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Fecal microbial determinants of fecal and systemic estrogens and estrogen metabolites: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2012
Background High systemic estrogen levels contribute to breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women, whereas low levels contribute to osteoporosis risk. Except for obesity, determinants of non-ovarian systemic estrogen levels are undefined.
Flores Roberto, Shi Jianxin, Fuhrman Barbara, Xu Xia, Veenstra Timothy D, Gail Mitchell H, Gajer Pawel, Ravel Jacques, Goedert James J   +8 more
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Biomass‐derived hydrochars as eco‐friendly adsorbents for wastewater treatment applications

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Emerging organic pollutants (EOPs), such as diethyl phthalate (DEP), bisphenol A (BPA), and methylene blue (MB), are only partially removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. This study assesses hydrochars produced by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of spruce bark (SB), vine shoots (VSs), and wheat straw (WSs) for removing three ...
Emanuel Gheorghita Armanu, Sara Ribeirinho‐Soares, Christian Eberlein, Hermann J. Heipieper, Irina Volf, Olga C. Nunes, Olívia Salomé G. P. Soares   +6 more
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Unique β-Glucuronidase Locus in Gut Microbiomes of Crohn's Disease Patients and Unaffected First-Degree Relatives.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Crohn's disease, an incurable chronic inflammatory bowel disease, has been attributed to both genetic predisposition and environmental factors. A dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, observed in numerous patients but also in at least one hundred unaffected ...
Karine Gloux, Jamila Anba-Mondoloni
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The gut microbiome and drug‐resistant epilepsy: Microbiome–antiseizure medication interactions and implications for pharmacoresistance

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) affects approximately one‐third of patients with epilepsy and represents a major unmet clinical need. While traditional hypotheses of pharmacoresistance have focused on alterations in drug targets, efflux transporter overexpression, and intrinsic disease severity, the gut microbiome has recently emerged as a ...
Khaled Zammar, Majd A. AbuAlrob, Musab Ali, Simona Lattanzi, Boulenouar Mesraoua   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-throughput β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase Assays Using Fluorogenic Substrates

Bio-Protocol, 2013
β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase enzymes are commonly used as reporters for gene expression from gene promoter-lacZ or uidA fusions (respectively). The protocol described here is a high-throughput alternative to the commonly used Miller assay (Miller,
Josh Ramsay
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Presence of benznidazole conjugated metabolites in urine identified by β-glucuronidase treatment

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
Chagas disease is a serious public health problem in Latin America and, due to migration, in other non-endemic regions. Benznidazole (BNZ) is first choice drug in pediatric therapeutics. However, little is known regarding its metabolism in humans.
María Elena Marson, Facundo García Bournissen, Jaime Altcheh, Guillermo Moscatelli, Samantha Moroni, Guido Enrique Mastrantonio   +5 more
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Sexual dimorphism in hormone–gut microbiome associations across reproductive states in wild giant pandas

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
Gut microbiota–host endocrine interactions in wild mammals remain poorly understood. Giant pandas experience seasonal dietary shifts and constrained annual reproduction, offering an ideal model to investigate microbiome–endocrine coupling. We integrated fecal hormone profiling, microsatellite‐based individual identification, and gut microbiome ...
Qinlong Dai, Xinyuan Cui, Chenyi Gao, Xiaoxiao Tang, Kaizhi Wen, Minhui Shi, Chen Zhang, Yue Liu, Xinru Yang, Qiuyu Huang, Lifeng Zhu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Faecal Epi-Androsterone as an Indicator of Gonadal Activity in Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) that measure faecal testosterone metabolites (fTM) are useful tools to monitor gonadal activity. The aim of this study was to validate an "in-house" epiandrosterone EIA to monitor fTM in spotted hyenas. FTM were characterised in
Susanne Pribbenow, Marion L East, Andre Ganswindt, Adrian S W Tordiffe, Heribert Hofer, Martin Dehnhard   +5 more
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Harnessing microbial metabolism and nutrition to target the gut–mammary axis for better livestock production and health

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
The gut–mammary axis integrates intestinal health with mammary function through neural, endocrine, and immune pathways. Nutritional interventions (probiotics, prebiotics, metabolites) improve gut microecology, generating microbial signals that travel via the axis to the mammary gland. There, they relieve inflammation, enhance milk quality and lactation,
Aolong Zhou, Cheng Guo, Mahmoud M. Abdelsattar, Ahmad R. Musa, Mequanint Biks, Abdullahi A. Musa, Shahnaz Rahman, Abera Teshome Aleli, Pei Zhong, Jiawei Zhang, Junwei Cui, Xiyan Kou, Qingyuan Yu, Caijuan Yue, Qin Li, Dan Zhang, Zixuan Peng, Ao Ren, Ziqi Tian, Ziqi Liu, Yaona Zhang, Lili Zhang, Dina Karmallah, Naifeng Zhang, Tao Ma, Yan Tu, Qiyu Diao, Guijie Zhang, Xiaofeng Xu, Yanliang Bi   +29 more
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Microbiome—pancreatic cancer crosstalk: From tumor biology to therapeutic intervention

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
The intratumoral microbiome acts as a critical regulator in pancreatic cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. This comprehensive review delineates the origins of pancreatic microbes, elucidates their multifaceted mechanisms in driving immune suppression, metabolic reprogramming, and stromal desmoplasia, and highlights the clinical potential of ...
Yuqin Xie, Jingyuan Ye, Sheng Wang, Maoyun Liu, Fengsheng Dai, Mingzhen Bai, Yi Wang, Athena Savoji, Yu Wang, Phillip B. Hylemon, Huiping Zhou, Hui Li, Dewei Li   +12 more
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