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Causal effects of human serum metabolites on occurrence and progress indicators of chronic kidney disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is often accompanied by alterations in the metabolic profile of the body, yet the causative role of these metabolic changes in the onset of CKD remains a subject of ongoing debate.
Yu Yin, Conghui Shan, Qianguang Han, Congcong Chen, Zijie Wang, Zhengkai Huang, Hao Chen, Li Sun, Shuang Fei, Jun Tao, Zhijian Han, Ruoyun Tan, Min Gu, Min Gu, Xiaobing Ju   +14 more
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Sugar Functionalized Collagen Material for Local Modulation of Innate Immunity

Advanced Science
Small alterations during the early stages of the innate immune response to an implant can drive large changes in adaptive immunity. Biomaterials for regenerative purposes can be engineered to modulate this immune response in beneficial ways.
Francesca Taraballi, Claudia Corbo, Julia Enterria‐Rosales, John Otto Martinez, Silvia Minardi, Laura Pandolfi, Xing Wang, Ennio Tasciotti, Kavindra V. Singh, Cesar A. Arias, Bruna Corradetti   +10 more
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Enhancement of polysaccharides accumulation in Dendrobium officinale by exogenously applied methyl jasmonate

Biologia Plantarum, 2017
The accumulation of polysaccharides, activities of sucrose metabolism enzymes, and the expression of sucrose biosynthetic genes in Dendrobium officinale were significantly affected by exogenous methyl jasmonate (MeJA).
Z. Q. Yuan, J. Y. Zhang, T. Liu
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Mannose Promotes β‐Amyloid Pathology by Regulating BACE1 Glycosylation in Alzheimer's Disease

Advanced Science
Hyperglycemia accelerates Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression, yet the role of monosaccharides remains unclear. Here, it is demonstrated that mannose, a hexose, closely correlates with the pathological characteristics of AD, as confirmed by measuring ...
Chensi Liang, Ziqi Yuan, Shangchen Yang, Yufei Zhu, Zhenlei Chen, Dan Can, Aiyu Lei, Huifang Li, Lige Leng, Jie Zhang   +9 more
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Chemical Analysis and Antioxidant Capacity of the Stages of Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production from Amazonian Fruit Industrial Waste

Fermentation
: The production of ethanol from wastes resulting from the process of growing Amazonian fruit is a little-explored approach, in which unknown chemical compounds are released with potential for industrial application.
Gabriela Vieira Pantoja, Johnatt Allan Rocha de Oliveira   +1 more
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Design and Synthesis of Immunostimulating Mannosylated Muropeptide Analogs Containing 2-Aminoadamantane-2-carboxylic Acid

Proceedings, 2019
Muramyl dipeptide (MDP, N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanyl-d-isoglutamine) is known as the smallest synthetic adjuvant molecule capable of replacing whole Mycobacteria in Freund’s adjuvant.
Rosana Ribić, Marija Paurević, Srđanka Tomić   +2 more
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The D‐mannose/L‐galactose pathway plays a predominant role in ascorbate biosynthesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha but is not regulated by light and oxidative stress [PDF]

, 2023
Tetsuya Ishida, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Takanori Maruta, Takahiro Ishikawa   +3 more
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HBs antigen and mannose loading on the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles in order to immuno-targeting: fabrication, characterization, cellular and humoral immunoassay

Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2019
Mannosylation of nanovaccine is an appropriate strategy for targeting the mannose receptors on DCs. Here, HBsAg and mannose loaded on the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles to increases HBsAg vaccine potency.
Mahsa Rezaei, Seyed Nezamedin Hosseini, Ramazan Ali Khavari-Nejad, Farhood Najafi, Mehdi Mahdavi   +4 more
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Substrate Promiscuity of N-Acetylhexosamine 1-Kinases

Molecules, 2011
N-Acetylhexosamine 1-kinase (NahK) catalyzes the direct addition of a phosphate from adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to the anomeric position of N-acetylhexosamine and shows similar activity towards N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-acetylgalactosamine (
Hongzhi Cao, Li Cai, Xi Chen, Peng George Wang, Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Jingyao Qu, Vireak Thon, Kam Lau, Yi Chen, Hai Yu, Yanhong Li   +10 more
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Cell-Free Enzymatic Conversion of Spent Coffee Grounds Into the Platform Chemical Lactic Acid

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019
The coffee industry produces over 10 billion kg beans per year and generates high amounts of different waste products. Spent coffee grounds (SCG) are an industrially underutilized waste resource, which is rich in the polysaccharide galactomannan, a ...
Dominik Kopp, Robert D. Willows, Anwar Sunna, Anwar Sunna   +3 more
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