Research Library

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

Chemistry and biology of mammalian metallothioneins

Milan Vašák, Gabriele Meloni

JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 α-Fucosidases Are Active on Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides

David A. Sela, Daniel Garrido, Larry Lerno +6

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 utilizes several small-mass neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), several of which are fucosylated. Whereas previous studies focused on...

Review: Functional Properties of Kefir

Zeynep B. Güzel‐Seydim, Tuğba Kök Taş, Annel K. Greene +1

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Kefir is a unique cultured dairy product due to combined lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation of lactose in milk. Kefir is produced by microbial activity of "kefir grains" which have a relatively...

Food Analysis

S. Suzanne Nielsen

Food science text series

Inulin-type fructans with prebiotic properties counteract GPR43 overexpression and PPARγ-related adipogenesis in the white adipose tissue of high-fat diet-fed mice

Evelyne Dewulf, Patrice D. Cani, Audrey M. Neyrinck +11

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Prevalence and risk factors for stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in North Maluku province of Indonesia

Ramli Ramli, Kingsley Agho, Kerry Inder +3

BMC Pediatrics

Programmes aimed at improving stunting in North Maluku province of Indonesia should focus on children under two years of age, of male sex and from families of low socioeconomic status.

Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase

Sarah Lebeer, Tine Verhoeven, Grégory Francius +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Cell surface polysaccharides have an established role as virulence factors in human bacterial pathogens. Less documented are the biosynthesis and biological functions of surface polysaccharides in...

Non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in pigs: A closer look at epidemiology, pathogenesis and control

Filip Boyen, Freddy Haesebrouck, Dominiek Maes +3

Veterinary Microbiology

The Rcs Phosphorelay Is a Cell Envelope Stress Response Activated by Peptidoglycan Stress and Contributes to Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance

Mary E. Laubacher, Sarah E. Ades

Journal of Bacteriology

Gram-negative bacteria possess stress responses to maintain the integrity of the cell envelope. Stress sensors monitor outer membrane permeability, envelope protein folding, and energization of the...

Conditioned Taste Aversion Behavioral and Neural Processes

Abstract Conditioned taste aversion is arguably the most important learning process that humans and animals possess because it prevents the repeated self-administration of toxic food. It has not only...

Physico-chemical Properties, Vitamin C Content, and Antimicrobial Properties of Pomegranate Fruit (Punica granatum L.)

Umezuruike Linus Opara, M. R. Al-Ani, Yusra S. Al‐Shuaibi

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Biodiversity of amoebae and amoebae‐resisting bacteria in a drinking water treatment plant

Vincent Thomas, Jean‐François Loret, Michel Jousset +1

Environmental Microbiology

The complex ecology of free-living amoebae (FLA) and their role in spreading pathogenic microorganisms through water systems have recently raised considerable interest. In this study, we investigated...

Understanding the mechanisms of zinc-sensing by metal-response element binding transcription factor-1 (MTF-1)

John H. Laity, Glen K. Andrews

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Acetic acid bacteria spoilage of bottled red wine—A review

Eveline Bartowsky, Paul A. Henschke

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Influence of infant-feeding practices on nutritional status of under-five children

Dinesh Kumar, Naveen Goel, Poonam Mittal +1

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake and Cardiovascular Risk

Tricia Psota, Sarah K Gebauer, Penny M. Kris‐Etherton

The American Journal of Cardiology

Virulence strategies for infecting phagocytes deduced from the in vivo transcriptional program of Legionella pneumophila

Holger Brüggemann, Arne Hagman, Matthieu Jules +8

Cellular Microbiology

Adaptation to the host environment and exploitation of host cell functions are critical to the success of intracellular pathogens. Here, insight to these virulence mechanisms was obtained for the...

Differential Susceptibility to Hypertension Is Due to Selection during the Out-of-Africa Expansion

J. Hunter Young, Yen‐Pei C. Chang, James Dae-Ok Kim +6

PLoS Genetics

Hypertension is a leading cause of stroke, heart disease, and kidney failure. The genetic basis of blood pressure variation is largely unknown but is likely to involve genes that influence renal salt...

The potential of aqueous and acetone extracts of galls of<i>Quercus infectoria</i>as antibacterial agents

DayangFredalina Basri, S. H. Fan

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the antibacterial potential of aqueous and acetone extracts of galls of <i>Quercus infectoria</i> by determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum...

Antimicrobial activity of copper surfaces against suspensions of Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni

Gustavo Faúndez, Miriam Troncoso, Paola Navarrete +1

BMC Microbiology

These results shows that metallic copper surfaces have an antibacterial activity against S. enterica and C. jejuni and suggest its potential application as an inhibitory agent in the various stages...

Outcomes and Cost of Deep Venous Thrombosis Among Patients With Cancer

Linda S. Elting, Carmelita P. Escalante, Catherine D. Cooksley +5

Archives of Internal Medicine

Among patients with cancer, DVT frequently is associated with serious clinical outcomes. Its treatment is resource intensive and costly. More effective agents and less costly management strategies...

Treatment of Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Shannon M. Bates, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg

New England Journal of Medicine

A 52-year-old woman with no history of venous thromboembolism presents with a four-day history of discomfort in her left calf. Proximal deep-vein thrombosis is diagnosed by compression...

Effects of deprivation on hedonics and reinforcing value of food

Leonard H. Epstein, Robin Truesdale, Angela Wojcik +2

Physiology & Behavior

Effect of Amylose Content on Gelatinization, Retrogradation and Pasting Properties of Flours from Different Cultivars of Thai Rice

Saiyavit Varavinit, Sujin Shobsngob, Warunee Varanyanond +2

Starch - Stärke

Abstract Presently, rice cultivars are categorized according to amylose content into three groups: low, medium and high amylose content cultivars. The correlation of amylose content with...

Adaptive Diversification of Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Mammalian Evolution

Peng Shi

Molecular Biology and Evolution

The diversity and evolution of bitter taste perception in mammals is not well understood. Recent discoveries of bitter taste receptor (T2R) genes provide an opportunity for a genetic approach to this...

Separation and Characterization of Currents through Store-operated CRAC Channels and Mg²⁺-inhibited Cation (MIC) Channels

Murali Prakriya, Richard S. Lewis

The Journal of General Physiology

Although store-operated calcium release-activated Ca(2+) (CRAC) channels are highly Ca(2+)-selective under physiological ionic conditions, removal of extracellular divalent cations makes them freely...

Hot-air drying characteristics of red pepper

İ̇brahim Doymaz, Mehmet Pala

Journal of Food Engineering

Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of type 2 diabetes,,

Walter C. Willett, JoAnn E. Manson, Simin Liu

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The possibility that high, long-term intake of carbohydrates that are rapidly absorbed as glucose may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes has been a long-standing controversy. Two main mechanisms...

Pattern and intensity of physical activity

Klaas R. Westerterp

Nature

Heat and mass transfer models for predicting freezing processes – a review

Adriana Delgado, Da‐Wen Sun

Journal of Food Engineering

Workshop Statement on the Essentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Artemis P. Simopoulos, Alexander Leaf, N. Salem

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Clinical Risk Factors and Timing of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism During the Initial 3 Months of Anticoagulant Therapy

James D. Douketis, Gary Foster, Mark Crowther +2

Archives of Internal Medicine

During the initial 3 months of anticoagulant therapy, recurrent VTE is more likely to occur in patients with cancer, chronic cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, or other clinically...

Antimicrobial Effect of Rosemary Extracts

J.A. Del Campo, Marie Josèphe Amiot, C. Nguyen‐The

Journal of Food Protection

Genetic and biochemical evidence of a <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> capsular polysaccharide that accounts for Penner serotype specificity

Andrey V. Karlyshev, Dennis Linton, Norman A. Gregson +2

Molecular Microbiology

Campylobacter jejuni, a Gram-negative spiral bacterium, is the most common bacterial cause of acute human gastroenteritis and is increasingly recognized for its association with the serious...

Casein micelle interactions

C. G. de Kruif

International Dairy Journal

Kinetics of Heat-Induced Aggregation of β-Lactoglobulin

Marleen Verheul, S.P.F.M. Roefs, C. G. de Kruif

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Heat-induced aggregation of β-lactoglobulin was investigated as a function of pH, heating temperature, and NaCl concentration by measurements of reaction kinetics, differential scanning calorimetry,...

The Physical State of Mannitol after Freeze-Drying: Effects of Mannitol Concentration, Freezing Rate, and a Noncrystallizing Cosolute

Alexandra I. Kim, Michael J. Akers, Steven L. Nail

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The objectives of this study were to (1) measure the effects of freezing rate and mannitol concentration on the physical state of freeze-dried mannitol when mannitol is present as a single component,...

Obligate intracellular bacterial parasites of acanthamoebae related to Chlamydia spp

Rudolf Amann, Nina Springer, Wilhelm Schönhuber +4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The phylogeny of obligate intracellular coccoid parasites of acanthamoebae isolated from the nasal mucosa of humans was analyzed by the rRNA approach. The primary structures of the 16S and 23S rRNA...

Lipoxin A4 Stable Analogs Are Potent Mimetics That Stimulate Human Monocytes and THP-1 Cells via a G-protein-linked Lipoxin A4 Receptor

Jane F. Maddox, Mohamed Hachicha, Tomoko Takano +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Lipoxins (LX) are bioactive eicosanoids that activate human monocytes and inhibit neutrophils. LXA4 is rapidly converted by monocytes to inactive products, and to resist metabolism, synthetic analogs...

Molecular Characterization of a Putative Arabidopsis thaliana Copper Transporter and Its Yeast Homologue

K. Kampfenkel, Sergeï Kushnir, Elena Babiychuk +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

At the molecular level, little is known about the transport of copper across plant membranes. We have isolated an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA by complementation of a mutant (ctr1-3) of Saccharomyces...

DEGREE OF PREOPERATIVE MALNUTRITION IS PREDICTIVE OF POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Jill Pikul, Michael D. Sharpe, Ruth Lowndes +1

Transplantation

W.E. Spoerel Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Program in Critical Care, Departments of Anesthesia, Clinical Nutritional Services, and Internal medicine, University of Western Ontario,...

A comparison of immunomagnetic separation and direct culture for the isolation of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli 0157 from bovine faeces

P. A. Chapman, Dominic Wright, C. A. Siddons

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Enrichment culture (EC) in modified buffered peptone water followed by immunomagnetic separation (IMS) with magnetic beads coated with an antibody against Escherichia coli O157 (Dynabeads anti-E....

Gut Peptides

John H. Walsh, Graham J. Dockray, Roger D. Mitty

The Endocrinologist

Written by international experts, this reference presents the latest research on the structure, functions, and actions of the gut peptides. The first section of the book explains the general...

Recognition of the lipid intermediate for arabinogalactan/arabinomannan biosynthesis and its relation to the mode of action of ethambutol on mycobacteria.

Beata A. Wolucka, Michael McNeil, Edmond de Hoffmann +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Despite major advances in our understanding of the structure of mycobacterial cell walls, little is known of their biogenesis, and yet they are the site of action of many anti-tuberculosis drugs and...

Synthesis of volatile phenols by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in wines

Pascal Chatonnet, Denis Dubourdieu, Jean‐Noël Boidron +1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Abstract Vinylphenols (4‐vinylphenol and 4‐vinylguaiacol) are natural constituents of wine and can play a role in wine aroma. However, only white wines contain important quantities of these volatile...

Identification of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria by using polymerase chain reaction-amplified variable regions of 16S rRNA and specific DNA probes

N. Klijn, A.H. Weerkamp, Willem M. de Vos

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Specific DNA probes based on variable regions V1 and V3 of 16S rRNA of lactic acid bacteria were designed. These probes were used in hybridization experiments with variable regions amplified by using...

Proposal for a New Family, Campylobacteraceae

Peter Vandamme, J. De Ley

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

The genera Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter, Wolinella, and “Flexispira” constitute, within the class Proteobacteria, a separate eubacterial lineage identified as rRNA superfamily VI. A...

Effect of heparin on coronary arterial patency after thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction

Stanley D. Bleich, Timothy C. Nichols, Richard R. Schumacher +3

The American Journal of Cardiology