BMC Genomics, 2022 Background Aeromonas veronii is a Gram-negative rod-shaped motile bacterium that inhabits mainly freshwater environments. A. veronii is a pathogen of aquatic animals, causing diseases in fish. A.
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New Hydrogel Formulations Based on Natural and Synthetic Polymers for Skin Regeneration
Chemistry Proceedings, 2022 The skin, which represents about 16% of the total body mass, acts as a protective barrier against external microbial factors [1]. Therefore, damaged tissues, especially burns, require rapid local coverage to avoid infections and to ensure the protective ...
Elena Utoiu +7 more
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Interleukin-17 regulates matrix metalloproteinase activity in human pulmonary tuberculosis. [PDF]
, 2017 Tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by extensive pulmonary matrix breakdown. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is key in host defence in TB but its role in TB-driven tissue damage is unknown.
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Effective antiprotease-antibiotic treatment of experimental anthrax [PDF]
, 2005 BACKGROUND: Inhalation anthrax is characterized by a systemic spread of the challenge agent, Bacillus anthracis. It causes severe damage, including multiple hemorrhagic lesions, to host tissues and organs.
Alibek, Ken +8 more
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Applied MicrobiologyDiabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and other chronic wounds are major global health challenges, often complicated by infections and delayed healing due to excessive collagen accumulation.
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Factorial design for collagenase production by Penicillium sp. selected from the Caatinga soil [PDF]
, 2015 Collagenolytic proteases can hydrolyze both denatured and native collagen and are becoming increasingly important commercially. The aim of this work was to select a new strain of Penicillium sp.
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Purification and physico-chemical properties of Bacillus atrophaeus protease with elastolytic and fibrinogenolytic activity [PDF]
The Ukrainian Biochemical JournalMicrobial proteases, among which proteases capable of cleaving elastin, fibrin, fibrinogen, and collagen, have been a matter of interest to researchers due to their significant biotechnological potential along with low production cost.
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Effects of a skin neuropeptide (substance p) on cutaneous microflora. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Skin is the largest human neuroendocrine organ and hosts the second most numerous microbial population but the interaction of skin neuropeptides with the microflora has never been investigated.
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Combining the Salt-Tolerant Plants Limonium algarvense Erben and Polygonum maritimum L. Promotes Synergistic Bioactivities for Enhanced Cosmetic Applications. [PDF]
Chem BiodiversABSTRACT The demand for natural and sustainable ingredients in dermo‐cosmetic formulations has promoted the use of coastal salt‐tolerant plants as novel bioresources. This study evaluated aqueous extracts of Limonium algarvense and Polygonum maritimum, two salt‐tolerant coastal plants and their mixtures (3:1, 1:1, 1:3, w/w) for antioxidant, metal ...
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Equine or porcine synovial fluid as a novel ex vivo model for the study of bacterial free-floating biofilms that form in human joint infections [PDF]
, 2019 Bacterial invasion of synovial joints, as in infectious or septic arthritis, can be difficult to treat in both veterinary and human clinical practice.
Conlon, Brian P. +7 more
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