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Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Asmaa Abdelhamid, Tracey Brown, Julii Brainard +9

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

This is the most extensive systematic assessment of effects of omega-3 fats on cardiovascular health to date. Moderate- and low-certainty evidence suggests that increasing LCn3 slightly reduces risk...

Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin

P.G. Leiman, Marek Basler, U.A. Ramagopal +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Protein secretion is a common property of pathogenic microbes. Gram-negative bacterial pathogens use at least 6 distinct extracellular protein secretion systems to export proteins through their...

Oral Thrombin Inhibitor Dabigatran Etexilate vs North American Enoxaparin Regimen for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Knee Arthroplasty Surgery

Jeffrey S Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Bruce L. Davidson +10

The Journal of Arthroplasty

Functions of zinc in signaling, proliferation and differentiation of mammalian cells

Detmar Beyersmann, Hajo Haase

BioMetals

Randomised trial of glutamine-enriched enteral nutrition on infectious morbidity in patients with multiple trauma

Alexander P. J. Houdijk, E.R. Rijnsburger, J. Jansen +8

The Lancet

Stealth Me. PEG‐PLA Nanoparticles Avoid Uptake by the Mononuclear Phagocytes System

Didier Bazile, Christian Prud'homme, Marie‐Theérèse Bassoullet +3

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Passive hemagglutination technique for serotyping Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni on the basis of soluble heat-stable antigens

J L Penner, J N Hennessy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Antigenic materials were extracted from Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni strains by heating bacterial suspensions in saline at 100 degrees C and by exposure to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. The...

A new vitamin K-dependent protein. Purification from bovine plasma and preliminary characterization.

Johan Stenflo

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Four proteins active in blood coagulation have long been known to require vitamin K for their proper biosynthesis: factors II, VII, IX, and X. This paper describes the purification of a hitherto...

EPITHELIAL CELL PENETRATION AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY

E. H. LaBrec, Herman Schneider, Thomas J. Magnani +1

Journal of Bacteriology

LaBrec, Eugene H., Herman Schneider, Thomas J. Magnani, and Samuel B. Formal. Epithelial cell penetration as an essential step in the pathogenesis of bacillary dysentery. J. Bacteriol. 88:1503-1518....

Sensory Neurons that Detect Stretch and Nutrients in the Digestive System

Erika K. Williams, Rui B. Chang, David E. Strochlic +3

Cell

Advantages and challenges of the spray-drying technology for the production of pure drug particles and drug-loaded polymeric carriers

Alejandro Sosnik, Katia P. Seremeta

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

OECD guidelines for testing of chemicals

Klaus-Peter Wilhelm, Howard I. Maibach

Other methods and guidelines not included in this publication may be judged to be appropriate in testing chemicals in certain scientifi c, legal, and administrative contexts.The OECD Council Decision...

Supplement 2003–2007 (No. 47) to the White-Kauffmann-Le Minor scheme

M Guibourdenche, Peter Roggentin, Matthew Mikoleit +4

Research in Microbiology

Nutritional Value and Use of the Andean Crops Quinoa (<i>Chenopodium quinoa</i>) and Kañiwa (<i>Chenopodium pallidicaule</i>)

Ritva Repo‐Carrasco‐Valencia, Carmen Rosa Aguirre Espinoza, Sven‐Erik Jacobsen

Food Reviews International

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoaWilld.) and kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicauleAellen) are native food plants of high nutritional value grown in the Andean region and used as food by the Incas and previous...

Factors affecting short-term and long-term stabilities of proteins

Tsutomu Arakawa, Steven J. Prestrelski, William C. Kenney +1

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Probiotics

Francisco Guarner

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Receptors and antagonists for substance P and related peptides.

D. Regoli, Alain Boudon, Jean‐Luc Fauchère

Pharmacological Reviews

On the nature of selenium toxicity and carcinostatic activity

Julian E. Spallholz

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Nonlinear Multivariate Analysis.

Yoshio Takane, A. Gifi

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Conventions and Controversies in Multivariate Analysis. Coding of Categorical Data. Homogeneity Analysis. Nonlinear Principal Components Analysis. Nonlinear Generalized Canonical Analysis. Nonlinear...

DNA damage-inducible transcripts in mammalian cells.

Albert J. Fornace, Isaac Alamo, M. Christine Hollander

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Hybridization subtraction at low ratios of RNA to cDNA was used to enrich for the cDNA of transcripts increased in Chinese hamster cells after UV irradiation. Forty-nine different cDNA clones were...

RENEWAL OF CELLS WITHIN TASTE BUDS

Lloyd M. Beidler, Ronald L. Smallman

The Journal of Cell Biology

Colchicine blocks mitotic division of the epithelial cells surrounding the taste bud of the rat tongue. Response to chemical stimulation decreases 50 per cent 3 hours after colchicine injection as...

The Thromboplastin Generation Test

R Biggs, A. S. Douglas

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Collection of Blood.-Venous blood is collected from a normal subject and the patient under investi- gation. Part of each sample is citrated by adding 1 part of 3.8% sodium citrate to 9 parts of...

Advances in micro and nano-encapsulation of bioactive compounds using biopolymer and lipid-based transporters

Mohammad Rezaul Islam Shishir, Lianghua Xie, Chongde Sun +2

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Stroke Epidemiology and Risk Factor Management

Amy Guzik, Cheryl Bushnell

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Overall, secondary stroke prevention includes a multifactorial approach. This article incorporates evidence from guidelines and published studies and uses an illustrative case study throughout the...

Impact of sourdough on the texture of bread

Elke K. Arendt, Liam A. M. Ryan, Fabio Dal Bello

Food Microbiology

A mixture of prebiotic oligosaccharides reduces the incidence of atopic dermatitis during the first six months of age

Guido E. Moro

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Results show for the first time a beneficial effect of prebiotics on the development of atopic dermatitis in a high risk population of infants. Although the mechanism of this effect requires further...

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammation

Philip C. Calder

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

CD36 involvement in orosensory detection of dietary lipids, spontaneous fat preference, and digestive secretions

Fabienne Laugerette

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Rats and mice exhibit a spontaneous attraction for lipids. Such a behavior raises the possibility that an orosensory system is responsible for the detection of dietary lipids. The fatty acid...

Dietary fat, insulin sensitivity and the metabolic syndrome

Gabriele Riccardi, Rosalba Giacco, Angela A. Rivellese

Clinical Nutrition

Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins Compared with Unfractionated Heparin for Treatment of Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis

Michael K. Gould, Anne D. Dembitzer, Ramona L. Doyle +2

Annals of Internal Medicine

Low-molecular-weight heparin treatment reduces mortality rates after acute deep venous thrombosis. These drugs seem to be as safe as unfractionated heparin with respect to major bleeding...

Conversion by Peyer's Patch Lymphocytes of Human Enterocytes into M Cells that Transport Bacteria

Sophie Kernéis, Anna Bogdanova, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbühl +1

Science

The epithelium that lines the gut is impermeable to macromolecules and microorganisms, except in Peyer's patches (PPs), where the lymphoid follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) contains M cells that...

Targeted disruption of metallothionein I and II genes increases sensitivity to cadmium.

B A Masters, E J Kelly, Carol J. Quaife +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

We inactivated the mouse metallothionein (MT)-I and MT-II genes in embryonic stem cells and generated mice homozygous for these mutant alleles. These mice were viable and reproduced normally when...

The Microbial Ecology of the Large Bowel of Breastfed and Formula-fed Infants During the First Year of Life

Patrick Stark, A. Lee

Journal of Medical Microbiology

The succession of bacterial populations in the large bowel of seven breast-fed and seven formula-fed infants was examined during the first year of life. The composition of the intestinal microflora...

Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West

Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Paul D. Cotter, Akihito Endo +6

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Fermented foods and alcoholic beverages have long been an important part of the human diet in nearly every culture on every continent. These foods are often well-preserved and serve as stable and...

Zinc and Oxidative Stress: Current Mechanisms

Dilina N. Marreiro, Kyria Jayanne Clímaco Cruz, Jennifer Beatriz Silva Morais +3

Antioxidants

Oxidative stress is a metabolic dysfunction that favors the oxidation of biomolecules, contributing to the oxidative damage of cells and tissues. This consequently contributes to the development of...

Guar gum as a promising starting material for diverse applications: A review

Nandkishore Thombare, Usha Jha, Sumit Mishra +1

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Global Monitoring of <i>Salmonella</i> Serovar Distribution from the World Health Organization Global Foodborne Infections Network Country Data Bank: Results of Quality Assured Laboratories from 2001 to 2007

René S. Hendriksen, António R. Vieira, Susanne Karlsmose Pedersen +4

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Salmonella enterica is commonly acquired from contaminated food and is an important cause of illness worldwide. Interventions are needed to control Salmonella; subtyping Salmonella by serotyping is...

Folate Production by Probiotic Bacteria

Maddalena Rossi, Alberto Amaretti, Stefano Raimondi

Nutrients

Probiotic bacteria, mostly belonging to the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, confer a number of health benefits to the host, including vitamin production. With the aim to produce...

Pulmonary Embolism Mortality in the United States, 1979-1998

Kenneth T. Horlander, David M. Mannino, Kenneth V. Leeper

Archives of Internal Medicine

Mortality with PTE in the United States has decreased during the 20-year period. The mortality rates between men and women and between racial groups vary substantially. These findings may be useful...

Transition Metals in Control of Gene Expression

Thomas V. O’Halloran

Science

Metalloproteins play structural and catalytic roles in gene expression. The metalloregulatory proteins are a subclass that exerts metal-responsive control of genes involved in respiration,...

Metal toxicity in mammals

Ernest Merian

Chemosphere

An adhesive factor found in strains ofEscherichia coli belonging to the traditional infantile enteropathogenic serotypes

A. Cravioto, Roy Gross, S. M. Scotland +1

Current Microbiology

Complementary sets of sequences

Chin-Chong Tseng, C. Liu

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

A set of equally long finite sequences, the elements of which are either + 1 or - 1, is said to be a complementary set of sequences if the sum of autocorrelation functions of the sequences in that...

Survival of <i>Escherichia coli</i> in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects

Jan Dirk van Elsas, A. V. Semenov, Rodrigo Costa +1

The ISME Journal

In this review, our current understanding of the species Escherichia coli and its persistence in the open environment is examined. E. coli consists of six different subgroups, which are separable by...

Protein–polysaccharide complexes and coacervates

Sylvie L. Turgeon, Christophe Schmitt, Christian Sánchez

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Detection of Sweet and Umami Taste in the Absence of Taste Receptor T1r3

Sami Damak, Minqing Rong, Keiko Yasumatsu +6

Science

The tastes of sugars (sweet) and glutamate (umami) are thought to be detected by T1r receptors expressed in taste cells. Molecular genetics and heterologous expression implicate T1r2 plus T1r3 as a...

Endemic and epidemic dynamics of cholera: the role of the aquatic reservoir

Cláudia Torres Codeço

BMC Infectious Diseases

Further development on cholera modeling requires a better understanding of V. cholerae ecology and epidemiology. We need estimates of the prevalence of V. cholerae infection in endemic populations as...

Rethinking the Role of Tube Feeding in Patients with Advanced Dementia

Muriel R. Gillick

New England Journal of Medicine

A byproduct of the aging of the population has been a dramatic rise in the rate of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. A conservative estimate is that there are currently 4 million...