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Antimicrobial activity of cationic antimicrobial peptides against stationary phase bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are ancient antimicrobial weapons used by multicellular organisms as components of their innate immune defenses. Because of the antibiotic crisis, AMPs have also become candidates for developing new drugs. Here, we show that
Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas, Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas, Jens Rolff, Jens Rolff   +3 more
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Thrombolytic proteins profiling: High‐throughput activity, selectivity, and resistance assays

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We present optimized biochemical protocols for evaluating thrombolytic proteins, enabling rapid and robust screening of enzymatic activity, inhibition resistance, and fibrin affinity, stimulation, and selectivity. The outcome translates to key clinical indicators such as biological half‐life and bleeding risk. These assays streamline the development of
Martin Toul, Alan Strunga, Jiri Damborsky, Zbynek Prokop   +3 more
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Dewetting of Glassy Polymer Films

, 2002
Dynamics and morphology of hole growth in a film of power hardening viscoplastic solid (yield stress ~ [strain-rate]^n) is investigated. At short-times the growth is exponential and depends on the initial hole size. At long-times, for n > 1/3, the growth
A. Oron, A. S. Khan, Ashutosh Sharma, B. Crist, C. Redon, F. Brochard-Wyart, F. Saulnier, G. Reiter, J. L. Forrest, J. L. Forrest, J. L. Keddie, K. Jacobs, M. A. Sapid, S. Kawana, Vijay Shenoy   +14 more
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SmallTalk: a novel small‐sized fusion tag for peptide expression and purification

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The SmallTalk fusion tag allows for the efficient expression and purification of soluble recombinant proteins or peptides in Escherichia coli. Testing with SmallTalk‐GFP confirmed that the proteins were soluble and folded correctly, while SmallTalk‐Bin1b maintained its antimicrobial activity against various bacterial isolates. This streamlined workflow
Atika Tariq, Nestor G. Casillas‐Vega, Alma Gomez‐Loredo, Xristo Zarate   +3 more
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On the Exponential Growth of Geometric Shapes

Theoretical Computer Science
In this paper, we explore how geometric structures can be grown exponentially fast. The studied processes start from an initial shape and apply a sequence of centralized growth operations to grow other shapes. We focus on the case where the initial shape is just a single node.
Nada Almalki, Siddharth Gupta, Othon Michail   +2 more
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Hands‐on protocol for preparing water‐soluble fractions from agri‐food samples for NMR‐based metabolomics analysis

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This research protocol outlines a workflow for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)‐based metabolomics in the agri‐food sector. Using two case studies—strawberry leaves (solid matrix) and wine (liquid matrix)—it details the procedures for sample preparation, data acquisition, and processing.
Andrea Fernández‐Veloso, Jaime Hiniesta‐Valero, Alejandra Guerra‐Castellano, Miguel A. De la Rosa, Irene Díaz‐Moreno   +4 more
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Antibiofilm activity of a chionodracine‐derived peptide by NMR‐based metabolomics of cell‐free supernatant of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KHS‐Cnd peptide is able to impair biofilm formation and disaggregate mature biofilms in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. Differences in extracellular metabolites reflect changes in biofilm metabolism due to KHS‐Cnd treatment. Among the differentially represented extracellular metabolites upon KHS‐Cnd treatment, the significantly altered ...
Fernando Porcelli, Enrico Landi, Francesco Maiurano, Irene Paris, Rosanna Papa, Marco Artini, Laura Selan, Stefano Borocci, Francesco Buonocore, Esther Imperlini   +9 more
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Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point, Wafaa Achache, Janïs Laudouze, Eliana Sepulveda Ramos, Mickaël Maziero, Céline Crauste, Stéphane Canaan, Pierre Santucci   +7 more
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Metastasis Initiation Precedes Detection of Primary Cancer—Analysis of Metastasis Growth in vivo in a Colorectal Cancer Test Case

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Most cases of deaths from colorectal cancer (CRC) result from metastases, which are often still undetectable at disease detection time. Even so, in many cases, shedding is assumed to have taken place before that time. The dynamics of metastasis formation
Gili Hochman, Einat Shacham-Shmueli, Stephen P. Raskin, Sara Rosenbaum, Svetlana Bunimovich-Mendrazitsky   +4 more
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Hip morphology‐based osteoarthritis risk prediction models: development and external validation using individual participant data from the World COACH Consortium

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives This study aims to develop hip morphology‐based radiographic hip osteoarthritis (RHOA) risk prediction models and investigates the added predictive value of hip morphology measurements and the generalizability to different populations. Methods We combined data from nine prospective cohort studies participating in the World COACH consortium ...
Myrthe A. van den Berg, Fleur Boel, Michiel M.A. van Buuren, Noortje S. Riedstra, Jinchi Tang, Harbeer Ahedi, Nigel K. Arden, Sita M.A. Bierma‐Zeinstra, Cindy G. Boer, Flavia M. Cicuttini, Timothy F. Cootes, David T. Felson, Willem Paul Gielis, Joshua Heerey, Graeme Jones, Stefan Kluzek, Nancy E. Lane, Claudia Lindner, Joyce B.J. van Meurs, Andrea Mosler, Amanda E. Nelson, Michael C. Nevitt, Edwin H. Oei, Jos Runhaar, Harrie Weinans, Jesse H. Krijthe, Rintje Agricola   +26 more
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