Research Library

Effects of storage temperature on the solubility of milk protein concentrate (MPC85)

Skelte G. Anema, D.N. Pinder, Robin J. Hunter +1

Food Hydrocolloids

The <i>Salmonella</i> genomic island 1 is an integrative mobilizable element

Benoît Doublet, David A. Boyd, Michael R. Mulvey +1

Molecular Microbiology

Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) is a genomic island containing an antibiotic resistance gene cluster identified in several Salmonella enterica serovars. The SGI1 antibiotic resistance gene...

HilD, HilC and RtsA constitute a feed forward loop that controls expression of the SPI1 type three secretion system regulator <i>hilA</i> in <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Typhimurium

Craig D. Ellermeier, Jeremy R. Ellermeier, James M. Slauch

Molecular Microbiology

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium invades intestinal epithelial cells using a type three secretion system (TTSS) encoded on Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI1). The SPI1 TTSS injects...

A National Study of Obesity Prevalence and Trends by Type of Rural County

J. Elizabeth Jackson, Mark P. Doescher, Anthony Jerant +1

The Journal of Rural Health

The prevalence of obesity is higher in rural counties than in urban counties; obesity affects some residents of rural counties disproportionately.

Functional properties of whey proteins as affected by dynamic high-pressure treatment

Hakim Bouaouina, Anne Desrumaux, Catherine Loisel +1

International Dairy Journal

Prevalence of <i>Opisthorchis viverrini</i> infection and incidence of cholangiocarcinoma in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand

Supannee Sriamporn, Paola Pisani, Vichit Pipitgool +3

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Liver cancer is the most common cancer in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand, because of the high incidence of cholangiocarcinoma (CHCA). Opisthorchis viverrini (OV), a liver fluke, is endemic in the...

Aluminium-induced changes in hemato-biochemical parameters, lipid peroxidation and enzyme activities of male rabbits: protective role of ascorbic acid

Mokhtar I. Yousef

Toxicology

In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils from Aromatic Plants against Selected Foodborne Pathogens

C. Rota, J.J. Carramiñana, Jesús Burillo +1

Journal of Food Protection

<i>Salmonella typhi</i> <b>encodes a functional cytolethal distending toxin that is delivered into host cells by a bacterial-internalization pathway</b>

Erik Haghjoo, Jorge E. Galán

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Many bacterial pathogens encode the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), which causes host cells to arrest during their cell cycle by inflicting DNA damage. CDT is composed of three proteins, CdtA,...

Isolation, identification and characterisation of the dominant microorganisms of kule naoto: the Maasai traditional fermented milk in Kenya

Julius M. Mathara, Ulrich Schillinger, P. M. Kutima +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Incidence of Salmonella from poultry products and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents

Patrı́cia Antunes, Cristina Réu, João Carlos Sousa +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Influence of airflow velocity on kinetics of convection apple drying

Darko Velić, M. Planinić, S. Tomas +1

Journal of Food Engineering

Maximal adherence and invasion of INT 407 cells by Campylobacter jejuni requires the CadF outer-membrane protein and microfilament reorganization

M. R. Monteville

Microbiology

The binding of Campylobacter jejuni to fibronectin (Fn), a component of the extracellular matrix, is mediated by a 37 kDa outer-membrane protein termed CadF for Campylobacter adhesion to fibronectin....

Microstructure and Rheology of Yogurt Made with Cultures Differing Only in Their Ability to Produce Exopolysaccharides

A.N. Hassan, Richard Ipsen, Thomas Janzen +1

Journal of Dairy Science

Yogurt was made using an exopolysaccharide-producing strain of Streptococcus thermophilus and its genetic variant that only differed from the mother strain in its inability to produce...

Antibiotic residues in poultry tissues and eggs: human health concerns?

D.J. Donoghue

Poultry Science

Antibiotics are used by the poultry industry to enhance the health and productivity of flocks. The use of antimicrobials is strictly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the USDA...

Emergence of Multidrug‐Resistant<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serotype Newport Infections Resistant to Expanded‐Spectrum Cephalosporins in the United States

Amita Gupta, John L. Fontana, Colleen Crowe +8

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

We describe a field investigation in New England that identified the emergence and epidemiology of new strains of multidrug-resistant Salmonella, Newport-MDRAmpC, and summarize the Center for Disease...

Influence of acetic anhydride on physicochemical, morphological and thermal properties of corn and potato starch

Narpinder Singh, Deepika Chawla, Jaspreet Singh

Food Chemistry

Flavonoid Inhibition of Sodium-dependent Vitamin C Transporter 1 (SVCT1) and Glucose Transporter Isoform 2 (GLUT2), Intestinal Transporters for Vitamin C and Glucose

Jian Song, Oran Kwon, Shenglin Chen +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Vitamin C and flavonoids, polyphenols with uncertain function, are abundant in fruits and vegetables. We postulated that flavonoids have a novel regulatory action of delaying or inhibiting absorption...

Reactive Oxygen Species and Protein Oxidation in Aging: A Look Back, A Look Ahead

Kenneth Hensley, Robert A. Floyd

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Chromosome-Encoded Ambler Class A β-Lactamase of <i>Kluyvera georgiana</i> , a Probable Progenitor of a Subgroup of CTX-M Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases

Laurent Poirel, Peter Kämpfer, Patrice Nordmann

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

A chromosome-encoded beta-lactamase gene, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli from Kluyvera georgiana reference strain CUETM 4246-74 (DSM 9408), encoded the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase...

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp.

The Role of Whole Grains in Disease Prevention

Joanne Slavin, David R. Jacobs, Len Marquart +1

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Circulating Nonesterified Fatty Acid Level as a Predictive Risk Factor for Sudden Death in the Population

Xavier Jouven, Marie‐Aline Charles, Michel Desnos +1

Circulation

Circulating NEFA concentration is an independent risk factor for sudden death in middle-aged men. Some form of primary prevention could be envisaged in subjects at high risk of sudden death.

Physiological aspects of human milk lipids

Berthold Koletzko, Marı́a Rodrı́guez-Palmero, Hans Demmelmair +3

Early Human Development

A zinc-sensing receptor triggers the release of intracellular Ca ²⁺ and regulates ion transport

Michal Hershfinkel, Arie Moran, Nili Grossman +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Changes in extracellular zinc concentration participate in modulating fundamental cellular processes such as proliferation, secretion, and ion transport in a mechanism that is not well understood....

Zinc metallothionein imported into liver mitochondria modulates respiration

Bin Ye, Wolfgang Maret, Bert L. Vallée

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Metallothionein (MT) localizes in the intermembrane space of liver mitochondria as well as in the cytosol and nucleus. Incubation of intact liver mitochondria with physiological, micromolar...

Tinzaparin in acute ischaemic stroke (TAIST): a randomised aspirin-controlled trial

Philip M. Bath, Ewa Lindenstrøm, Gudrun Boysen +10

The Lancet

The evolutionary history of chromosomal super-integrons provides an ancestry for multiresistant integrons

Dean A. Rowe‐Magnus, Anne-Marie Guérout, Pascaline Ploncard +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Integrons are genetic elements that acquire and exchange exogenous DNA, known as gene cassettes, by a site-specific recombination mechanism. Characterized gene cassettes consist of a target...

Targeting of an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) effector protein to host mitochondria

Brendan Kenny, Mark A. Jepson

Cellular Microbiology

Many Gram-negative pathogens use a type III secretion apparatus to deliver effector molecules into host cells to subvert cellular processes in favour of the pathogen. Enteropathogenic Escherichia...

Exploitation of host cells by enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia</i> <i>coli</i>

Bruce A. Vallance, B. Brett Finlay

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Microbial pathogens have evolved many ingenious ways to infect their hosts and cause disease, including the subversion and exploitation of target host cells. One such subversive microbe is...

Intracellular copper routing: the role of copper chaperones

Mark D. Harrison, Christopher J. Jones, Marc Solioz +1

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Walnuts (Juglans regia L): proximate composition, protein solubility, protein amino acid composition and proteinin vitro digestibility

Kar Wai Clara Sze‐Tao, Shridhar K. Sathe

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Walnuts contained 16.66% protein and 66.90% lipids on a dry weight basis. Non-protein nitrogen values ranged from 6.24 to 8.45% of the total nitrogen when the trichloroacetic acid concentration was...

Ca2+–Zn2+ permeable AMPA or kainate receptors: possible key factors in selective neurodegeneration

John H. Weiss, Stefano L. Sensi

Trends in Neurosciences

Inflammatory response following acute magnesium deficiency in the rat

Corinne Malpuech‐Brugère, Wojciech Nowacki, Maryvonne Daveau +6

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

Viability of Probiotic (Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei) and Nonprobiotic Microflora in Argentinian Fresco Cheese

C.G. Vinderola, W. Prosello, D. Ghiberto +1

Journal of Dairy Science

We evaluated the suitability of Argentinian Fresco cheese as a food carrier of probiotic cultures. We used cultures of Bifidobacterium bifidum (two strains), Bifidobacterium longum (two strains),...

Selenium replacement in patients with severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome improves clinical outcome

Matthias Angstwurm, Juergen Schottdorf, Jochen Schopohl +1

Critical Care Medicine

Selenium replacement in patients with SIRS seems to improve clinical outcome and to reduce the incidence of acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis.

Inhibitory effect of zinc on human prostatic carcinoma cell growth

J. Y. Liang, Yi-Yan Liu, Jing Zou +3

The Prostate

These results suggest that zinc inhibits human prostatic carcinoma cell growth, possibly due to induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. There now exists strong evidence that the loss of a...

The biosynthesis and functionality of the cell-wall of lactic acid bacteria

Jean Delcour, Thierry Ferain, Marie Deghorain +2

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Relation Between the Time to Achieve the Lower Limit of the APTT Therapeutic Range and Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism During Heparin Treatment for Deep Vein Thrombosis

Russell D. Hull

Archives of Internal Medicine

Our findings reaffirm the clinical importance of rapidly achieving therapeutic levels of heparin. Patients who failed to achieve the therapeutic threshold by 24 hours were at an increased risk of...

Effect of dietary supplementation with n-3 fatty acids on coronary artery bypass graft patency

Jan Eritsland, H. Arnesen, K. Grønseth +2

The American Journal of Cardiology

Growth Hormone, Glutamine, and a Modified Diet Enhance Nutrient Absorption in Patients With Severe Short Bowel Syndrome

Theresa A. Byrne, Thomas Morrissey, Thomas V. Nattakom +2

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

The combined administration of growth hormone, glutamine, and a modified diet enhanced nutrient absorption from the remnant bowel after massive intestinal resection. These changes occurred in a group...

Genesis of the novel epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139 strain: evidence for horizontal transfer of genes involved in polysaccharide synthesis.

Elisabeth M. Bik, Annelies E. Bunschoten, R.D. Gouw +1

The EMBO Journal

Targeting of Salmonella typhimurium to vesicles containing lysosomal membrane glycoproteins bypasses compartments with mannose 6-phosphate receptors.

Francisco García‐del Portillo, B. Brett Finlay

The Journal of Cell Biology

Salmonella typhimurium is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that remains enclosed in vacuoles (SCV) upon entry into the host cell. In this study we have examined the intracellular trafficking route...

Selenium in Biology and Human Health

Raymond F. Burk

Influence of Plumbing Materials on Biofilm Formation and Growth of <i>Legionella pneumophila</i> in Potable Water Systems

J Rogers, A. B. Dowsett, P. J. Dennis +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A two-stage chemostat model of a plumbing system was developed, with tap water as the sole nutrient source. The model system was populated with a naturally occurring inoculum derived from an outbreak...

Growth Factors in Milk as Mediators of Infant Development

Sharon M. Donovan, Jack Odle

Annual Review of Nutrition

INTRODUCTION 147 EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR (EGF) 148 Background and General Physiological Function 148 Milk Concentration and Sources 149 Effects on the Neonate 151 INSULIN, RELAX]N, AND INSULIN-LIKE...

Antibacterial and antiviral activity of camel milk protective proteins

El Sayed I. El Agamy, R. Ruppanner, Amin Ismail +2

Journal of Dairy Research

Lysozyme (LZ), lactoferrin (LF), lactoperoxidase (LP), immunoglobulin G and secretory immunoglobulin A were extracted from camel milk. The activity of these protective proteins was assayed against...

Properties and uses of neem, <i>Azadirachta indica</i>

Opender Koul, Murray B. Isman, C. M. Ketkar

Canadian Journal of Botany

The versatility of the neem tree Azadirachta indica A. Juss. is reviewed. This species, native to India, grows in nutrient-poor soils in arid habitats and has tremendous potential for human use....

Nonstarter Lactobacilli in Cheddar Cheese: A Review

Scott D. Peterson, R.T. Marshall

Journal of Dairy Science

Lactobacilli constitute the majority of nonstarter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) in Cheddar cheese. Species predominating are Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus brevis.