin, Jan Anders Dahlström +3

European Journal of Vascular Surgery

Secretory immunoglobulin A carries oligosaccharide receptors for Escherichia coli type 1 fimbrial lectin

Agnes E. Wold, Jiří Městecký, Milan Tomana +4

Infection and Immunity

Type 1 fimbriae with mannose-specific lectins are widely distributed among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and confer the ability to attach to a range of host cells, including colonic...

Transformations of selenium as affected by sediment oxidation-reduction potential and pH

P. H. Masscheleyn, Ronald D. DeLaune, William H. Patrick

Environmental Science & Technology

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTTransformations of selenium as affected by sediment oxidation-reduction potential and pHPatrick H. Masscheleyn, Ronald D. Delaune, and William H. Patrick...

Simple Intestinal Obstruction Causes Bacterial Translocation in Man

Edwin A. Deitch

Archives of Surgery

Indirect clinical evidence has accumulated indicating that the gut may be a reservoir for microorganisms causing systemic infection in man. Our experimental results, in a variety of animal models,...

Maintenance of Small Bowel Mucosa with Glutamine‐Enriched Parenteral Nutrition

Sarah O’Dwyer, Robert J. Smith, Tsann L. Hwang +1

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Glutamine is an important fuel utilized by the intestinal mucosa that is not present in standard amino acid nutrition solutions. In order to determine the effects of glutamine on the intestine,...

Particle size of wheat, maize, and oat test meals: effects on plasma glucose and insulin responses and on the rate of starch digestion in vitro

K W Heaton, SN Marcus, Pauline Emmett +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Proteolytic enzymes of dairy starter cultures

Terence D. Thomas, G. G. PRITCHARD

FEMS Microbiology Letters

The synthesis of proteolytic enzymes by starter bacteria is a fundamental requirement for rapid acid production in milk fermentations. These organisms possess a number of proteinases and peptidases...

Polymeric proanthocyanidins. Stereochemistry, structural units, and molecular weight

Z. Czochanska, Lai Yeap Foo, Roger H. Newman +1

Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1

Homogeneous polymeric proanthocyanidins have been isolated from 22 plant sources and all are based on a C(4)–C(8)[or C(6)] linked polyflavan-3-ol structure. 13C N.m.r, spectroscopy in...

Growth of infants fed a zinc supplemented formula

P A Walravens, K. Michael Hambidge

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Production and Ultrastructure of Lysozyme and Ethylenediaminetetraacetate-Lysozyme Spheroplasts of <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Dale C. Birdsell, E. H. Cota-Robles

Journal of Bacteriology

Spheroplast production by lysozyme and ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) was examined as a means of obtaining osmotically sensitive cells for studies of enzyme localization. Physiologically young...

Enterotoxicity of Bacteria-free Culture-filtrate of Vibrio cholerae

S. N. De

Nature

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update

Nigel S. Key, Alok A. Khorana, Nicole M. Kuderer +12

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Apixaban and rivaroxaban were added as options for extended pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after cancer surgery, with a weak strength of recommendation. Apixaban was also added as an option for the...

Iron dyshomeostasis, lipid peroxidation and perturbed expression of cystine/glutamate antiporter in Alzheimer’s disease: Evidence of ferroptosis

Azhaar Ashraf, Jérôme Jeandriens, Harold G. Parkes +1

Redox Biology

Iron dyshomeostasis is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) alongside β-amyloid and tau pathologies. Despite the recent discovery of ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form cell death, hitherto, in...

Synthesis and Characterization of Selenium Nanoparticles-Lysozyme Nanohybrid System with Synergistic Antibacterial Properties

Mahsa Vahdati Vahdati, Tahereh Tohidi Moghadam

Scientific Reports

In the light of promising potency of selenium nanoparticles in biomedical applications, this is the first study to report the synergistic antibacterial activity of these nanoparticles and lysozyme....

Microbiota-derived lantibiotic restores resistance against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Sohn G. Kim, Simone Becattini, Thomas Moody +23

Nature

Commensal Enterobacteriaceae Protect against Salmonella Colonization through Oxygen Competition

Yael Litvak, Khin K. Z. Mon, Henry Nguyen +15

Cell Host & Microbe

Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) versus low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for treatment of cancer associated thrombosis (CAT): A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ang Li, David García, Gary H. Lyman +1

Thrombosis Research

DOACs were more effective than LMWHs to prevent recurrent VTE but were associated with a significantly increased risk of major bleeding as well as a trend toward more CRNMB. The absolute risk...

Eggs in Early Complementary Feeding and Child Growth: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Lora Iannotti, Chessa Lutter, Christine P. Stewart +8

PEDIATRICS

The findings supported our hypothesis that early introduction of eggs significantly improved growth in young children. Generally accessible to vulnerable groups, eggs have the potential to contribute...

Microencapsulation of bioactives for food applications

María Inês Días, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Maria Filomena Barreiro

Food & Function

Health issues are an emerging concern to the world population, and therefore the food industry is searching for novel food products containing health-promoting bioactive compounds, with little or no...

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and the ecology of the nasal microbiome

Cindy M. Liu, Lance B. Price, Bruce A. Hungate +6

Science Advances

The human microbiome can play a key role in host susceptibility to pathogens, including in the nasal cavity, a site favored by Staphylococcus aureus. However, what determines our resident nasal...

A comprehensive review of thin-layer drying models used in agricultural products

Can Ertekin, Mehmet Ziya Fırat

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Drying is one of the widely used methods of grain, fruit, and vegetable preservation. The important aim of drying is to reduce the moisture content and thereby increase the lifetime of products by...

Novel Drying Techniques for the Food Industry

J.A. Moses, Tomás Norton, K. Alagusundaram +1

Food Engineering Reviews

Recent Trends in Studies on Botanical Fungicides in Agriculture

Mi-Young Yoon, Byeong-Jin Cha, Jin‐Cheol Kim

The Plant Pathology Journal

Plants are attacked by various phytopathogenic fungi. For many years, synthetic fungicides have been used to control plant diseases. Although synthetic fungicides are highly effective, their repeated...

Nutritional and functional potential of Beta vulgaris cicla and rubra

Paolino Ninfali, Donato Angelino

Fitoterapia

Nontyphoid Salmonella Infection: Microbiology, Clinical Features, and Antimicrobial Therapy

Hung-Ming Chen, Yue Wang, Lin‐Hui Su +1

Pediatrics & Neonatology

Nontyphoid Salmonella is the most common bacterial pathogen causing gastrointestinal infection worldwide. Most nontyphoid Salmonella infection is limited to uncomplicated gastroenteritis that seldom...

High-Resolution Transcriptome Maps Reveal Strain-Specific Regulatory Features of Multiple Campylobacter jejuni Isolates

Gaurav Dugar, Alexander Herbig, Konrad U. Förstner +4

PLoS Genetics

Campylobacter jejuni is currently the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. Comparison of multiple Campylobacter strains revealed a high genetic and phenotypic diversity. However,...

Ready‐to‐eat snack products: the role of extrusion technology in developing consumer acceptable and nutritious snacks

Margaret A. Brennan, Emma Derbyshire, Brijesh K. Tiwari +1

International Journal of Food Science & Technology

Summary Consumer appeal for ready‐to‐eat (RTE) products is forecast to grow rapidly over the next 5 years as consumers demand convenient snacks with exciting sensory and textural properties....

Premature Delivery Influences the Immunological Composition of Colostrum and Transitional and Mature Human Milk

Cristina Castellote, Rosario Casillas, Carolina Ramı́rez-Santana +5

Journal of Nutrition

Repeated exposure and associative conditioning promote preschool children’s liking of vegetables

Stephanie Anzman‐Frasca, Jennifer S. Savage, Michele E. Marini +2

Appetite

The <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> sensor RetS switches Type III and Type VI secretion via c‐di‐GMP signalling

Joana A. Moscoso, Helga Mikkelsen, Stephan Heeb +2

Environmental Microbiology

Acute bacterial infections are associated with motility and cytotoxicity via the type III secretion system (T3SS), while chronic infections are linked to biofilm formation and reduced virulence. In...

Probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants

Khalid AlFaleh, Jasim Anabrees, Dirk Bassler +1

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Enteral supplementation of probiotics prevents severe NEC and all cause mortality in preterm infants. Our updated review of available evidence supports a change in practice. More studies are needed...