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Acclimation of Oxygenic Photosynthesis to Iron Starvation Is Controlled by the sRNA IsaR1

Georg, J; Kostova, G; Vuorijoki, L; Schön, V; Kadowaki, T; Huokko, T; Baumgartner, D; Müller, M; Klähn, S; Allahverdiyeva, Y; Hihara, Y; Futschik, ME; Aro, E-M; Hess, WR (2017-05-04)

The acute effects of the non-nutritive sweeteners aspartame and acesulfame-K in UK diet cola on glycaemic response

Solomi, L; Rees, G; Redfern, KM (Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-20)

Algal polysaccharide utilisation by saprotrophic planktonic marine fungi

Cunliffe, M; Hollingsworth, A; Bain, C; Sharma, V; Taylor, JD (Elsevier, 2017-12)

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd and British Mycological Society. The functional roles that marine mycoplankton fulfil are poorly understood, resulting in a lack of knowledge of their ecology. Here we show, using DNA Stable Isotope ...

Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels

Barranger, A; Langan, LM; Sharma, V; Rance, GA; Aminot, Y; Weston, NJ; Akcha, F; Moore, MN; Arlt, VM; Khlobystov, AN; Readman, JW; Jha, AN (MDPI AG, 2019-07-08)

This study aimed to assess the ecotoxicological effects of the interaction of fullerene (C60) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the marine mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. The uptake of nC60, B[a]P and mixtures of ...

Antibiotic-resistant ST38, ST131 and ST405 strains are the leading uropathogenic Escherichia coli clones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alghoribi, MF; Gibreel, TM; Farnham, G; Al Johani, SM; Balkhy, HH; Upton, M (England, 2015-10)

OBJECTIVES: We investigated the molecular epidemiology of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, revealing, for the first time, the population structure of UPEC in the ...

Antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents.

Upton, M; Cotter, P; Tagg, J (Egypt, 2012)

Application of microarray and functional-based screening methods for the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes in the microbiomes of healthy humans.

Card, RM; Warburton, PJ; MacLaren, N; Mullany, P; Allan, E; Anjum, MF (United States, 2014)

The aim of this study was to screen for the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes within the saliva and faecal microbiomes of healthy adult human volunteers from five European countries. Two non-culture based approaches ...

Application of the rainbow trout derived intestinal cell line (RTgutGC) for ecotoxicological studies: molecular and cellular responses following exposure to copper.

Langan, LM; Harper, GM; Owen, SF; Purcell, WM; Jackson, SK; Jha, AN (United States, 2017-10)

There is an acknowledged need for in vitro fish intestinal model to help understand dietary exposure to chemicals in the aquatic environment. The presence and use of such models is however largely restrictive due to ...

The bacterial skin microbiome in psoriatic arthritis, an unexplored link in pathogenesis: challenges and opportunities offered by recent technological advances.

Castelino, M; Eyre, S; Upton, M; Ho, P; Barton, A (England, 2014-05)

The resident microbial community, harboured by humans in sites such as the skin and gastrointestinal tract, is enormous, representing a candidate environmental factor affecting susceptibility to complex diseases, where ...

Bioleaching of Pyrite by Iron-Oxidizing Acidophiles under the Influence of Reactive Oxygen Species

Huynh, D; Bellenberg, S; Vera Véliz, M; Poetsch, A; Sand, W (Trans Tech Publications, 2017-08)

Biparental mucus feeding: a unique example of parental care in an Amazonian cichlid.

Buckley, J; Maunder, RJ; Foey, A; Pearce, J; Val, AL; Sloman, KA (England, 2010-11-15)

Vertebrates display a wide variety of parental care behaviours, including the guarding of offspring pre and post nutritional independence as well as the direct provision of nutrients during the early development period. ...

Butyrate regulation of distinct macrophage subsets: Opposing effects on M1 and M2 macrophages

Foey, AD (2011-12-01)

Mucosal tolerance is central to efficient gastrointestinal tract function, tolerating food and commensal bacteria, whilst maintaining immune responsiveness to pathogens. Mucosal macrophages play a pivotal role in tolerance; ...

Cardiac auscultation versus two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the detection of native aortic and mitral valve disease in Erbil city

King, N; Daham, AN; Al-Meshhadani, MH (2017-03-17)

CD44 is required for the pathogenesis of experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis and collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Eymael, J; Sharma, S; Loeven, MA; Wetzels, JF; Mooren, F; Florquin, S; Deegens, JK; Willemsen, BK; Sharma, V; van Kuppevelt, TH; Bakker, MA; Ostendorf, T; Moeller, MJ; Dijkman, HB; Smeets, B; van der Vlag, J (Elsevier, 2018-03)

© 2017 International Society of Nephrology. A key feature of glomerular diseases such as crescentic glomerulonephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is the activation, migration and proliferation of parietal ...