Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 212: Cleaning up China’s Medical Cabinet—An Antibiotic Take-Back Programme to Reduce Household Antibiotic Storage for Unsupervised Use in Rural China: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9050212 Authors: Lin Wang Wang Zhou Hargreaves : Background: Antibiotic misuse and unsafe disposal harm the environment and human health and contribute to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Household storage of...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 211: Nitrofurantoin Failure in Elderly Men: A Retrospective Observational Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9050211 Authors: Ilse Wolterink Theo Verheij Tamara Platteel Ann van den Bruel Arjen Stam Alma van de Pol Urinary tract infections in the elderly are common. Treatment with nitrofurantoin in men may not be sufficient if concomitant tissue involvement is present, resulting in treatment failure. The aim of this study is to determine...
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Antibodies, Vol. 9, Pages 11: Mapping Immunodominant Antibody Epitopes of Abrin Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib9020011 Authors: Alcalay Falach Gal Sapoznikov Sabo Kronman Mazor Abrin, a toxin isolated from the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity pea) is considered a biological threat agent by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. To date, there is no effective postexposure treatment for abrin poisoning, and efforts are being made to develop an efficient...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 365: High Glucose Concentrations Affect Band 3 Protein in Human Erythrocytes Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9050365 Authors: Morabito Remigante Spinelli Vitale Trichilo Loddo Marino Hyperglycemia is considered a threat for cell homeostasis, as it is associated to oxidative stress (OS). As erythrocytes are continuously exposed to OS, this study was conceived to verify the impact of either diabetic conditions attested to by glycated...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 364: Food-Safe Process for High Recovery of Flavonoids from Cocoa Beans: Antioxidant and HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS Analysis Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9050364 Authors: Toro-Uribe Ibañez Decker Villamizar-Jaimes López-Giraldo Considering the increasing interest in the incorporation of natural antioxidants in enriched foods, this work aimed to establish a food-grade and suitable procedure for the recovery of polyphenols from cocoa beans avoiding...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 363: Isolation, Characterization, and Antioxidant Activity Evaluation of a Fucoidan from an Enzymatic Digest of the Edible Seaweed, Hizikia fusiforme Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9050363 Authors: Lei Wang Thilina U. Jayawardena Hye-Won Yang Hyo Geun Lee Min-Cheol Kang K. K. Asanka Sanjeewa Jae Young Oh You-Jin Jeon The previous study suggested that the sulfated polysaccharides from Hizikia fusiforme (HFPS) possess strong antioxidant...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 440: Measured UV Exposures of Ironman, Sprint and Olympic-Distance Triathlon Competitors Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11050440 Authors: Downs Axelsen Parisi Schouten Dexter Triathletes present an extreme case of modelled behaviour in outdoor sport that favours enhanced exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation. This research presents personal solar ultraviolet exposures, measured using all-weather polysulphone film dosimeters, to triathletes...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 441: Special Issue Editorial: Green Buildings and Indoor Air Quality Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11050441 Authors: Dusan Licina Since the inception of the first green certification scheme several decades ago, expectations for high-performance buildings have been evolving [...]
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 439: Exploring Effective Chemical Indicators for Petrochemical Emissions with Network Measurements Coupled with Model Simulations Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11050439 Authors: Tong Hung Su Chang Wang A large petrochemical complex, dubbed Petro–complex, situated in a rather rural region of Taiwan, was used as a test bed to detect emissions from the Petro–complex to its surroundings. Hourly observations of speciated non–methane...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 83: Hidden Realities of Infant Feeding: Systematic Review of Qualitative Findings from Parents Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10050083 Authors: Anne M. Dattilo Ryan S. Carvalho Rubens Feferbaum Stewart Forsyth Ai Zhao A growing, global conversation, regarding realities and challenges that parents experience today is ever-present. To understand recent parent’s attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions regarding infant feeding, we...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 82: Italian Adaption of Self-Perceived Employability Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations with the Career Adaptability and Well-Being Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10050082 Authors: Ernesto Lodi Andrea Zammitti Paola Magnano Patrizia Patrizi Giuseppe Santisi The recent transformation of the workplaces and labor market, characterized by rapid technological changes, social and economic instability, has greatly influenced the...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 38: Flax Biomass Conversion via Controlled Oxidation: Facile Tuning of Physicochemical Properties Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7020038 Authors: Leila Dehabadi Abdalla H. Karoyo Majid Soleimani Wahab O. Alabi Carey J. Simonson Lee D. Wilson The role of chemical modification of pristine linen fiber (LF) on its physicochemical and adsorption properties is reported in this contribution. The surface and textural properties of the pristine...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 89: Next-Generation Sequencing and MALDI Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Multiresistant Processed Meat Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9050089 Authors: Sabença Sousa Oliveira Viala Théron Chambon Hébraud Beyrouthy Bonnet Caniça Poeta Igrejas Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), due to their intrinsic resistance to various commonly used antibiotics and their malleable genome, make...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 90: The Water Content Drives the Susceptibility of the Lichen Evernia prunastri and the Moss Brachythecium sp. to High Ozone Concentrations Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9050090 Authors: Vannini Canali Pica Nali Loppi The aim of this study was to evaluate the tolerance of lichens (Evernia prunastri) and mosses (Brachythecium sp.) to short-term (1 h), acute (1 ppm) O3 fumigation under different hydration states (dry, <10% water content, metabolism...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 99: European Medicinal Leeches—New Roles in Modern Medicine Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8050099 Authors: Lemke Vilcinskas Before the advent of modern medicine, natural resources were widely used by indigenous populations for the prevention and treatment of diseases. The associated knowledge, collectively described as folk medicine or traditional medicine, was largely based on trial-and-error testing of plant extracts (herbal remedies) and the...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 98: Antibody-Free Labeling of Malaria-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Using Flow Cytometry Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8050098 Authors: Elya Dekel Paula Abou Karam Yael Ohana-Daniel Mirit Biton Neta Regev-Rudzki Ziv Porat Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived membrane-bound structures that are believed to play a major role in intercellular communication by allowing cells to exchange proteins and genetic cargo between them. In...
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Biomimetics, Vol. 5, Pages 16: Influence of Ethyl Caproate on the Size of Lipid Vesicles and Yeast Cells Biomimetics doi: 10.3390/biomimetics5020016 Authors: Yoda Ogura Saito Ethyl caproate (EC) is a key flavor component of sake. Recently, in sake brewing, an effort has been underway to increase the content of aromatic components such as EC. However, the function of EC in yeast cells remains poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the effects of EC using cell-sized lipid...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 675: How Can Biomolecules Improve Mucoadhesion of Oral Insulin? A Comprehensive Insight using Ex-Vivo, In Silico, and In Vivo Models Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050675 Authors: Amaral Martins Catarino Faísca Kumar Pinto Pinto Correia Ascensão Afonso Gaspar Charmier Figueiredo Reis Currently, insulin can only be administered through the subcutaneous route. Due to the flaws associated with this route,...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 674: The influence of selected gastrointestinal parasites on apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050674 Authors: Kapczuk Kosik-Bogacka Kupnicka Metryka Simińska Rogulska Skórka Gutowska Chlubek Baranowska-Bosiacka Studies on the parasite–host interaction may provide valuable information concerning the modulation of molecular mechanisms as well as of the host immune system...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 671: Structures of FOX-4 Cephamycinase in Complex withTransition-State Analog Inhibitors Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050671 Authors: Lefurgy Caselli Taracila Malashkevich Biju Papp-Wallace Bonanno Prati Almo Bonomo Boronic acid transition-state analog inhibitors (BATSIs) are partners with β-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of complex bacterial infections. Herein, microbiological, biochemical, and structural...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 673: Genomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Antarctic Bacteria Revealed Culture and Elicitation Conditions for the Production of Antimicrobial Compounds Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050673 Authors: Kattia Núñez-Montero Damián Quezada-Solís Zeinab G. Khalil Robert J. Capon Fernando D. Andreote Leticia Barrientos Concern about finding new antibiotics against drug-resistant pathogens is increasing every year. Antarctic bacteria have been proposed...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 672: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers and Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Selective Determination of Estrogens in Water by ESI-MS/FAPA-MS Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050672 Authors: Guć Schroeder Qualitative and quantitative analysis of estrogens content in natural water is a difficult task. An important problem in the analysis of hormones in water is the quantitative determination of their individual species. Low detection limits and instability...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 669: Recent Advances in Understanding the Complexity of Alcohol-Induced Pancreatic Dysfunction and Pancreatitis Development Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10050669 Authors: Karuna Rasineni Mukund P. Srinivasan Appakalai N. Balamurugan Bhupendra S. Kaphalia Shaogui Wang Wen-Xing Ding Stephen J. Pandol Aurelia Lugea Liz Simon Patricia E. Molina Peter Gao Carol A. Casey Natalia A. Osna Kusum K. Kharbanda Chronic excessive...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 254: Effect of the Type and Number of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Timing of Adverse Experiences on Clinical Outcomes in Individuals with Bipolar Disorder Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10050254 Authors: Park Shekhtman Kelsoe : Studies have reported an association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the clinical outcomes of bipolar disorder (BD). However, these studies have several limitations; therefore, we aimed to...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 255: Site-Specific Effects of Online rTMS during a Working Memory Task in Healthy Older Adults Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10050255 Authors: Beynel Davis Crowell Dannhauer Lim Palmer Hilbig Brito Hile Luber Lisanby Peterchev Cabeza Appelbaum The process of manipulating information within working memory is central to many cognitive functions, but also declines rapidly in old age. Improving this...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 253: Investigating the Effects of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation on EEG in Stroke Patients Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10050253 Authors: Navid Niazi Lelic Nedergaard Holt Amjad Drewes Haavik : Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of chiropractic spinal manipulation on the early somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) recorded from chronic stroke...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1089: Scientific Rationale for Combined Immunotherapy with PD-1/PD-L1 Antibodies and VEGF Inhibitors in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051089 Authors: Masatoshi Kudo A successful phase III trial for the combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab (the IMbrave150 trial) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma has recently been reported. This is groundbreaking because nivolumab and pembrolizumab, both programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1088: Mevalonate Pathway Enzyme HMGCS1 Contributes to Gastric Cancer Progression Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051088 Authors: I-Han Wang Tzu-Ting Huang Ji-Lin Chen Li-Wei Chu Yueh-Hsin Ping Kai-Wen Hsu Kuo-Hung Huang Wen-Liang Fang Hsin-Chen Lee Chian-Feng Chen Chen-Chung Liao Rong-Hong Hsieh Tien-Shun Yeh The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 1 (HMGCS1) is a potential regulatory node in the mevalonate pathway that is...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1087: Application of a Biphasic Mathematical Model of Cancer Cell Drug Response for Formulating Potent and Synergistic Targeted Drug Combinations to Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051087 Authors: Jinyan Shen Li Li Niall G. Howlett Paul S. Cohen Gongqin Sun Triple negative breast cancer is a collection of heterogeneous breast cancers that are immunohistochemically negative for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor,...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1090: Integrative Transcriptome Analyses of the Human Fallopian Tube: Fimbria and Ampulla—Site of Origin of Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051090 Authors: Ramlogan Sowamber Omar Nelson Leah Dodds Victoria DeCastro Iru Paudel Anca Milea Michael Considine Leslie Cope Andre Pinto Matthew Schlumbrecht Brian Slomovitz Patricia A. Shaw Sophia H. L. George Epithelial ovarian cancer represents a group of...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1083: Crosstalk Between Prostate Cancer Cells and Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts Enhances the Malignancy by Inhibiting the Tumor Suppressor PLZF Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051083 Authors: Kum Hee Noh Ae Jin Jeong Haeri Lee Song-Hee Lee Eunhee Yi Pahn-Shick Chang Cheol Kwak Sang-Kyu Ye Although prostate cancer is clinically manageable during the early stages of progression, metastatic progression severely compromises the prognosis and leads...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1085: Ribosomal Protein S27/Metallopanstimulin-1 (RPS27) in Glioma—A New Disease Biomarker? Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051085 Authors: Jonas Feldheim Almuth F. Kessler Dominik Schmitt Ellaine Salvador Camelia M. Monoranu Julia J. Feldheim Ralf-Ingo Ernestus Mario Löhr Carsten Hagemann Despite its significant overexpression in several malignant neoplasms, the expression of RPS27 in the central nervous system (CNS) is widely unknown. We...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1086: FAK Inhibition Induces Glioblastoma Cell Senescence-Like State through p62 and p27 Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051086 Authors: Lía Alza Mireia Nàger Anna Visa Carles Cantí Judit Herreros Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a central component of focal adhesions that regulate cancer cell proliferation and migration. Here, we studied the effects of FAK inhibition in glioblastoma (GBM), a fast growing brain tumor that has a poor prognosis. Treating...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1084: Multimodal Targeted Deep Sequencing of Circulating Tumor Cells and Matched Cell-Free DNA Provides a More Comprehensive Tool to Identify Therapeutic Targets in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051084 Authors: Corinna Keup Markus Storbeck Siegfried Hauch Peter Hahn Markus Sprenger-Haussels Oliver Hoffmann Rainer Kimmig Sabine Kasimir-Bauer Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) exhibit great...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1082: Differences of the Immune Phenotype of Breast Cancer Cells after Ex Vivo Hyperthermia by Warm-Water or Microwave Radiation in a Closed-Loop System Alone or in Combination with Radiotherapy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051082 Authors: Michael Hader Deniz Pinar Savcigil Andreas Rosin Philipp Ponfick Stephan Gekle Martin Wadepohl Sander Bekeschus Rainer Fietkau Benjamin Frey Eberhard Schlücker Udo S. Gaipl The treatment of breast...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 1081: Downregulation of the Ubiquitin-E3 Ligase RNF123 Promotes Upregulation of the NF-κB1 Target SerpinE1 in Aggressive Glioblastoma Tumors Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12051081 Authors: Xiaowen Wang Matias A. Bustos Xiaoqing Zhang Romela Irene Ramos Cong Tan Yuuki Iida Shu-Ching Chang Matthew P. Salomon Kevin Tran Rebecca Gentry Yelena Kravtsova-Ivantsiv Daniel F. Kelly Gordon B. Mills Aaron Ciechanover Ying Mao Dave S.B....
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1077: Multiple Adenosine-Dopamine (A2A-D2 Like) Heteroreceptor Complexes in the Brain and Their Role in Schizophrenia Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9051077 Authors: Dasiel O. Borroto-Escuela Luca Ferraro Manuel Narvaez Sergio Tanganelli Sarah Beggiato Fang Liu Alicia Rivera Kjell Fuxe In the 1980s and 1990s, the concept was introduced that molecular integration in the Central Nervous System could develop through allosteric receptor–receptor...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1085: Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetogenic Adipose Morphology in the GENetics of Adipocyte Lipolysis (GENiAL) Cohort Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9051085 Authors: Veroniqa Lundbäck Agné Kulyté Peter Arner Rona J. Strawbridge Ingrid Dahlman An increased adipocyte size relative to the size of fat depots, also denoted hypertrophic adipose morphology, is a strong risk factor for the future development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The regulation...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1084: Impact of BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Myocardial Infarction: Exploring the Macrophage Phenotype Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9051084 Authors: Leonardo Sandrini Laura Castiglioni Patrizia Amadio José Pablo Werba Sonia Eligini Susanna Fiorelli Marta Zarà Silvia Castiglioni Stefano Bellosta Francis S. Lee Luigi Sironi Elena Tremoli Silvia Stella Barbieri Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin growth...
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