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Flagellin, a Novel Mediator of <i>Salmonella</i> -Induced Epithelial Activation and Systemic Inflammation: IκBα Degradation, Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase, Induction of Proinflammatory Mediators, and Cardiovascular Dysfunction

Tonyia Eaves‐Pyles, Kanneganti Murthy, Lucas Liaudet +5

The Journal of Immunology

Gram-negative sepsis is mediated by the actions of proinflammatory genes induced in response to microbes and their products. We report that flagellin, the monomeric subunit of flagella, is a potent...

Cytokines in host defense against

Lars Eckmann, Martin F. Kagnoff

Microbes and Infection

Zinc-Altered Immune Function and Cytokine Production

Lothar Rink, Holger Kirchner

Journal of Nutrition

Comparative Study of Polyphenol Scavenging Activities Assessed by Different Methods

Nathalie Saint-Cricq de Gaulejac, Christian Provost, Nicolás Vivas

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The effect of procyanidin solutions on superoxide anion radicals was studied with an enzymatic method and their EC(50) values were determined. A comparative study of the results suggested that the...

Pathogenesis of<i>Vibrio vulnificus</i>

Debra A Linkous, James D. Oliver

FEMS Microbiology Letters

This review describes the factors which are currently recognized as being central to the virulence of the human pathogen, Vibrio vulnificus. This estuarine/marine bacterium occurs in high numbers in...

Travel as a Risk Factor for Venous Thromboembolic Disease

Émile Ferrari, Thierry Chevallier, Alexis Chapelier +1

CHEST Journal

Identification of a pathogenicity island required for <i>Salmonella</i> enteropathogenicity

Michael W. Wood, Michael Jones, Patricia R. Watson +3

Molecular Microbiology

Salmonella spp. interact with ileal mucosa and disrupt normal intestinal function, which results in an acute inflammatory cell influx, fluid secretion and enteritis. We have recently characterized...

Use of starter cultures in fermentation on a household scale

Wilhelm H. Holzapfel

Food Control

The use of ultrasound for the extraction of bioactive principles from plant materials

Mircea Vînătoru, Maricela Toma, Otilia Crăciun +3

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

A cluster of fourteen genes from enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> is sufficient for the biogenesis of a type IV pilus

Kelly D. Stone, Hong‐Zhong Zhang, Lisa K. Carlson +1

Molecular Microbiology

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhere to epithelial cells in microcolonies, a pattern termed localized adherence (LA). LA is dependent upon the presence of 50-70 MDa plasmids, termed EPEC...

A pathogenic bacterium triggers epithelial signals to form a functional bacterial receptor that mediates actin pseudopod formation.

Ilan Rosenshine, Sharon Ruschkowski, Markus Stein +3

The EMBO Journal

Edible Films and Coatings from Soy Protein

Alice H. Brandenburg, Curtis L. Weller, Robert F. Testin

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT A method was developed by which films could be prepared from commercial isolated soy protein (ISP). ISP was treated with alkali (ATISP) to alter film orooerties. Water vapor oermeability...

Inhibiting factors produced by lactic acid bacteria. 2. Bacteriocins and other antibacterial substances

Jean-Christophe Piard, M. Desmazeaud

Le Lait

Lactic acid bacteria can produce a variety of substances with antibacterial activity which are described in this article. Non-peptide antibacterial substances are distinguished from bacteriocins,...

Diarrhea as a Cause and an Effect of Malnutrition: Diarrhea Prevents Catch-up Growth and Malnutrition Increases Diarrhea Frequency and Duration

Richard L. Guerrant, John B. Schorling, Jay McAuliffe +1

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Diarrhea and malnutrition, alone or together, constitute major causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the tropical world. Data from northeast Brazil, taken with numerous other...

Dining out: a sociology of modern manners

Choice Reviews Online

Part 1 Dining out: the meaning of food in the public domain the modern restaurant - a diorama of desire dining out. Part 2 The manners of modernity: pleasure and desire manners and the expression of...

Current Advances in Vitamin K Research

Daniel A. Walz

Journal of Nutrition

Magnesium metabolism in health and disease

Ronald J. Elin

Disease-a-Month

Effect of perorally administered lactobacilli on macrophage activation in mice

Gabriela Perdigón, M E de Macias, Susana Alvarez +2

Infection and Immunity

The effect of perorally (p.o) administered Lactobacillus casei and L. bulgaricus on macrophage activation in mice was studied. L. casei and L. bulgaricus were administered p.o. to mice for 8 days....

Nutritional Requirement for Taurine in Patients Receiving Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition

Harry S. Geggel, Marvin E. Ament, John R. Heckenlively +2

New England Journal of Medicine

Animals fed diets lacking the amino acid taurine have low plasma and tissue levels of taurine and ultimately have retinal dysfunction. Since parenteral nutrition does not ordinarily provide taurine,...

Food processing and the glycemic index

Jennie Brand‐Miller, PL Nicholson, A W Thorburn +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Changes in the Starch Fraction During Extrusion‐cooking of Corn

M. H. Gómez, José Miguel Aguilera

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT Whole ground corn was extruded at 23.7, 18.5, 15.4,13.9 and 7.6% moisture contents (EMC). Decreasing EMC resulted in increases in water solubility index (WSI), enzyme susceptibility (ES),...

Beneficial effects of oral zinc supplementation on the immune response of old people

Jean Duchateau, Guy Delepesse, R. Vrijens +1

The American Journal of Medicine

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STRESS RELAXATION CURVES OF SOLID FOODS

Micha Peleg

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT Relaxation curves of Agar gel, apple, bologna sausage, bread, cheddar cheese, pear and potato specimens, at various deformation levels, were normalized and fitted to the equation: [F 0 ‐...

Measured Turbulence and Its Effect on Thrombus Formation

Paul D. Stein, Hani N. Sabbah

Circulation Research

Turbulence is one of the hydraulic disturbances implicated in thrombus formation, even though absolute proof of its contributory effect is lacking. Because of the importance of a possible effect of...

Delineation of the Dimensions and Permeability Characteristics of the Two Major Diffusion Barriers to Passive Mucosal Uptake in the Rabbit Intestine

Henrik Westergaard, John M. Dietschy

Journal of Clinical Investigation

THE RATE OF PASSIVE ABSORPTION INTO THE INTESTINAL MUCOSAL CELL IS DETERMINED BY AT LEAST TWO MAJOR DIFFUSION BARRIERS: an unstirred water layer and the cell membrane. This study defines the...

The phase behavior of monogalactosyl, digalactosyl, and sulphoquinovosyl diglycerides

G. Graham Shipley, James P. Green, B.W. Nichols

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Cell Wall Composition and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Similarities Among the Anaerobic Coryneforms, Classical Propionibacteria, and Strains of<i>Arachnia propionica</i>

J. L. Johnson, C. S. Cummins

Journal of Bacteriology

Eighty strains of anaerobic coryneforms were compared with 29 strains of classical propionibacteria and 8 strains of Arachnia propionica by cell wall analysis, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) base...

Chemistry of Nonenzymic Browning II

Tim Reynolds

Advances in food research

Primary optic centers of the rat in relation to the terminal distribution of the crossed and uncrossed optic nerve fibers

W.R. Hayhow, Andrew Sefton, Carolyn Webb

The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Inhibition of lipide peroxidation in mitochondria by vitamin E

Al L. Tappel, H Zalkin

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Applications of Essential Oils and Plant Extracts in Different Industries

Parisa Bolouri, Robab Salami, Shaghayegh Kouhi +4

Molecules

Essential oils (EOs) and plant extracts are sources of beneficial chemical compounds that have potential applications in medicine, food, cosmetics, and the agriculture industry. Plant medicines were...

Advancements in liposome technology: Preparation techniques and applications in food, functional foods, and bioactive delivery: A review

K.K. Ajeeshkumar, Peruvazhipurath Appu Aneesh, Navaneethan Raju +3

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Liposomes play a significant role in encapsulation of various bioactive compounds (BACs), including functional food ingredients to improve the stability of core. This technology can be used for...

The global challenge of hidden hunger: perspectives from the field

Nicola M. Lowe

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society

The aim of this review paper is to explore the strategies employed to tackle micronutrient deficiencies with illustrations from field-based experience. Hidden hunger is the presence of multiple...

In vitro fermentation of Gracilaria lemaneiformis sulfated polysaccharides and its agaro-oligosaccharides by human fecal inocula and its impact on microbiota

Zhang Xiao, Jude Juventus Aweya, Zong-Xun Huang +7

Carbohydrate Polymers

Nanoemulsions of essential oils to improve solubility, stability and permeability: a review

Thaís Nogueira Barradas, Kattya Gyselle de Holanda e Silva

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Drivers of choice for fluid milk versus plant-based alternatives: What are consumer perceptions of fluid milk?

K.S. McCarthy, Megan N. Parker, A. Ameerally +2

Journal of Dairy Science

Fluid milk consumption has declined for decades while consumption of nondairy alternatives has increased. A better understanding of why consumers purchase fluid milk or nondairy alternatives is...

Probiotic Delivery through Fermentation: Dairy vs. Non-Dairy Beverages

Chaminda Senaka Ranadheera, J. K. Vidanarachchi, Ramon S. Rocha +2

Fermentation

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, mainly through the process of replacing or including beneficial bacteria in the...

Functional dissection and transport mechanism of magnesium in plants

Zhichang Chen, Peng Wen, Jian Li +1

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Not just for the wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South

Ben Belton, Simon R. Bush, David C. Little

Global Food Security

Appetite for Change

Warren Belasco

Cornell University Press eBooks

In this engaging inquiry, originally published in 1989 and now fully updated for the twenty-first century, Warren J. Belasco considers the rise of the "countercuisine" in the 1960s, the subsequent...

Design, Development and Performance of Indirect Type Solar Dryer for Banana Drying

Abhay Lingayat, V. P. Chandramohan, V. R. K. Raju

Energy Procedia

Due to higher prices and shortages of fossil fuels and to reduce the fuel consumption used in the drying process, more importance is given to solar energy sources as it is freely available. For these...

Systems Biology of Microbial Exopolysaccharides Production

Özlem Ateş Duru

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by diverse group of microbial systems are rapidly emerging as new and industrially important biomaterials. Due to their unique and complex chemical structures and...

Food rejections in children: Cognitive and social/environmental factors involved in food neophobia and picky/fussy eating behavior

Jérémie Lafraire, Camille Rioux, Agnès Giboreau +1

Appetite

Pooled Results From 5 Validation Studies of Dietary Self-Report Instruments Using Recovery Biomarkers for Potassium and Sodium Intake

Laurence S. Freedman, John Commins, James E. Moler +11

American Journal of Epidemiology

We pooled data from 5 large validation studies (1999-2009) of dietary self-report instruments that used recovery biomarkers as referents, to assess food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) and 24-hour...

The Mismetallation of Enzymes during Oxidative Stress

James A. Imlay

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Mononuclear iron enzymes can tightly bind non-activating metals. How do cells avoid mismetallation? The model bacterium Escherichia coli may control its metal pools so that thermodynamics favor the...

Microbial <i>terroir</i> for wine grapes

Jack A. Gilbert, Daniël van der Lelie, Iratxe Zarraonaindia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly...

The Promising Future of Chia,<i>Salvia hispanica</i>L.

Norlaily Mohd Ali, Swee Keong Yeap, Wan Yong Ho +5

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

With increasing public health awareness worldwide, demand for functional food with multiple health benefits has also increased. The use of medicinal food from folk medicine to prevent diseases such...

Investigation of product quality, sensory profile and ultrastructure of breads made from a range of commercial gluten-free flours compared to their wheat counterparts

Anna-Sophie Hager, Anika Wolter, Mariko Czerny +4

European Food Research and Technology

Microparticle‐associated tissue factor activity, venous thromboembolism and mortality in pancreatic, gastric, colorectal and brain cancer patients

J. Thaler, Cihan Ay, Nigel Mackman +9

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis