Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Liver fibrosis is one main histological characteristic of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a disease paralleling a worldwide surge in metabolic syndromes with no approved therapies.
Dengcheng Zhou +6 more
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Biophysical and structural characterization of a zinc-responsive repressor of the MarR superfamily.
PLoS ONE, 2019 The uptake of zinc, which is vital in trace amounts, is tightly controlled in bacteria. For this control, bacteria of the Streptococcaceae group use a Zn(II)-binding repressor named ZitR in lactococci and AdcR in streptococci, while other bacteria use a ...
Paloma Fernández Varela +5 more
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BMC Genomics, 2012 Background The assimilation of nitrogen in bacteria is achieved through only a few metabolic conversions between alpha-ketoglutarate, glutamate and glutamine.
Kormelink Tom +6 more
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Microbial diversity in individuals and their household contacts following typical antibiotic courses. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundAntibiotics are a mainstay of treatment for bacterial infections worldwide, yet the effects of typical antibiotic prescriptions on human indigenous microbiota have not been thoroughly evaluated.
Abeles, Shira R +7 more
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Analysis of gut microbiota in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Disease-related dysbiosis and modifications induced by etanercept [PDF]
, 2018 A certain number of studies were carried out to address the question of how dysbiosis could affect the onset and development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but little is known about the reciprocal influence between microbiota composition and ...
D'Amelio, R +11 more
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Nasal Bacterial Microbiome: Probing a Healthy Porcine Family [PDF]
, 2011 Upper respiratory tract (URT) infection caused the leading and devastating diseases in pigs. It was believed that the normal microbiome of URT plays a vital role in health and disease development.
Huanchun Chen, Min Yue, Weicheng Bei
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A rarely seen cause for empyema: Leuconostoc mesenteroıdes
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015 Leuconostoc species are Gram-positive, non-motile, vancomycin-resistant bacteria placed within the family of Streptococcaceae. They naturally exist in food and are important in the sauerkraut, milk and wine industries due to their role in fermentation ...
Hanife Usta-Atmaca +3 more
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Daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine reduced Streptococcus and increased Erysipelotrichaceae in rectal microbiota. [PDF]
, 2018 Daily PrEP is highly effective at preventing HIV-1 acquisition, but risks of long-term tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus emtricitabine (TDF-FTC) include renal decline and bone mineral density decrease in addition to initial gastrointestinal side effects.
Dubé, Michael P +5 more
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Discordant transmission of bacteria and viruses from mothers to babies at birth [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: The earliest microbial colonizers of the human gut can have life-long consequences for their hosts. Precisely how the neonatal gut bacterial microbiome and virome are initially populated is not well understood.
Handley, Scott A +8 more
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Deficiency of dietary fiber in Slc5a8-null mice promotes bacterial dysbiosis and alters colonic epithelial transcriptome towards proinflammatory milieu [PDF]
, 2019 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation in the intestinal tract due to disruption of the symbiotic relationship between the host immune system and microbiota.
Elmassry, Moamen +6 more
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