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A Bactericidal Effect for Human Lactoferrin

Roland R. Arnold, Michael F. Cole, Jerry R. McGhee

Science

Streptococcus mutans and Vibrio cholerae, but not Escherichia coli, were killed by incubation with purified human apolactoferrin. Concentrations of lactoferrin below that necessary for total...

The cells and peripheral representation of sodium taste in mice

Jayaram Chandrashekar, Christina Kühn, Yuki Oka +4

Nature

Increased dietary intake of ω-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces pathological retinal angiogenesis

Kip M. Connor, John Paul SanGiovanni, Chatarina Löfqvist +13

Nature Medicine

Incidence of venous thrombosis in a large cohort of 66 329 cancer patients: results of a record linkage study

Jeanet W. Blom, J. Vanderschoot, M.J. Oostindiër +3

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Liver disease

Mathias Plauth, Eduard Cabré, Oliviero Riggio +8

Clinical Nutrition

Metabolite Profiling of Grape:  Flavonols and Anthocyanins

Fulvio Mattivi, Raffaele Guzzon, Urška Vrhovšek +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Flavonols are products of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, which also give rise to anthocyanins and condensed tannins in grapes. We investigated their presence in the berry skins of 91 grape...

Antifungal lactic acid bacteria as biopreservatives

Johan Schnürer, Jesper Magnusson

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Quorum sensing-controlled gene expression in lactic acid bacteria

Oscar P. Kuipers, Pascalle G.G.A. de Ruyter, Michiel Kleerebezem +1

Journal of Biotechnology

The elusive function of metallothioneins

Richard D. Palmiter

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Biochemistry and genetics are both required to elucidate the function of macromolecules. There is no question that metallothioneins (MTs) have unique biochemical properties, but genetic experiments...

Does fish oil lower blood pressure? A meta-analysis of controlled trials.

Martha Clare Morris, Frank M. Sacks, Bernard Rosner

Circulation

There is a dose-response effect of fish oil on blood pressure of -0.66/-0.35 mm Hg/g omega-3 fatty acids. The hypotensive effect may be strongest in hypertensive subjects and those with clinical...

The Roles of Vitamin C in Skin Health

Juliet Pullar, Anitra C. Carr, Margreet C.M. Vissers

Nutrients

The primary function of the skin is to act as a barrier against insults from the environment, and its unique structure reflects this. The skin is composed of two layers: the epidermal outer layer is...

Microencapsulation of a probiotic and prebiotic in alginate-chitosan capsules improves survival in simulated gastro-intestinal conditions

Marı́a Chávarri, Izaskun Marañón, Raquel Ares +3

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Lactic acid bacteria – Potential for control of mould growth and mycotoxins: A review

D. K. D. DALIE, Alain Deschamps, Florence Richard‐Forget

Food Control

Resolvin D2 is a potent regulator of leukocytes and controls microbial sepsis

Matthew Spite, Lucy V. Norling, Lisa Summers +6

Nature

A Diet Enriched with the Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid Reduces Amyloid Burden in an Aged Alzheimer Mouse Model

Giselle P. Lim, Frédéric Calon, Takashi Morihara +6

Journal of Neuroscience

Epidemiological studies suggest that increased intake of the omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD)....

Extraintestinal dissemination of Salmonella by CD18-expressing phagocytes

Andrés Vázquez‐Torres, Jessica Jones‐Carson, Andreas J. Bäumler +7

Nature

Flagellin A is essential for the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum

Debra L. Milton, Ronan O’Toole, Per Hörstedt +1

Journal of Bacteriology

A flagellin gene from the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum was cloned, sequenced, and mutagenized. The DNA sequence suggests that the flaA gene encodes a 40.1-kDa protein and is a single...

Molecular cloning of a novel melanocortin receptor.

Ira Gantz, Y Konda, Takao Tashiro +6

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Using the technique of the polymerase chain reaction primed with oligonucleotides based on the homologous transmembrane regions of seven transmembrane G protein-linked receptors, we isolated three...

Deep-Vein Thrombosis and the Incidence of Subsequent Symptomatic Cancer

Paolo Prandoni, Anthonie W.A. Lensing, Harry R. Büller +6

New England Journal of Medicine

There is a statistically significant and clinically important association between idiopathic venous thrombosis and the subsequent development of clinically overt cancer, especially among patients in...

Modification approaches of plant-based proteins to improve their techno-functionality and use in food products

Maryam Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Ali Sedaghat Doost, Raffaele Mezzenga

Food Hydrocolloids

Plant-based proteins have recently attracted particular interest owing to their sustainable origins, economical costs and health benefits compared to animal-based counterparts. However, most of them...

Applications of infrared spectroscopy in polysaccharide structural analysis: Progress, challenge and perspective

Tao Hong, Junyi Yin, Shaoping Nie +1

Food Chemistry X

Polysaccharides are important biomacromolecules with numerous beneficial functions and a wide range of industrial applications. Functions and properties of polysaccharides are closely related to...

Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?

Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das, Neff Walker +4

The Lancet

Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?

Alleson Dobson, Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Bacteriocins are an abundant and diverse group of ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by bacteria and archaea. Traditionally, bacteriocin production has been considered an...

Contribution of Selected Vitamins and Trace Elements to Immune Function

Eva S. Wintergerst, Silvia Maggini, D. Hornig

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Adequate intakes of vitamins and trace elements are required for the immune system to function efficiently. Micronutrient deficiency suppresses immune functions by affecting the innate...

Plasma Phosphatidylcholine Docosahexaenoic Acid Content and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Ernst J. Schaefer, Vanina Bongard, Alexa Beiser +7

Archives of Neurology

The top quartile of plasma PC DHA level was associated with a significant 47% reduction in the risk of developing all-cause dementia in the Framingham Heart Study.

Ruminant milk fat plasticity:nutritional control of saturated, polyunsaturated,<i>trans</i> and conjugated fatty acids

Yves Chilliard, Anne Ferlay, R.M. Mansbridge +1

Annales de Zootechnie

After a brief survey of metabolic pathways and nutrient fluxes involved in mammary lipogenesis, this review summarises the known effects of diet on ruminant milk fat composition. Special attention is...

Transglutaminase and its use for food processing

Masao Motoki, Katsuya Seguro

Trends in Food Science & Technology

The Genera of Lactic Acid Bacteria

B. J. Wood, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel

Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid

August Böck, Karl Forchhammer, Johann Heider +4

Molecular Microbiology

Great excitement was elicited in the field of selenium biochemistry in 1986 by the parallel discoveries that the genes encoding the selenoproteins glutathione peroxidase and bacterial formate...

Advances in Cereal Science and Technology

Y. Pomeranz

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Isolation of disaturated phosphatidylcholine with osmium tetroxide

Robert J. Mason, Jean Nellenbogen, Judith A. Clements

Journal of Lipid Research

A simple, rapid, inexpensive method for isolating disaturated phosphatidylcholine from adult rat lung has been devised. Total lipids are reacted with osmium tetroxide dissolved in carbon...

Traceability of food products: General framework and experimental evidence

Alberto Regattieri, Mauro Gamberi, Riccardo Manzini

Journal of Food Engineering

A Permease-Oxidase Complex Involved in High-Affinity Iron Uptake in Yeast

Robert S. Stearman, Daniel Yuan, Yuko Yamaguchi‐Iwai +2

Science

Iron must cross biological membranes to reach essential intracellular enzymes. Two proteins in the plasma membrane of yeast--a multicopper oxidase, encoded by the FET3 gene, and a permease, encoded...

Industrial water pollution, water environment treatment, and health risks in China

Qīng Wáng, Zhiming Yang

Environmental Pollution

An update on<i>Acanthamoeba</i>keratitis: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment

Jacob Lorenzo‐Morales, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Julia Walochnik

Parasite

Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba are causal agents of a severe sight-threatening infection of the cornea known as Acanthamoeba keratitis. Moreover, the number of reported cases worldwide...

Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure

Marek Basler, Martin Pilhofer, Gregory P. Henderson +2

Nature

Metabolic Effects of Dietary Fiber Consumption and Prevention of Diabetes

Martin O. Weickert, Andreas Pfeiffer

Journal of Nutrition

Veterinary toxicology: basic and clinical principles.

Ramesh C. Gupta

<i>Salmonella</i>, the host and disease: a brief review

Bryan Coburn, Guntram A. Graßl, B. Brett Finlay

Immunology and Cell Biology

Salmonella species cause substantial morbidity, mortality and burden of disease globally. Infections with Salmonella species cause multiple clinical syndromes. Central to the pathophysiology of all...

Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review

Lee Hooper, Rachel Thompson, Roger Harrison +10

BMJ

Long chain and shorter chain omega 3 fats do not have a clear effect on total mortality, combined cardiovascular events, or cancer.

How Selenium Has Altered Our Understanding of the Genetic Code

Dolph L. Hatfield, Vadim N. Gladyshev

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Mammalian Sec tRNA [Ser]Sec shown in a 9/4 and a 7/5 cloverleaf model (see text).Brackets around bases at positions 11, 12, and 47c indicate those bases that have been shown to vary in different...

Lantibiotics: structure, biosynthesis and mode of action

Olivia McAuliffe, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

The lantibiotics are a group of ribosomally synthesised, post-translationally modified peptides containing unusual amino acids, such as dehydrated and lanthionine residues. This group of bacteriocins...

Yeasts: Characteristics and identification

J. F. T. Spencer

Food Microbiology

a study of typhoid fever in five Asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls

R. Leon Ochiai

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

The incidence of typhoid varied substantially between sites, being high in India and Pakistan, intermediate in Indonesia, and low in China and Viet Nam. These findings highlight the considerable, but...

The antioxidant role of vitamin C

Aaron Bendich, L.J. Machlin, O. Scandurra +2

Advances in free radical biology and medicine

Venous thromboembolism

Faizan Khan, Tobias Tritschler, Susan R. Kahn +1

The Lancet

Mystery behind Chinese liquor fermentation

Guangyuan Jin, Yang Zhu, Yan Xu

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Background Chinese liquor, a very popular fermented alcoholic beverage with thousands of years’ history in China, though its flavour formation and microbial process have only been partly explored, is...