JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 4: Biotic Environments Supporting the Persistence of Clinically Relevant Mucormycetes Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010004 Authors: Malcolm D. Richardson Riina Rautemaa-Richardson Clinically relevant members of the Mucorales group can grow and are found in diverse ecological spaces such as soil, dust, water, decomposing vegetation, on and in food, and in hospital environments but are poorly represented in mycobiome studies of outdoor and indoor air. Occasionally,...
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JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 3: Histoplasmosis in Persons Living with HIV Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010003 Authors: Mathieu Nacher The increase in the number of immunocompromised persons, following the HIV pandemic, has led to a dramatic amplification of the number of patients with progressive disseminated histoplasmosis [...]
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JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 2: Candida auris—“Ten Years After” Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010002 Authors: Jacques F. Meis Anuradha Chowdhary We would like to thank all contributors to this Special Issue on Candida auris [...]
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JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 1: The Role of Molecular Tests in the Diagnosis of Disseminated Histoplasmosis Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010001 Authors: Izadora Clezar da Silva Vasconcellos Daiane Flores Dalla Lana Alessandro C. Pasqualotto Histoplasmosis is an emerging fungal disease, with global distribution. The disseminated form of the disease is a more severe infection, generally associated with AIDS. Classic diagnostic methods for histoplasmosis consist of microscopy, culture,...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 4: Functional Changes in Patients and Morphological Changes in the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc after Applying Lordotic Curve-Controlled Traction: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010004 Authors: Lee Heo Park Jeong Kim Background and Objectives: Lumbar traction is widely used as a non-operative treatment for lumbar intervertebral disc disease. The effect of traditional traction (TT) using linear-type traction...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 3: Stroke Volume Variation and Stroke Volume Index Can Predict Fluid Responsiveness after Mini-Volume Challenge Test in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010003 Authors: Moon Lee Yi Kim Lee Seo Background and Objectives: For using appropriate goal-directed fluid therapy during the surgical conditions of pneumoperitoneum in the reverse Trendelenburg position, we investigated the predictability...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 2: Risk of Complications and Survival of Patients Dialyzed with Permanent Catheters Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010002 Authors: Szarnecka-Sojda Jacheć Polewczyk Łętek Miszczuk Polewczyk Background and Objectives: An increase in the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with the need for a wider use of vascular access. Although arteriovenous (A-V) fistula is a preferred form of vascular access, for various reasons,...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 1: Inhibition of MELK Protooncogene as an Innovative Treatment for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010001 Authors: Cigliano Pilo Mela Ribback Dombrowski Pes Cossu Evert Calvisi Utpatel Background and Objectives: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a pernicious tumor characterized by a dismal outcome and scarce therapeutic options. To substantially improve the prognosis of iCCA patients,...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 6: Possible Use of Blood Tryptophan Metabolites as Biomarkers for Coronary Heart Disease in Sudden Unexpected Death Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010006 Authors: Santisukwongchote Amornlertwatana Sastraruji Jaikang Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of death in sudden unexpected death (SUD) cases. Tryptophan (TRP) and its metabolites are correlated with the CHD patient but less studies in the SUD. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 5: The Effect of Training on Erythrocyte Energy Status and Plasma Purine Metabolites in Athletes Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010005 Authors: Pospieszna Kusy Słomińska Dudzinska Ciekot-Sołtysiak Zieliński This study aimed to assess the changes in red blood cell (RBC) energy status and plasma purine metabolites concentration over a one-year training cycle in endurance-trained (EN; n = 11, 20‒26 years), and sprint-trained (SP; n = 11,...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 4: Electromembrane Extraction of Highly Polar Compounds: Analysis of Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Plasma Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010004 Authors: Drouin Kloots Schappler Rudaz Kohler Harms Lindenburg Hankemeier Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a major concern in today’s society, with more than 17.5 million deaths reported annually worldwide. Recently, five metabolites related to the gut metabolism of phospholipids...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 3: Glutathione Injection Alleviates the Fluctuation of Metabolic Response under Thermal Stress in Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010003 Authors: Kim Kim Ma Lee Lee Yoon Kim Kim Continuous increases in water temperature disturb homeostasis and increase oxidative stress in fish. Glutathione (GSH) is an intracellular antioxidant that helps to relieve stress in animals. In this study, we observed...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 1: Metatranscriptomic Analysis of the Mouse Gut Microbiome Response to the Persistent Organic Pollutant 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010001 Authors: Robert G. Nichols Jingtao Zhang Jingwei Cai Iain A. Murray Imhoi Koo Philip B. Smith Gary H. Perdew Andrew D. Patterson Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are important environmental chemicals and continued study of their mechanism of action remains a...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 2: Modified Protocol of Harvesting, Extraction, and Normalization Approaches for Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Analysis of Adherent Cells Grown Under High Fetal Calf Serum Conditions Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010002 Authors: Raphaela Fritsche-Guenther Anna Bauer Yoann Gloaguen Mario Lorenz Jennifer A. Kirwan A gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics protocol was modified for quenching, harvesting,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 13: Genome Analyses and Genome-Centered Metatranscriptomics of Methanothermobacter wolfeii Strain SIV6, Isolated from a Thermophilic Production-Scale Biogas Fermenter Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010013 Authors: Julia Hassa Daniel Wibberg Irena Maus Alfred Pühler Andreas Schlüter In the thermophilic biogas-producing microbial community, the genus Methanothermobacter was previously described to be frequently abundant. The aim of...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 12: Fungal Diversity of Deteriorated Sparkling Wine and Cork Stoppers in Catalonia, Spain Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010012 Authors: Rodríguez-Andrade Stchigel Guarro Cano-Lira Filamentous fungi are rarely reported as responsible for spoiling wine. Cork taint was detected in sparkling wine; therefore, we investigated fungal contamination as a possible cause of organoleptic alteration. Spoiled wine was filtered and membranes were...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 9: Vegetation-Dependent Response to Drought in Salt Marsh Ammonia-Oxidizer Communities Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010009 Authors: Beltz McMahon Torres Nunez Bernhard We investigated the impacts of drought on ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) in a salt marsh and compared the response to the total bacterial community. We analyzed abundance and community composition of amoA genes by QPCR and TRFLP, respectively,...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 10: Global Gene Responses of Resistant and Susceptible Sugarcane Cultivars to Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae Identified Using Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010010 Authors: Na Chu Jing-Ru Zhou Hua-Ying Fu Mei-Ting Huang Hui-Li Zhang San-Ji Gao Red stripe disease in sugarcane caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae (Aaa) is related to serious global losses in yield. However, the underlying molecular...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 11: Molecular Biomarkers and Influential Factors of Denitrification in a Full-Scale Biological Nitrogen Removal Plant Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010011 Authors: Fang Olson Asvapathanagul Wang Tsai Rosso Three denitrifying bacteria, Paracoccus spp., Thauera spp., Pseudomonas-like spp., and two functional genes, nitrate reductase (narG and napA), were studied as potential biomarkers for total nitrogen removal. These bacterial...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 8: Tissue- and Population-Level Microbiome Analysis of the Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi Identified a Novel Dominant Bacterial Symbiont Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010008 Authors: Sheffer Uhl Prost Lueders Urich Bengtsson Many ecological and evolutionary processes in animals depend upon microbial symbioses. In spiders, the role of the microbiome in these processes remains mostly unknown. We compared the microbiome between...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 6: First Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in Migratory Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in China Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010006 Authors: Wang Gazizova Wang Zhang Zhang Chang Cui Zhang Zhang Zhang Cryptosporidium is an important protozoan parasite that can cause gastrointestinal diseases in humans and that also causes respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases in birds. In this study, we investigated the...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 7: Comparative Pangenomics of the Mammalian Gut Commensal Bifidobacterium longum Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010007 Authors: Albert Rani Sela Bifidobacterium longum colonizes mammalian gastrointestinal tracts where it could metabolize host-indigestible oligosaccharides. Although B. longum strains are currently segregated into three subspecies that reflect common metabolic capacities and genetic similarity, heterogeneity within subspecies...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 2: Complete Genome Sequence of Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans YNTRS-40, a Strain of the Ferrous Iron- and Sulfur-Oxidizing Acidophile Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010002 Authors: Yu Zhang Shuang Zhang Dan Zhao Yongqing Ni Weidong Wang Lei Yan Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans YNTRS-40 (A. ferrooxidans) is a chemolithoautotrophic aerobic bacterium isolated from Tengchong hot springs, Yunnan Province, China, with a broad growth pH...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 4: Structural and Functional Characterization of Stx2k, a New Subtype of Shiga Toxin 2 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010004 Authors: Hughes Zhang Bai Xiong Wang Yang Xu He Shiga toxin (Stx) is the major virulence factor of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Stx evolves rapidly and, as such, new subtypes continue to emerge that challenge the efficacy of existing disease management and surveillance strategies....
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 3: Experimental Challenges for Reduced Genomes: The Cell Model Escherichia coli Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010003 Authors: Kurokawa Ying Genome reduction, as a top-down approach to obtain the minimal genetic information essential for a living organism, has been conducted with bacterial cells for decades. The most popular and well-studied cell models for genome reduction are Escherichia coli strains. As the previous literature intensively...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 5: Tracking of Intentionally Inoculated Lactic Acid Bacteria Strains in Yogurt and Probiotic Powder Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010005 Authors: Sharma Kaur Lee Park The present work aimed at tracking intentionally inoculated lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains in yogurt and probiotic powder. Leuconostoc (Leu.) mesenteroides (11251), Lactobacillus (L.) brevis (B151), and Lactobacillus plantarum (LB41K) strains were tracked in yogurt,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1: Fungal and Bacterial Communities Exhibit Consistent Responses to Reversal of Soil Acidification and Phosphorus Limitation over Time Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010001 Authors: Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker Kaitlin P. Coyle Laurel A. Kluber David J. Burke Chronic acid deposition affects many temperate hardwood forests of the northeastern United States, reduces soil pH and phosphorus (P) availability, and can alter the structure and function...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1099: N-(2-Hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-methylbenzamide Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1099 Authors: Mamari Lawati The title compound, N-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-methylbenzamide was synthesized by reacting 3-methylbenzoyl chloride or 3-methylbenzoic acid with 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol. In the present report, the synthesized target compound was fully characterized by various spectroscopic methods (1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR, GC-MS), its composition confirmed...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1100: Synthesis of N-Heterocyclic Analogues of 28-O-Methyl Betulinate, and Their Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1100 Authors: Shakurova Parfenova The paper presents the results on the one-pot pyridine quaternization using betulinic 28-O-methyl ester (1) and Tempo+Br3- cation followed by reduction of the resulting salt (2) to 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine derivative (3). The structures of new compounds are confirmed by means...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 30: Terpenoids in the Essential Oil and Concentrated Aromatic Products Obtained from Nicotiana glutinosa L. Leaves Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010030 Authors: Venelina Popova Tanya Ivanova Albena Stoyanova Violeta Nikolova Tsveta Hristeva Velizar Gochev Yonko Yonchev Nikolay Nikolov Valtcho D. Zheljazkov N. glutinosa L. is a relatively less studied Nicotiana species (Solanaceae), although there are data about its importance as a...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 29: Antitumor Effect of a Novel Spiro-Acridine Compound is Associated with Up-Regulation of Th1-Type Responses and Antiangiogenic Action Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010029 Authors: Daiana K. Frade Silva Sâmia S. Duarte Thaís M. H. Lisboa Rafael C. Ferreira Ana Luíza de O. Lopes Deyse C. M. Carvalho Sandra Rodrigues-Mascarenhas Patricia Mirella da Silva Miguel A. S. Pinheiro Segundo Ricardo O. de Moura Karina C. P. Medeiros Marianna...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 28: Glycomic Signatures of Plasma IgG Improve Preoperative Prediction of the Invasiveness of Small Lung Nodules Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010028 Authors: Xia Zou Feng Yao Fang Yang Fang Zhang Zhijue Xu Jingjing Shi Atsushi Kuno Heng Zhao Yan Zhang Preoperative assessment of tumor invasiveness is essential to avoid overtreatment for patients with small-sized ground-glass nodules (GGNs) of 10 mm or less in diameter. However, it...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 26: Dietary Compounds Influencing the Sensorial, Volatile and Phytochemical Properties of Bovine Milk Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010026 Authors: Clarke Griffin Rai O’Callaghan O’Sullivan Kerry Kilcawley The main aim of this study was to evaluate the volatile profile, sensory perception, and phytochemical content of bovine milk produced from cows fed on three distinct feeding systems, namely grass (GRS), grass/clover (CLV), and...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 27: Coordination Chemistry of Ru(II) Complexes of an Asymmetric Bipyridine Analogue: Synergistic Effects of Supporting Ligand and Coordination Geometry on Reactivities Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010027 Authors: Komi Akatsuka Ryosuke Abe Tsugiko Takase Dai Oyama The reactivities of transition metal coordination compounds are often controlled by the environment around the coordination sphere. For ruthenium(II) complexes, differences in polypyridyl...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 25: Myeloid Differentiation Protein 2 Mediates Angiotensin II-Induced Liver Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010025 Authors: Zhang Liu Jia Qi Zhang Zhang Liang Zhang Chen Angiotensin II (Ang II) participates in the pathogenesis of liver injury. Our previous publications reported that myeloid differentiation protein 2 (MD2) mediates Ang II-induced cardiac and kidney inflammation by directly binding...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 24: Modeling the Antileukemia Activity of Ellipticine-Related Compounds: QSAR and Molecular Docking Study Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010024 Authors: Márquez Mora Flores-Morales Insuasty Calle The antileukemia cancer activity of organic compounds analogous to ellipticine representes a critical endpoint in the understanding of this dramatic disease. A molecular modeling simulation on a dataset of 23 compounds, all of which comply with Lipinski’s...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 23: Deuterium-Depleted Water as Adjuvant Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of Diet-Induced Obesity in Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010023 Authors: Halenova Zlatskiy Syroeshkin Maximova Pleteneva In this study, we present the potential application of deuterium-depleted water (DDW) for the prevention and adjuvant treatment of obesity in rats. We tested the hypothesis that DDW can alleviate diet-induced obesity (DIO) and its associated...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 22: Muraymycin Nucleoside Antibiotics: Structure-Activity Relationship for Variations in the Nucleoside Unit Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010022 Authors: Heib Niro Weck Koppermann Ducho Muraymycins are a subclass of naturally occurring nucleoside antibiotics with promising antibacterial activity. They inhibit the bacterial enzyme translocase I (MraY), a clinically yet unexploited target mediating an essential intracellular step of bacterial...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 21: Synthesis and Application of 1,2-Aminoalcohols with Neoisopulegol-Based Octahydrobenzofuran Core Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010021 Authors: Fatima Zahra Bamou Tam Minh Le Bettina Volford András Szekeres Zsolt Szakonyi A library of 1,2-aminoalcohol derivatives with a neoisopulegol-based octahydrobenzofuran core was developed and applied as chiral catalysts in the addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde. The allylic chlorination of (+)-neoisopulegol,...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 17: α-Ionone, an Apocarotenoid, Induces Plant Resistance to Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, Independently of Jasmonic Acid Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010017 Authors: Murata Kobayashi Seo Apocarotenoids, such as β-cyclocitral, α-ionone, β-ionone, and loliolide, are derived from carotenes via chemical or enzymatic processes. Recent studies revealed that β-cyclocitral and loliolide play an...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 19: Design, Synthesis and Study of Nitrogen Monoxide Donors as Potent Hypolipidaemic and Anti-Inflammatory Agents Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010019 Authors: Panagiotis Theodosis-Nobelos Georgios Papagiouvanis Maria Pantelidou Panos N. Kourounakis Chrysoula Athanasekou Eleni A. Rekka Inflammation and oxidative stress are involved in cardiovascular diseases. Nitrogen monoxide participates in the regulation of endothelial processes. Thus,...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 15: Protopine Protects Mice against LPS-Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Inhibiting Apoptosis and Inflammation via the TLR4 Signaling Pathway Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010015 Authors: Beibei Zhang Mengnan Zeng Meng Li Yuxuan Kan Benke Li Ruiqi Xu Yuanyuan Wu Shengchao Wang Xiaoke Zheng Weisheng Feng Corydalis humosa Migo is a traditional Chinese medicine that clears away damp heat, relieves sore. Protopine (PRO) is an alkaloid...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 18: Nanostructured MoO3 for Efficient Energy and Environmental Catalysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010018 Authors: Zhu Yao Luo Pan Yang Fang Deng Liu Tan Liu Guo This paper mainly focuses on the application of nanostructured MoO3 materials in both energy and environmental catalysis fields. MoO3 has wide tunability in bandgap, a unique semiconducting structure, and multiple valence states. Due to the natural advantage,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 16: Non-Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Nanocarriers for Thymoquinone Encapsulation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010016 Authors: Yaghmur Tran Moghimi Owing to their unique structural features, non-lamellar liquid crystalline nanoparticles comprising cubosomes and hexosomes are attracting increasing attention as versatile investigative drug carriers. Background: Depending on their physiochemical characteristics, drug molecules on entrapment can modulate...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 14: SLC22A5 (OCTN2) Carnitine Transporter—Indispensable for Cell Metabolism, a Jekyll and Hyde of Human Cancer Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010014 Authors: Juraszek Nałęcz Oxidation of fatty acids uses l-carnitine to transport acyl moieties to mitochondria in a so-called carnitine shuttle. The process of β-oxidation also takes place in cancer cells. The majority of carnitine comes from the diet and is transported to the cell by ubiquitously...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 20: In Silico and In Vivo Analysis of IL37 in Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Its Probable Homeostatic Role on the Clinical Activity, Disability, and Treatment with Fingolimod Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010020 Authors: Cavalli Mazzon Basile Mammana Pennisi Fagone Kalfin Martinovic Ivanovic Andabaka Mesaros Pekmezovic Drulovic Nicoletti Petralia We evaluated the in silico expression and circulating levels...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 12: Exogenous Melatonin and Abscisic Acid Expedite the Flavonoids Biosynthesis in Grape Berry of Vitis vinifera cv. Kyoho Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010012 Authors: Mingyi Yang Lei Wang Tarun Belwal Xiaocheng Zhang Hongyan Lu Cunkun Chen Li Li Grape polyphenols contributing to more than half of the global polyphenol market were well studied; however, how melatonin (MLT), a potential plant hormone, and abscisic acid (ABA) affects polyphenols...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 13: Inhibitory Effects of Myrtucommuacetalone 1 (MCA-1) from Myrtus communis on Inflammatory Response in Mouse Macrophages Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010013 Authors: Soomro Mesaik Shaheen Khan Halim Ul-Haq Ali Siddiqui Choudhary (1) Introduction: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are key signaling molecules that play important roles in the progression of inflammatory disorders. The objective of this study...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 11: Chia Seeds (Salvia hispanica L.): An Overview—Phytochemical Profile, Isolation Methods, and Application Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010011 Authors: Knez Hrnčič Ivanovski Cör Knez Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is a small seed that comes from an annual herbaceous plant, Salvia hispanica L. In recent years, usage of Chia seeds has tremendously grown due to their high nutritional and medicinal values. Chia was cultivated by Mesopotamian cultures,...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 10: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Pyridineamide Derivatives Containing a 1,2,3-Triazole Fragment as Type II c-Met Inhibitors Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010010 Authors: Hehua Xiong Jianxin Cheng Jianqing Zhang Qian Zhang Zhen Xiao Han Zhang Qidong Tang Pengwu Zheng A series of 4-(pyridin-4-yloxy)benzamide derivatives containing a 1,2,3-triazole fragment were designed, synthesized, and their inhibitory activity against...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 8: DNA Origami “Quick” Refolding Inside of a Micron-Sized Compartment Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010008 Authors: Watanabe Sato Otaka Kawamata Murata Nomura Investigations into the refolding of DNA origami leads to the creation of reconstructable nanostructures and deepens our understanding of the sustainability of life. Here, we report the refolding of the DNA origami structure inside a micron-sized compartment. In our experiments,...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 9: A Critical View of the Application of the APEX Software (Aqueous Photochemistry of Environmentally-Occurring Xenobiotics) to Predict Photoreaction Kinetics in Surface Freshwaters Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010009 Authors: Vione The APEX (aqueous photochemistry of environmentally occurring xenobiotics) software computes the phototransformation kinetics of compounds that occur in sunlit surface waters. It is free software based on Octave, and was originally...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 6: Growing Importance of Natural Products Research Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010006 Authors: Drasar Khripach Natural products and preparations based on them play a stable and ever-increasing role in human and veterinary medicine, agriculture, in food and the cosmetic industry, and in other increasing numbers of fields. [...]
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 7: Multifloroside Suppressing Proliferation and Colony Formation, Inducing S Cell Cycle Arrest, ROS Production, and Increasing MMP in Human Epidermoid Carcinoma Cell Lines A431 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010007 Authors: Zhang Li Feng Zhang Gong Song Ding Yan Multifloroside (4), together with 10-hydroxyoleoside 11-methyl ester (1), 10-hydroxyoleoside dimethyl ester (2), and 10-hydroxyligustroside (3), are all secoiridoids,...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 5: P-MAPA and Interleukin-12 Reduce Cell Migration/Invasion and Attenuate the Toll-Like Receptor-Mediated Inflammatory Response in Ovarian Cancer SKOV-3 Cells: A Preliminary Study Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010005 Authors: Luiz Antonio Lupi Flávia Karina Delella Maira Smaniotto Cucielo Graziela Gorete Romagnoli Ramon Kaneno Iseu da Silva Nunes Raquel Fantin Domeniconi Marcelo Martinez Francisco Eduardo Martinez Wagner José Fávaro...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 4: Lipid Profiling and Stable Isotopic Data Analysis for Differentiation of Extra Virgin Olive Oils Based on Their Origin Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010004 Authors: Igor Lukić Alessio Da Ros Graziano Guella Federica Camin Domenico Masuero Nadia Mulinacci Urska Vrhovsek Fulvio Mattivi To differentiate extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) according to the origin of purchase, such as monocultivar Italian EVOO with protected denomination of...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 23: All-Optical Reversible Manipulation of Exciton and Trion Emissions in Monolayer WS2 Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010023 Authors: Chaoli Yang Yan Gao Chengbing Qin Xilong Liang Shuangping Han Guofeng Zhang Ruiyun Chen Jianyong Hu Liantuan Xiao Suotang Jia Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are direct gap semiconductors with promising applications in diverse optoelectronic devices. To improve devices’...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 22: Multifunctional PLA Blends Containing Chitosan Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Thermal, Mechanical, Antibacterial, and Degradation Properties Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010022 Authors: Agueda Sonseca Salim Madani Gema Rodríguez Víctor Hevilla Coro Echeverría Marta Fernández-García Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla Noureddine Charef Daniel López Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is one of the most commonly employed synthetic biopolymers for facing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 20: Highly Porous Amorphous Calcium Phosphate for Drug Delivery and Bio-Medical Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010020 Authors: Sun Åhlén Tai Bajnóczi Kleijne Ferraz Persson Strømme Cheung Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) has shown significant effects on the biomineralization and promising applications in bio-medicine. However, the limited stability and porosity of ACP material restrict its practical applications....
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 21: CSD-Grown Y1−xGdxBa2Cu3O7−δ-BaHfO3 Nanocomposite Films on Ni5W and IBAD Technical Substrates Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010021 Authors: Cayado Rijckaert Erbe Langer Jung Hänisch Holzapfel Chemical solution deposition (CSD) was used to grow Y1−xGdxBa2Cu3O7−δ-BaHfO3 (YGBCO-BHO) nanocomposite films containing 12 mol% BHO nanoparticles and various amounts of Gd, x, on two kinds of buffered metallic...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 16: A Critical Review on the Production of Electrospun Nanofibres for Guided Bone Regeneration in Oral Surgery Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010016 Authors: Federico Berton Davide Porrelli Roberto Di Lenarda Gianluca Turco Nanofibre-based membranes or scaffolds exhibit high surface-to-volume ratio, which allows an improved cell adhesion, representing an attractive subgroup of biomaterials due to their unique properties. Among several techniques...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 18: Bacterial Disinfection by CuFe2O4 Nanoparticles Enhanced by NH2OH: A Mechanistic Study Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010018 Authors: Yu Gu Furen Xiao Liumin Luo Xiaoyu Zhou Xiaodong Zhou Jin Li Zhi Li Many disinfection technologies have emerged recently in water treatment industry, which are designed to inactivate water pathogens with extraordinary efficiency and minimum side effects and costs. Current disinfection processes, including...
Thu Dec 19, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 14: Spatially Resolved Optoelectronic Properties of Al-Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Radio-Frequency Magnetron Plasma Sputtering Without Substrate Heating Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010014 Authors: Stamate Transparent and conducting thin films were deposited on soda lime glass by RF magnetron sputtering without intentional substrate heating using an aluminum doped zinc oxide target of 2 inch in diameter. The sheet resistance, film thickness,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 17: Effect of Nano-Sized Heat Transfer Enhancers on PCM-Based Heat Sink Performance at Various Heat Loads Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010017 Authors: Nadezhda S. Bondareva Mikhail A. Sheremet Many passive heat controlling technologies are based on the use of phase change materials. As a rule, at low operation temperatures, close to environmental conditions, paraffins or fatty acids with melting points of 20–90 °C are used. However,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 15: Depth-Sensing Indentation as a Micro- and Nanomechanical Approach to Characterisation of Mechanical Properties of Soft, Biological, and Biomimetic Materials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010015 Authors: Nikolay V. Perepelkin Feodor M. Borodich Alexander E. Kovalev Stanislav N. Gorb Classical methods of material testing become extremely complicated or impossible at micro-/nanoscale. At the same time, depth-sensing indentation (DSI) can be...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 13: Substrate Diameter-Dependent Photovoltaic Performance of Flexible Fiber-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticle/TiO2 Nanotube Array Photoanodes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010013 Authors: Xiao Lin Fiber-type dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) are attractive as an energy source of soft electronics due to low-costs, non-toxicity and especially, their indoor-weak-light workable features. The TiO2 nanotube array (TNA) can grow on...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 19: NePCM Based on Silver Dispersions in Poly(Ethylene Glycol) as a Stable Solution for Thermal Storage Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010019 Authors: Marco A. Marcos David Cabaleiro Samah Hamze Laura Fedele Sergio Bobbo Patrice Estellé Luis Lugo The main objective of this study is to design and characterize silver suspensions based on poly(ethylene glycol) PEG400, Ag/PEG400, as energy storage media for low-temperature applications. A...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 11: Microbial Nanotechnology: Challenges and Prospects for Green Biocatalytic Synthesis of Nanoscale Materials for Sensoristic and Biomedical Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010011 Authors: Grasso Zane Dragone Nanomaterials are increasingly being used in new products and devices with a great impact on different fields from sensoristics to biomedicine. Biosynthesis of nanomaterials by microorganisms is recently attracting interest as...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 12: Decapsulation of Dextran by Destruction of Polyelectrolyte Microcapsule Nanoscale Shell by Bacillus subtilis Bacteria Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010012 Authors: Musin Kim Dubrovskii Kudryashova Tikhonenko One of the prerequisites of successful address delivery is controlling the release of encapsulated drugs. The new method of bacterial spore encapsulation in polyelectrolyte microcapsules allows for degrading the nanoscale membrane...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 9: Synergistic Effect of a Defect-Free Graphene Nanostructure as an Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010009 Authors: Park Kim Song Graphene nanosheets have been among the most promising candidates for a high-performance anode material to replace graphite in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Studies in this area have mainly focused on nanostructured electrodes synthesized by graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene...
Wed Dec 18, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 10: Enhanced Detection Systems of Filling Rates Using Carbon Nanotube Cement Grout Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010010 Authors: Lee Park Park Chung The addition of small amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to cement-based materials modifies their thermal and electrical characteristics. This study investigated the void detection and filling rates of cement grout with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). MWCNT grouts of 40 mm ×...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 8: Amorphous Mo5O14-Type/Carbon Nanocomposite with Enhanced Electrochemical Capability for Lithium-Ion Batteries Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010008 Authors: Hashem Abdel-Ghany El-Tawil Indris Ehrenberg Mauger Julien An amorphous MomO3m−1/carbon nanocomposite (m ≈ 5) is fabricated from a citrate–gel precursor heated at moderate temperature (500 °C) in inert (argon) atmosphere. The as-prepared...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 7: Fast Degradation of Bisphenol A in Water by Nanostructured CuNPs@CALB Biohybrid Catalysts Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010007 Authors: Losada-Garcia Rodriguez-Otero Palomo Copper nanoparticles–enzyme biohybrid is a promising material for the remediation of contaminated waters, but its function is influenced by its effect on degradation organic pollutants. This study is the first investigation into the fast degradation of a high...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 6: Facile Preparation and Highly Efficient Catalytic Performances of Pd-Cu Bimetallic Catalyst Synthesized via Seed-Mediated Method Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010006 Authors: Fangke Zhan Juanjuan Yin Jingxin Zhou Tifeng Jiao Lexin Zhang Meirong Xia Zhenhua Bai Qiuming Peng With the rapid development of industry, the problem of environmental pollution has become increasingly prominent. Exploring and preparing green, efficient, and...
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