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Adolescent BMI and early-onset type 2 diabetes among Ethiopian immigrants and...
Abstract Background We assessed in a nationwide cohort the association between adolescent BMI and early-onset ( -
Dried blood spot versus venous blood sampling for phenylalanine and tyrosine
Abstract Background This study investigated the agreement between various dried blood spot (DBS) and venous blood sample measurements of phenylalanine and tyrosine... -
Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) decreases neutrophil migration resp...
Abstract Objective Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant and a known immune suppressant in humans and experimental animal models. Studies on... -
The pre-synaptic vesicle protein synaptotagmin is a novel biomarker for Alzhe...
Abstract Background Synaptic degeneration is a central pathogenic event in Alzheimer’s disease that occurs early during the course of disease and correlates with cognitive... -
Next-generation sequencing analysis of receptor-type tyrosine kinase genes in...
Abstract Background Improvement in genetic characterization of Colon Cancer (CC) patients is required to propose new potential targets, since surgical resection coupled to... -
808 nm-activable core@multishell upconverting nanoparticles with enhanced sta...
Abstract Background The unique upconversion properties of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles offers exciting opportunities for biomedical applications, in which near-IR remote... -
Comparing structural fingerprints using a literature-based similarity benchmark
Abstract Background The concept of molecular similarity is one of the central ideas in cheminformatics, despite the fact that it is ill-defined and rather difficult to assess... -
Acute kidney injury prediction in cardiac surgery patients by a urinary pepti...
Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a prominent problem in hospitalized patients and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Clinical medicine is... -
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases and other oxidative enzymes are abundantl...
Abstract Background Starch is the second most abundant plant-derived biomass and a major feedstock in non-food industrial applications and first generation biofuel production.... -
Andrographis paniculata transcriptome provides molecular insights into tissue...
Abstract Background Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) has been widely exploited in traditional medicine for the treatment of infectious diseases and health disorders.... -
Module and individual domain deletions of NRPS to produce plipastatin derivat...
Abstract Background Plipastatin, an antifungal lipopeptide, is synthesized by a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) in Bacillus subtilis. However, little information is... -
The identification and appraisal of assessment tools used to evaluate metatar...
Abstract Background Metatarsus adductus is the most common congenital foot deformity in newborns. It involves adduction of the metatarsals at the Lisfranc joint. A systematic... -
Enantiomer discrimination in β-phenylalanine degradation by a newly isolated ...
Abstract Despite their key role in numerous natural compounds, β-amino acids have rarely been studied as substrates for microbial degradation. Fermentation of the newly isolated... -
Stimulated Raman spectroscopic imaging by microsecond delay-line tuning
Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy is an emerging platform for vibrational imaging of living systems. We present microsecond-scale SRS spectroscopic imaging by... -
ERα-36 regulates progesterone receptor activity in breast cancer
Abstract Background Alterations in estrogen and progesterone signaling, via their respective receptors, estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and progesterone receptor (PR),... -
Highly active promoters and native secretion signals for protein production d...
Abstract Background The filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus niger is used in many industrial processes for the production of enzymes and organic acids by batch and fed-batch... -
Role of the flavonoid-rich fraction in the antioxidant and cytotoxic activiti...
Bauhinia forficata Link. is utilised as an antidiabetic in Brazilian folk-medicine; furthermore, its antioxidant properties suggest a potential usefulness in the prevention of... -
Design, synthesis and biological activity of hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjug...
Abstract We prepared 16 novel hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjugates of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) and investigated their biological activity. Most of the synthesized... -
Ethyl carbamate in Swedish and American smokeless tobacco products and some f...
Abstract Background We are interested in comparing the levels of harmful or potentially harmful constituents in Swedish and American smokeless tobacco products (STPs). We report... -
Expression of ACE2 and a viral virulence-regulating factor CCN family member ...
Abstract It has been reported that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes not only pneumonia but also systemic inflammations including central nervous system (CNS)...
