Research Library

Supply of Pre- and Probiotics Reduces Bacterial Infection Rates After Liver Transplantation—A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

Nada Rayes, Daniel Seehofer, Tom P. Theruvath +5

American Journal of Transplantation

Different hydrocolloids as bread improvers and antistaling agents

Abél Guarda, Cristina M. Rosell, Carmen Benedito +1

Food Hydrocolloids

A review of physical and chemical protein-gel induction

Alfonso Totosaus, J. G. Montejano, Juan Alfonso Salazar +1

International Journal of Food Science & Technology

Abstract Protein gelation is important to obtain desirable sensory and textural structures in foods. Gelation phenomenon requires a driving force to unfold the native protein structure, followed by...

Treatment of Right Heart Thromboemboli

Peter S. Rose, Naresh M. Punjabi, David B. Pearse

CHEST Journal

Free-Floating Thrombi in the Right Heart

Ludovic Chartier, J Bera, M Delomez +5

Circulation

Severe pulmonary embolism was the rule in our series of FRHTS (mortality rate, 44.7%). The choice of therapy had no effect on mortality. Emergency surgery is usually advocated. However, thrombolysis...

Probiotics: mechanisms and established effects

Arthur C. Ouwehand, Pirkka V. Kirjavainen, Colette Shortt +1

International Dairy Journal

Molecular genetics of aminoglycoside resistance genes and familial relationships of the aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes.

Klarissa Shaw, Philip N. Rather, R S Hare +1

Microbiological Reviews

Mechanisms of heavy metal cation homeostasis in marine invertebrates

A. Viarengo, J. A. Nott

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology

The Diarrheal Response of Humans to Some Classic Serotypes of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is Dependent on a Plasmid Encoding an Enteroadhesiveness Factor

Myron Levine, James P. Nataro, Helge Karch +5

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Isolates of the most common O serogroups of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) associated with infant diarrhea (designated class I) adhere to Hep-2 cells; the genes for this adhesin, termed...

Role of Bile Acid Malabsorption in Pathogenesis of Diarrhea and Steatorrhea in Patients with Ileal Resection

Alan F. Hofmann, J. Rainer Poley

Gastroenterology

Malnutrition and brain development

Myron Winick

The Journal of Pediatrics

The protective effect of small amounts of selenite in sublimate intoxication

J Parízek, I Ošťádalová

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Neuroprotective Effect of Antioxidants in the Brain

Kyung Hee Lee, Myeounghoon Cha, Bae Hwan Lee

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The brain is vulnerable to excessive oxidative insults because of its abundant lipid content, high energy requirements, and weak antioxidant capacity. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) increase...

Composition, physicochemical properties of pea protein and its application in functional foods

Zhen‐Xiang Lu, Jibin He, Y. C. Zhang +1

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Field pea is one of the most important leguminous crops over the world. Pea protein is a relatively new type of plant proteins and has been used as a functional ingredient in global food industry....

Gut bacteria dysbiosis and necrotising enterocolitis in very low birthweight infants: a prospective case-control study

Barbara Warner, Elena Deych, Yanjiao Zhou +16

The Lancet

A new perspective on lysogeny: prophages as active regulatory switches of bacteria

Ron Feiner, Tal Argov, Lev Rabinovich +3

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Natural food pigments and colorants

Délia B. Rodriguez–Amaya

Current Opinion in Food Science

Virtualization of food supply chains with the internet of things

C.N. Verdouw, J. Wolfert, A.J.M. Beulens +1

Journal of Food Engineering

Internet technologies allow supply chains to use virtualizations dynamically in operational management processes. This will improve support for food companies in dealing with perishable products,...

Microencapsulation of bacteria: A review of different technologies and their impact on the probiotic effects

María José Martín Alonso, Federico Lara‐Villoslada, María Adolfina Ruiz +1

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review

Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk, Rifat Hossain +8

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Microbial contamination is widespread and affects all water source types, including piped supplies. Global burden of disease estimates may have substantially understated the disease burden associated...

Toxicology and pharmacology of selenium: emphasis on synthetic organoselenium compounds

Cristina W. Nogueira, João Batista Teixeira da Rocha

Archives of Toxicology

Lactoferrin a multiple bioactive protein: An overview

Isui Abril García-Montoya, Tania Siqueiros-Cendón, Sigifredo Arévalo‐Gallegos +1

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects

Antioxidant Activity of Sulfur and Selenium: A Review of Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Metal-Binding Antioxidant Mechanisms

Erin E. Battin, Julia L. Brumaghim

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Food-chain selenium and human health: spotlight on speciation

Margaret P. Rayman, Heidi Goenaga‐Infante, Mike Sargent

British Journal Of Nutrition

There is a growing appreciation that it is not just the total intake of dietary Se that is important to health but that the species of Se ingested may also be important. The present review attempts...

A Critical Role for TLR4 in the Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Modulating Intestinal Injury and Repair

Cynthia L. Leaphart, Jaime A. Cavallo, Steven C. Gribar +6

The Journal of Immunology

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of death from gastrointestinal disease in preterm infants and is characterized by translocation of LPS across the inflamed intestine. We...

Inference for nonlinear dynamical systems

Edward L. Ionides, Carles Bretó, Aaron A. King

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Nonlinear stochastic dynamical systems are widely used to model systems across the sciences and engineering. Such models are natural to formulate and can be analyzed mathematically and numerically....

Lipid Analysis: Isolation, Separation, Identification and Structural Analysis of Lipids

Sarah Berry

Nutrition Bulletin

Seasonal Prevalence of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli, Including O157:H7 and Non-O157 Serotypes, and Salmonella in Commercial Beef Processing Plants

Genevieve A. Barkocy‐Gallagher, Terrance M. Arthur, Mildred Rivera-Betancourt +4

Journal of Food Protection

Essential role for mammalian copper transporter Ctr1 in copper homeostasis and embryonic development

Jaekwon Lee, Joseph R. Prohaska, Dennis J. Thiele

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The trace metal copper (Cu) plays an essential role in biology as a cofactor for many enzymes that include Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase, cytochrome oxidase, ceruloplasmin, lysyl oxidase, and dopamine...

Anti‐inflammatory effects of sodium butyrate on human monocytes: potent inhibition of IL‐12 and up‐regulation of IL‐10 production

Marcus D. Säemann, Georg A. Böhmig, Christoph H. Österreicher +6

The FASEB Journal

Cytokines are critical in regulating unresponsiveness versus immunity towards enteric antigens derived from the intestinal flora and ingested food. There is increasing evidence that butyrate, a major...

Effect of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infant formula on problem solving at 10 months of age

Peter Willatts, JS Forsyth, M.K. DiModugno +2

The Lancet

Vitamin C and cancer prevention: the epidemiologic evidence

Gladys Block

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Studies on the relations of selenium and Keshan disease

Xiaoshu Chen, Guangqi Yang, Junshi Chen +3

Biological Trace Element Research

Supplemental ascorbate in the supportive treatment of cancer: Reevaluation of prolongation of survival times in terminal human cancer

Ewan Cameron, Linus Pauling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A study has been made of the survival times of 100 terminal cancer patients who were given supplemental ascorbate, usually 10 g/day, as part of their routine management and 1000 matched controls,...

On the Foundations of Statistical Inference

Allan Birnbaum

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Abstract The concept of conditional experimental frames of reference has a significance for the general theory of statistical inference which has been emphasized by R. A. Fisher, D. R. Cox, J. W....

Receptors in the trachea and bronchi of the cat

J. G. Widdicombe

The Journal of Physiology

Investigations in Serum Copper. II. Isolation of the Copper Containing Protein, and a Description of some of its Properties.

Carl Holmberg, C.‐B. Laurell, Poul Gjertsen

Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry

Design principles of food gels

Yiping Cao, Raffaele Mezzenga

Nature Food

Mother’s Milk: A Purposeful Contribution to the Development of the Infant Microbiota and Immunity

Kirsty Le Doaré, Beth Holder, Aisha Bassett +1

Frontiers in Immunology

Breast milk is the perfect nutrition for infants, a result of millions of years of evolution. In addition to providing a source of nutrition, breast milk contains a diverse array of microbiota and...

A critical review of selenium biogeochemical behavior in soil-plant system with an inference to human health

Natasha Natasha, Muhammad Shahid, Nabeel Khan Niazi +4

Environmental Pollution

Global Burden of Invasive Nontyphoidal<i>Salmonella</i>Disease, 20101

Trong Ao, Nicholas Feasey, Melita A. Gordon +3

Emerging infectious diseases

Nontyphoidal Salmonella is a major cause of bloodstream infections worldwide, and HIV-infected persons and malaria-infected children are at increased risk for the disease. We conducted a systematic...

Essential fatty acids as functional components of foods- a review

Nirmaljit Kaur, Vishal Chugh, Anil K. Gupta

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Avian Colibacillosis and Salmonellosis: A Closer Look at Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Control and Public Health Concerns

S. M. Lutful Kabir

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Avian colibacillosis and salmonellosis are considered to be the major bacterial diseases in the poultry industry world-wide. Colibacillosis and salmonellosis are the most common avian diseases that...

The effect of extrusion conditions on the functional and physical properties of wheat-based expanded snacks

Qing-Bo Ding, Paul Ainsworth, Andrew Plunkett +2

Journal of Food Engineering

REPROGRAMMING OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM DURING ZINC DEFICIENCY

Pamela J. Fraker, Louis E. King

Annual Review of Nutrition

Thymic atrophy, lymphopenia, and compromised cell- and antibody-mediated responses that cause increased rates of infections of longer duration are the immunological hallmarks of zinc deficiency (ZD)...

Genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 2a: insights into pathogenicity through comparison with genomes of Escherichia coli K12 and O157

Qi Jin

Nucleic Acids Research

We have sequenced the genome of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a, the most prevalent species and serotype that causes bacillary dysentery or shigellosis in man. The whole genome is composed of a 4 607...

The Efficacy of a<i>Salmonella typhi</i>Vi Conjugate Vaccine in Two-to-Five-Year-Old Children

Feng Lin, Vô Anh Hó, Ha Ba Khiem +13

New England Journal of Medicine

The Vi-rEPA conjugate typhoid vaccine is safe and immunogenic and has more than 90 percent efficacy in children two to five years old. The antibody responses and the efficacy suggest that this...

Cows' Milk Fat Components as Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents

Peter W. Parodi

Journal of Nutrition

Selenocysteine, identified as the penultimate C-terminal residue in human T-cell thioredoxin reductase, corresponds to TGA in the human placental gene.

Vadim N. Gladyshev, Kuan-Teh Jeang, T C Stadtman

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The possible relationship of selenium to immunological function which has been suggested for decades was investigated in studies on selenium metabolism in human T cells. One of the major 75Se-labeled...