Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 140: A Comparative Study of the in Vitro Antimicrobial and Synergistic Effect of Essential Oils from Laurus nobilis L. and Prunus armeniaca L. from Morocco with Antimicrobial Drugs: New Approach for Health Promoting Products Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040140 Authors: Nafis Kasrati Jamali Custódio Vitalini Iriti Hassani Laurus nobilis L. (laurel, Lauraceae) and Prunus armeniaca L. (apricot, Rosaceae) are important industrial...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 139: Diagnosis and Management of Cervicofacial Actinomycosis: Lessons from Two Distinct Clinical Cases Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040139 Authors: Stájer Ibrahim Gajdács Urbán Baráth Members of the Actinomyces genus are non-spore-forming, anaerobic, and aerotolerant Gram-positive bacteria that are abundantly found in the oropharynx. They are the causative agents of actinomycosis, a slowly progressing (indolent) infection with non-specific...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 137: Solidago virgaurea L. Plant Extract Targeted Against Candida albicans to Reduce Oral Microbial Biomass: a Double Blind Randomized Trial on Healthy Adults Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040137 Authors: Prêcheur Rolland Hasseine Orange Morisot Landreau Oral microbiome plays an important part on oral health and endogenous bacteria and fungi should not be eradicated. However, their proliferation must be controlled by oral hygiene...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 138: Photodynamic Therapy in the Inactivation of Microorganisms Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040138 Authors: Almeida The growing emergence of microbial resistance to conventional antimicrobials, due their dissemination in the environment, and excessive or inadequate prescriptions, associated with the globalization of pathogenic microorganisms’ transmission, make the discovery of new effective therapies to combat infection of extreme urgency...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 135: Bacteriophage Therapy: Developments and Directions Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9030135 Authors: Mikeljon P. Nikolich Andrey A. Filippov In an era of proliferating multidrug resistant bacterial infections that are exhausting the capacity of existing chemical antibiotics and in which the development of new antibiotics is significantly rarer, Western medicine must seek additional therapeutic options that can be employed to treat these infections....
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 136: Virulence-Inhibiting Herbal Compound Falcarindiol Significantly Reduced Mortality in Mice Infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9030136 Authors: Zhang Wu Chen Duan Antipathogenic compounds that target the virulence of pathogenic bacteria rather than their viability offer a promising alternative approach to treat infectious diseases. Using extracts from 30 Chinese herbs that are known for treating symptoms...
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Antibodies, Vol. 9, Pages 7: Molecular Interaction Characterization Strategies for the Development of New Biotherapeutic Antibody Modalities Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib9020007 Authors: Wang Phan Li Gill Williams Gupta Quarmby Yang The characterization of target binding interactions is critical at each stage of antibody therapeutic development. During early development, it is important to design fit-for-purpose in vitro molecular interaction characterization...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 276: The Peroxidatic Thiol of Peroxiredoxin 1 is Nitrosated by Nitrosoglutathione but Coordinates to the Dinitrosyl Iron Complex of Glutathione Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040276 Authors: Daniela R. Truzzi Simone V. Alves Luis E. S. Netto Ohara Augusto Protein S-nitrosation is an important consequence of NO●·metabolism with implications in physiology and pathology. The mechanisms responsible for S-nitrosation in vivo remain debatable...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 274: Phytochemical Composition, Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of Defatted Sea Buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) Berry Pomace Fractions Consecutively Recovered by Pressurized Ethanol and Water Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040274 Authors: Dienaitė Pukalskas Pukalskienė Pereira Matias Venskutonis This study aimed at valorisation of sea buckthorn pomace (SBP) for the production of extracts containing valuable bioactive...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 275: Corylin Inhibits Vascular Cell Inflammation, Proliferation and Migration and Reduces Atherosclerosis in ApoE-Deficient Mice Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040275 Authors: Chen Li Leu Chen Wang Wang Atherosclerosis is a complex disease that includes several events, including reactive oxygen species (ROS) stress, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, lipid deposition, and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and migration,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 272: Selenium Biofortification Impacts the Nutritive Value, Polyphenolic Content, and Bioactive Constitution of Variable Microgreens Genotypes Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040272 Authors: Pannico El-Nakhel Graziani Kyriacou Giordano Soteriou Zarrelli Ritieni Pascale Rouphael Selenium (Se) is considered essential for human nutrition as it is involved in the metabolic pathway of selenoproteins and relevant biological...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 273: AKR1B1-Induced Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Mediated by RAGE-Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Cataract Lens Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040273 Authors: Wu Chen Chang Kung Tseng Cheng Purpose: Cataracts are a major cause of visual acuity deterioration in diabetes mellitus (DM) in developed and developing countries. Studies have demonstrated that overproduction of AKR1B1 and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 270: A Melanin-Related Phenolic Polymer with Potent Photoprotective and Antioxidant Activities for Dermo-Cosmetic Applications Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040270 Authors: Davide Liberti Maria Laura Alfieri Daria Maria Monti Lucia Panzella Alessandra Napolitano Eumelanins, the dark variant of skin pigments, are endowed with a remarkable antioxidant activity and well-recognized photoprotective properties that have been ascribed to pigment components...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 271: Effects of Microwave-Assisted Opuntia Humifusa Extract in Inhibiting the Impacts of Particulate Matter on Human Keratinocyte Skin Cell Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040271 Authors: Ju-Young Moon Le Thi Nhu Ngoc Minhe Chae Vinh Van Tran Young-Chul Lee Particulate matter (PM) is one of the most important factors causing serious skin diseases, due to its generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) over the course of long-term exposure. As...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 269: Maternal Antioxidant Status in Early Pregnancy and Development of Fetal Complications in Twin Pregnancies: A Pilot Study Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9040269 Authors: Ramiro-Cortijo Calle Rodríguez-Rodríguez Pablo López-Giménez Aguilera Martín-Cabrejas González Arribas Twin pregnancies are increasing due to the rise in mothers’ childbearing age and have a higher risk of fetal growth restriction (FGR) and prematurity....
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 268: In Vitro and In Vivo Nutraceutical Characterization of Two Chickpea Accessions: Differential Effects on Hepatic Lipid Over-Accumulation Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9030268 Authors: Mariangela Centrone Patrizia Gena Marianna Ranieri Annarita Di Mise Mariagrazia D’Agostino Maria Mastrodonato Maria Venneri Davide De Angelis Stefano Pavan Antonella Pasqualone Carmine Summo Valentina Fanelli Giovanna Valenti Giuseppe Calamita...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 267: Green-Sustainable Recovery of Phenolic and Antioxidant Compounds from Industrial Chestnut Shells Using Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction: Optimization and Evaluation of Biological Activities In Vitro Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9030267 Authors: Fátima Lameirão Diana Pinto Elsa F. Vieira Andreia F. Peixoto Cristina Freire Stefania Sut Stefano Dall’Acqua Paulo Costa Cristina Delerue-Matos Francisca Rodrigues Chestnut processing...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 319: Functional Factors of Biomass Burning Contribution to Spring Aerosol Composition in a Megacity: Combined FTIR-PCA Analyses Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040319 Authors: Popovicheva Ivanov Vojtisek Whether the spring season brings additional pollution to the urban environment remains questionable for a megacity. Aerosol sampling and characterization was performed in the urban background of the Moscow megacity in spring 2017, in a period of a significant...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 318: The Value of Ocean Decadal Climate Variability Information to United States Agriculture Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040318 Authors: Rhodes McCarl Ocean-related decadal climate variability (ODCV) has the potential to influence regional climates and, in turn, crop yields. ODCV event forecasts with associated climate and crop yield implication information can provide farmers with the opportunity to alter their crop mixes and input usage to adapt to...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 316: The Comparison of Predicting Storm-time Ionospheric TEC by Three Methods: ARIMA, LSTM, and Seq2Seq Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040316 Authors: Tang Zeng Chen Wang Huang Wu Ionospheric structure usually changes dramatically during a strong geomagnetic storm period, which will significantly affect the short-wave communication and satellite navigation systems. It is critically important to make accurate ionospheric predictions under...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 317: Community Structure and Influencing Factors of Airborne Microbial Aerosols over Three Chinese Cities with Contrasting Social-Economic Levels Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040317 Authors: Rao Li Chen Huang Chen Xu Zhuang As an important part of atmospheric aerosol, airborne bacteria have major impacts on human health. However, variations of airborne community structure due to human-induced activities and their possible impact on...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 315: Characteristics and Sources of Black Carbon Aerosol in a Mega-City in the Western Yangtze River Delta, China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040315 Authors: Li Jiang Chen Liu Du Zhang Yang Tang A single particle soot photometer (SP2) was deployed in urban Nanjing, located in the Yangtze River Delta (China), to investigate the mixing state and sources of ambient refractory black carbon (rBC) from 26 January to 25 February 2014,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 314: Shallow Water Magnetohydrodynamics in Plasma Astrophysics. Waves, Turbulence, and Zonal Flows Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11040314 Authors: Arakel Petrosyan Dmitry Klimachkov Maria Fedotova Timofey Zinyakov The purpose of plasma astrophysics is the study and description of the flow of rotating plasma in order to understand the evolution of various objects in the universe, from stars and planetary systems to galaxies and galaxy clusters. A number...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 313: Generation of Viable Bacterial and Fungal Aerosols during Biomass Combustion Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11030313 Authors: Mirskaya Agranovski Biomass combustion is known to be one of the main contributors to air pollution. However, the influence of biomass burning on the distribution of viable bacterial and fungal aerosols is uncertain. This study aimed to examine survivability of bacteria and fungi in the post-combustion products, and to investigate...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 69: The Intersectionality of Race and Trajectories of African Women into the Nursing Career in the United States Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10040069 Authors: Semu This paper uses narratives of Malawian-born registered nurses working in the United States to capture pathways through which African women are entering the nursing profession. The paper highlights how race, immigrant status and language acts as potential sources of discrimination...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 61: MYB Transcription Factors as Regulators of Secondary Metabolism in Plants
Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 61: MYB Transcription Factors as Regulators of Secondary Metabolism in Plants Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9030061 Authors: Cao Li Li Zhao Wang MYB transcription factors (TFs), as one of the largest gene families in plants, play important roles in multiple biological processes, such as plant growth and development, cell morphology and pattern building, physiological activity metabolism, primary and secondary metabolic reactions, and responses to...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 68: Comparative Study of Piper sylvaticum Roxb. Leaves and Stems for Anxiolytic and Antioxidant Properties Through in vivo, in vitro, and in silico Approaches Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8040068 Authors: Adnan Chy Kama Azad Chowdhury Kabir Gupta Chowdhury Lim Cho Piper sylvaticum Roxb. is traditionally used by the indigenous people of tropical and subtropical countries like Bangladesh, India, and China for relieving...
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Biomimetics, Vol. 5, Pages 12: A Gecko-Inspired Soft Passive Gripper Biomimetics doi: 10.3390/biomimetics5020012 Authors: Arthur Seibel Mert Yıldız and Berkan Zorlubaş This paper presents a soft passive gripper consisting of six fluidic soft bending actuators arranged in a star-shaped manner. The actuators are oriented such that, upon pressurization, they bend against gravity. Gripping is realized by a commercial tape with mushroom-shaped adhesive structures that is glued to the...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 499: Upregulation of Polyamine Transport in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10040499 Authors: Corral Wallace Polyamines are essential growth factors that have a positive role in cancer cell growth. Their metabolic pathway and the diverse enzymes involved have been studied in depth in multiple organisms and cells. Polyamine transport also contributes to the intracellular polyamine content but this is less well-studied in mammalian...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 497: CSF Ubiquitin Levels Are Higher in Alzheimer’s Disease than in Frontotemporal Dementia and Reflect the Molecular Subtype in Prion Disease Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10040497 Authors: Abu-Rumeileh Oeckl Baiardi Halbgebauer Steinacker Capellari Otto Parchi Disturbances in the ubiquitin-proteasome system seem to play a role in neurodegenerative dementias (NDs). Previous studies documented an increase of cerebrospinal fluid...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 498: Mapping the Salt Stress-Induced Changes in the Root miRNome in Pokkali Rice Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10040498 Authors: Goswami Mittal Gautam Sopory Sanan-Mishra : A plant’s response to stress conditions is governed by intricately coordinated gene expression. The microRNAs (miRs) have emerged as relatively new players in the genetic network, regulating gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level....
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 495: Proteomic Analysis of Blood Exosomes from Healthy Females and Breast Cancer Patients Reveals an Association between Different Exosomal Bioactivity on Non-tumorigenic Epithelial Cell and Breast Cancer Cell Migration in Vitro Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10040495 Authors: Tutanov Orlova Proskura Grigor’eva Yunusova Tsentalovich Alexandrova Tamkovich Exosomes are important intercellular communication vehicles, secreted into...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 496: A Sweet Connection? Fructose’s Role in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10040496 Authors: Dewdney Roberts Qiao George Hebbard Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of few cancer types that continues to grow in incidence and mortality worldwide. With the alarming increase in diabetes and obesity rates, the higher rates of hepatocellular carcinoma are a result of underlying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Many have attributed...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 494: The Role of MECP2 and CCR5 Polymorphisms on the Development and Course of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030494 Authors: Rzeszotarska Sowinska Stypinska Walczuk Wajda Lutkowska Felis-Giemza Olesinska Puszczewicz Majewski Jagodzinski Czerewaty Malinowski Pawlik Jaronczyk Paradowska-Gorycka Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and systemic autoimmune disease....
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 493: The Vitamin D Receptor Regulates Glycerolipid and Phospholipid Metabolism in Human Hepatocytes Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030493 Authors: Teresa Martínez-Sena Polina Soluyanova Carla Guzmán José Manuel Valdivielso José Vicente Castell Ramiro Jover The vitamin D receptor (VDR) must be relevant to liver lipid metabolism because VDR deficient mice are protected from hepatosteatosis. Therefore, our objective was to define the role of...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 492: Induction of p53-Dependent Apoptosis by Prostaglandin A2 Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030492 Authors: Lee Lee Park Lee Kim Prostaglandin (PG) A2, one of cyclopentenone PGs, is known to induce activation of apoptosis in various cancer cells. Although PGA2 has been reported to cause activation of apoptosis by altering the expression of apoptosis-related genes, the role of p53, one of the most critical pro-apoptotic genes, on PGA2-induced...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 491: 2-Oxoester Phospholipase A2 Inhibitors with Enhanced Metabolic Stability Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030491 Authors: Koutoulogenis Kokotou Hayashi Mouchlis Dennis Kokotos 2-Oxoesters constitute an important class of potent and selective inhibitors of human cytosolic phospholipase A2 (GIVA cPLA2) combining an aromatic scaffold or a long aliphatic chain with a short aliphatic chain containing a free carboxylic acid. Although highly...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 193: Hippocampal and Cerebellar Changes in Acute Restraint Stress and the Impact of Pretreatment with Ceftriaxone Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10040193 Authors: Amin Hassan Khashaba Youakim Latif Rashed Yassa Acute restraint stress (ARS) is an unavoidable stress situation and may be encountered in different clinical situations. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of ARS on the hippocampus and cerebellum,...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 194: Effects of Oral Contraceptive Androgenicity on Visuospatial and Social-Emotional Cognition: A Prospective Observational Trial Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10040194 Authors: Gurvich Warren Worsley Hudaib Thomas Kulkarni Oral contraceptives (OCs) containing estrogen and progesterone analogues are widely used amongst reproductive-aged women, but their neurocognitive impact is poorly understood. Preliminary studies suggest that...
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