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Comparison of Strategies to Overcome Drug Resistance: Learning from Various Kingdoms

Molecules, 2018
Drug resistance, especially antibiotic resistance, is a growing threat to human health. To overcome this problem, it is significant to know precisely the mechanisms of drug resistance and/or self-resistance in various kingdoms, from bacteria through ...
Hiroshi Ogawara
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Are toxins from harmful algae a factor involved in the decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland?

, 2015
Firstly this study builds on the investigation initiated by Hall and Frame (2010), which found that Scottish harbour seals were exposed to domoic acid (DA), a potent natural neurotoxin produced by phytoplankton.
Jensen, Silje-Kristin
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Orthogonal Ionic Liquid‐Based Extraction Strategy Enables Amyloid‐Specific Profiling of Aggregate Proteome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An orthogonal ionic‐liquid extraction (Orth‐iEA) enables selective isolation of amyloid fibrils. TMGBF4 disrupts hydrogen‐bonded β‐sheet networks to solubilize amyloid aggregates, whereas C12ImCl interacts with hydrophobic regions of non‐amyloid proteins.
Shiying Zheng, Ye Liu, Bowen Zhong, Huiying Chu, Zhou Gong, Baofeng Zhao, Mengchun Cheng, Zhen Liang, Yukui Zhang, Qun Zhao, Lihua Zhang   +10 more
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Shellfish Toxins Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

Marine Drugs, 2013
Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) play a central role in the generation and propagation of action potentials in excitable neurons and other cells and are targeted by commonly used local anesthetics, antiarrhythmics, and anticonvulsants. They are also
Fan Zhang, Xunxun Xu, Tingting Li, Zhonghua Liu   +3 more
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Streptavidins Coordinate Biotin Sequestration and Self‐Resistance Within a Biotin‐Pathway Antibiotic Network

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A conserved genomic region between two streptavidin genes in Streptomyces packages biosynthetic gene clusters for diverse biotin‐pathway antibiotics: acidomycin, stravidin, the new non‐proteinogenic amino acid ANDA, and the new BioA inhibitor α‐methyl‐KAPA.
Sumire Kurosawa, Jingjun Mo, Xiaotong Diao, Feng Xie, Tingting Wang, Haowen Zhao, Dalei Wu, Rolf Müller, Chengzhang Fu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toxic Effects and Tumor Promotion Activity of Marine Phytoplankton Toxins: A Review

, 2022
Phytoplankton are photosynthetic microorganisms in aquatic environments that produce many bioactive substances. However, some of them are toxic to aquatic organisms via filter-feeding and are even poisonous to humans through the food chain.
Abassi, Sofia, Pradhan, Biswajita, Hansol Kim, Ki, Jang-Seu, Biswajita Pradhan, Jang-Seu Ki, Sofia Abassi, Kim, Hansol   +7 more
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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
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Dual‐Network Protein Hydrogels Promote Rapid Hemostasis and Immune‐Regulated Scarless Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A dual‐network protein hydrogel substantially improves hemostasis and scar‐free healing.The adaptive network maintains intimate tissue contact while providing strong wet adhesion, tunable mechanics, and controlled degradation. Concurrent ROS scavenging and M2 polarization suppress fibrotic pathways, preventing scar formation.
Xiaomei Li, Guorui Zhang, Xinyue Wang, Zhongyu Liu, Ling Yang, Yuhan Bao, Min Wei, Yonglin Chen, Yanfei Ma, Wenbo Sheng, Bo Yu, Bin Li   +11 more
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Total Chemical Synthesis of Interleukin‐15 and Interleukin‐2: Taming Protein Hydrophobicity and Aggregation by a Versatile Solubilizing Strategy

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
A reducible solubilizing tag strategy (RST‐2.0) enables the synthesis, purification and ligation of difficult peptides while being readily removable just during folding, which overcomes the common challenges from protein hydrophobicity and aggregation. With this method, we achieved the first total synthesis of native and N‐glycosylated IL‐15 as well as
Jingwen Zeng, Haiyan Zhou, Wang Xia, Hongxiang Wu, Xuechen Li   +4 more
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Marine Algal Toxins and Public Health: Insights from Shellfish and Fish, the Main Biological Vectors

Exposure to toxigenic harmful algal blooms (HABs) can result in widely recognized acute poisoning in humans. The five most commonly recognized HAB-related illnesses are diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), amnesic ...
Hong-Ye Li, Kuan-Kuan Yuan, Wei-Dong Yang   +2 more
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