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... Triclosan (TCS) is a ubiquitous antimicrobial used in daily consumer products. Previous reports have shown that TCS could induce hepatotoxicity, endocrine disruption, disturbance on immune function and impaired thyroid function. Kidney is critical in the elimination of toxins, while the effects of TCS on kidney have not yet been well-characterized. The aim of the present study was to investigate t ...
... The focus of this paper was to investigate the potential of distinguishing sea cucumbers from different production methods (farmed vs wild-caught) and different seasons (autumn vs summer) at the proteomic level. Based on biological mass spectrometry with sequential window acquisition of all the theoretical fragment ion mass spectra (SWATH) acquisition mode, the proteomes of Apostichopus japonicus ...
adulterated products; asses; biomarkers; candy; cattle; gelatin; hydrocolloids; peptides; proteomics; quantitative analysis; swine; tandem mass spectrometry
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... Detection and quantitation of porcine derived components in bovine and donkey gelatins and gelatin-containing foods is required for religious practices and consumer economic interests. In this study, shot-gun proteomics approaches were implemented to identify species-specific peptide biomarkers of three main gelatin origins, including porcine, bovine and donkey. Tryptic gelatin peptides were separ ...
... Initially, a printed electrode was fabricated in a paper substrate using carbon nanotube ink, graphite pencil and silver nanoparticle ink. For that the electrode was modified with gold nanoparticles and a molecularly imprintedpolymer (MIP) using CA 15-3 as target molecule. The Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) images exhibited the change in the morphology after each electrode modification. The roughne ...
anthrax; biomarkers; calibration; carbon nitride; colorimetry; detection limit; emissions factor; fluorescence; food chemistry; food safety; graphene; mobile telephones; nanosheets; public health
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... Development of selective and sensitive methods for the detection of 2, 6-dipicolinic acid (DPA), a biomarker produced by bacterial spores, is of great significance for maintaining public health and food safety. Herein, a ratiometric fluorescence strategy using graphene carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) coupled with Eu³⁺ is designed for the assay of DPA. As the concentration of DPA increases, the emission in ...
... A large number of studies have shown that propolis has positive effects in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there are have only been a few reports that are based on an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) analysis of the fecal metabolomics of ethanol extract of propolis (EEP) in the treatment of T2DM. The ...
Francisco G. Ortega; Germán E. Gomez; Chiara Boni; Inés Cañas García; Carmen Garrido Navas; Richard F. D'vries; María Pilar Molina Vallejos; María José Serrano; Germán A. Messina; José Expósito Hernández; Martín A. Fernández-Baldo
biomarkers; chemical bonding; colorectal neoplasms; detection limit; immunosensors; medicine
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... In this work, we present a microfluidic amperometric immunosensor for cancer biomarker claudin7 (CLD7) determination in circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) as well as its validation in colorectal cancer (CC) patients. The device is based on synthetized nanosized MIL-125-NH₂ particles, covalently anchored to the central channel of the microfluidic immunosensor. This nanomaterial was employed a ...
... A typical anthropogenically disturbed urban river polluted by a combination of conventional pollutants (nitrogen and phosphorus pollution) and heavy metals was investigated along a 238 km stretch. Changes in the bacterial community were evaluated using high-throughput sequencing, and the relationships between bacteria, heavy metals, and conventional pollutants were investigated. There was large sp ...
... The biochemical consequences induced by xenobiotic stress are featured in dose-response and time-resolved landscapes. Understanding the dynamic process of cellular adaptations is crucial in conducting the risk assessment for chemical exposure. As one of the most phenotype-related omics, metabolome in response to environmental stress can vary from seconds to days. Up to now, very few dynamic metabo ...
Arthur Noin de Oliveira; Sophia Regina Frazatto Bolognini; Luiz Claudio Navarro; Jeany Delafiori; Geovana Manzan Sales; Diogo Noin de Oliveira; Rodrigo Ramos Catharino
algorithms; biomarkers; decision support systems; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; food chemistry; food safety; fruits; models; silica gel; tomatoes
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... Food safety and quality assessment mechanisms are unmet needs that industries and countries have been continuously facing in recent years. Our study aimed at developing a platform using Machine Learning algorithms to analyze Mass Spectrometry data for classification of tomatoes on organic and non-organic. Tomato samples were analyzed using silica gel plates and direct-infusion electrospray-ionizat ...
Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo; Thiarlen Marinho da Luz; Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed; Mir Mohammad Ali; Md. Mostafizur Rahman; Bojan Nataraj; Daniela de Melo e Silva; Damià Barceló; Guilherme Malafaia
Physalaemus; amphibians; antioxidants; biomarkers; biometry; cholinesterase; cytotoxicity; microplastics; mutagenicity; polyethylene; principal component analysis; stress response; water pollution; China
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... Studies in recent years have shown that aquatic pollution by microplastics (MPs) can be considered to pose additional stress to amphibian populations. However, our knowledge of how MPs affect amphibians is very rudimentary, and even more limited is our understanding of their effects in combination with other emerging pollutants. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the possible toxicity of polyethylene MPs ...
Jiezhang Mo; Miles Teng Wan; Doris Wai-Ting Au; Jingchun Shi; Nathan Tam; Xian Qin; Napo K.M. Cheung; Keng Po Lai; Christoph Winkler; Richard Yuen-Chong Kong; Frauke Seemann
Oryzias latipes; ancestry; biomarkers; bone formation; bone morphogenetic proteins; bone resorption; environmental health; epigenetics; histones; males; microRNA; osteoblasts; osteoclasts; oxidative stress; pollutants; progeny; stress response; toxicity; transcriptome; transcriptomics; wild fish; China
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... Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a ubiquitous pollutant, raises environmental health concerns due to induction of bone toxicity in the unexposed offspring. Exposure of F0 ancestor medaka (Oryzias latipes) to 1 μg/L BaP for 21 days causes reduced vertebral bone thickness in the unexposed F3 male offspring. To reveal the inherited modifications, osteoblast (OB) abundance and molecular signaling pathways of tra ...
Hamdi Ben Halima; Francesca G. Bellagambi; Marie Hangouët; Albert Alcacer; Norman Pfeiffer; Albert Heuberger; Nadia Zine; Joan Bausells; Abdelhamid Elaissari; Abdelhamid Errachid
... Heart failure (HF) is a chronic cardiovascular disease that represents main cause of mortality worldwide, particularly for elderly. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was identified as the gold standard biomarker for HF diagnosis and therapy monitoring. Presently, saliva analysis represents an emerging and powerful tool for clinical applications and electrochemical immunosensors ...
... The development of a biosensing platform with high sensitivity, high specificity, and low cost for the detection of biomarkers, especially one that is programmable and universal, is critical for disease surveillance and diagnosis, yet it remains a difficulty. Herein, we combined the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas system with a fluorescent label-free biosenso ...
... There is a growing need to uncover biomarkers of ionizing radiation exposure that leads to a better understanding of how exposures take place, including dose type, rate, and time since exposure. As one of the first organs to be exposed to external sources of ionizing radiation, skin is uniquely positioned in terms of model systems for radiation exposure study. The simultaneous evolution of both MS ...
Tribolium castaneum; biomarkers; brown rice; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; insect infestations; pests; research; stored grain
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... Tribolium castaneum, a secondary pest that feeds on processed stored grains, can cause serious damage on stored grain. To reduce the loss of stored grain caused by pest infestation, monitoring and early detection of insects are essential. volatile compounds arising from insects or insect-infested stored products can be appropriate biomarkers. In this study, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS ...
... Dysregulated inflammation and oxidative stress are major underlying components of several diseases. Macrophages are critical effector cells in immune responses, functioning to progress and resolve inflammation during such diseases. These mononuclear cells regulate inflammatory responses by exhibiting a range of phenotypes that evolve with the process, first promoting inflammation but then switchin ...
... Renal stones are a common urological disease with high prevalence and recurrence rates. Characterizing gut microbiome profiles of first‐onset renal calculi patients, both before and after surgery, may provide valuable insights and identify potential biomarkers for the disease. In this study, we explored the associations between the gut microbiome and renal stone formation using 16S ribosomal RNA ( ...
... Low-grade inflammation is a factor that predisposes to many obesity-related comorbidities. The immune mechanisms controlling the inflammatory response related to the secretory activity of adipocytes and its consequences for the organism are still under investigation. Methods: 84 obese adult volunteers (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) were tested by BIA. Serum samples were collected to analyze the concentrations o ...
Saetbyeol Lee; Filip Kalcic; Iola F. Duarte; Dalibor Titera; Martin Kamler; Pavel Mrna; Pavel Hyrsl; Jiri Danihlik; Pavel Dobes; Martin Kunc; Anna Pudlo; Jaroslav Havlik
... In temperate climates, honey bee workers of the species Apis mellifera have different lifespans depending on the seasonal phenotype: summer bees (short lifespan) and winter bees (long lifespan). Many studies have revealed the biochemical parameters involved in the lifespan differentiation of summer and winter bees. However, comprehensive information regarding the metabolic changes occurring in the ...
... The pharmacodynamics, ¹H NMR metabolomics and endogenous network pharmacology strategy approaches were integrated to investigate the preventive mechanism of Gushudan (GSD) on kidney-yang-deficiency-syndrome (KYDS) rats in this study. Firstly, the KYDS rat model was achieved by hydrocortisone induction, and the efficacy of GSD on KYDS model rats was assessed by the pharmacodynamic indicators. Next, ...
... Health and longevity populations have distinct metabolic and nutrient intake profiles. However, the relationship between biomarkers of longevity-related metabolites and dietary nutrient intake profiles, as well as metabolic markers associated with longevity features, have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR)-based plasma metabolomics profiling was conducted ...
analytical chemistry; biomarkers; choline; creatinine; early diagnosis; hepatoma; metabolism; metabolites; metabolomics; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; putrescine; taurine
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... Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most extensive and most deadly cancers in the world. Biomarkers for early diagnosis of HCC are still lacking, and noninvasive and effective biomarkers are urgently needed. Metabolomics is committed to studying the changes of metabolites under stimulation, and provides a new approach for discovery of potential biomarkers. In the current work, ¹H nuclear ...
Helicobacter; biomarkers; dog breeds; dogs; endoscopy; gastrointestinal diseases; hyperplasia; inflammation; large intestine; quantitative polymerase chain reaction
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... Chronic enteropathy (CE) is a severe multifactorial gastrointestinal disease that affects dogs and is driven by poorly characterized inflammatory pathways. Imbalance of pro-inflammatory response regulators, including IL-1R8, may be due to different factors, among which the infection with Helicobacteraceae is known to lead to a vicious circle in which excessive pro-inflammatory signaling and gastro ...
... Mediators involving in inflammation induction and regulation have been investigated as biomarkers for severe joint pain induced by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. In this report, observational study was conducted to determine levels of an antagonist of interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1Ra) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in CHIKV patients with different disease severity. CHI ...
... The development of GSH (one of tumor biomarkers)-specific response fluorescent sensor that are free from environmental and instrument interference, is pivotal to precisely recognize tumor in biological systems. Herein, a novel activatable ratiometric fluorescent copper nanocluster (MBT@PVP-CuNCs) biosensor was designed by one-pot approach at room temperature. The dual-emission biosensor can be app ...
... Phospholipids are the main constituent of cellular membranes and have recently been identified to have diagnostic value as biomarkers for many diseases. Accordingly, much emphasis is now laid on developing optimal analytical techniques for the phospholipid profiles of various biological samples. In the present study, different classes of phospholipids are first separated by optimized hydrophilic i ...
... Herein, we report synthesis of 2D few-layered transparent hydrogen substituted graphdiyne (HsGDY) nanosheets and explored its electrochemical characteristics for the first time to develop a nano-interface for cancer biomarker detection [liver cancer (LC) biomarker; ANXA2]. The semiconducting HsGDY (band gap; 1.98 eV) contains considerable number of sp and sp² hybridised π-electrons with abundant h ...
... In the absence of a sensitive and specific diagnostic modality capable of detecting all forms of tuberculosis (TB), proteomics may identify specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) proteins in urine, with a potential as biomarkers. To identify candidate biomarkers for TB, proteome profile of urine from pulmonary TB patients was compared with non-disease controls (NDC) and disease controls (DC, S ...
... Microbial palaeontology is largely reliant on the interpretation of geologically stable biomarkers or molecular fossils. Biomolecules that are both specific to particular groups of organisms and stable on a geological scale are invaluable for tracing the emergence and diversification of lifeforms, particularly in cases where mineral fossils are lacking. 2‐Methylhopanoids and their diagenic product ...
... In this study, we developed three-dimensional (3D) printed annular ring-like scaffolds of hydrogel (gelatin–alginate) constructs encapsulated with a mixture of human cardiac AC16 cardiomyocytes (CMs), fibroblasts (CFs), and microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) as cardiac organoid models in preparation for investigating the role of microgravity in cardiovascular disease initiation and development. ...
... On-site multiplex enzyme detection is crucial for diagnosis, therapeutics and prognostic. To date, it is still a daunting challenge to develop portable, low-cost, and efficient multi-enzyme detection methods. Herein, a novel sample-in-result-out platform integrating ratiometric fluorescent assays with 3D origami microfluidic paper-based device (μPAD) was developed for simultaneous visual point-of- ...
... Synthetic cathinones (SCs) constitute a heterogenous class of new psychoactive substances (NPS), structurally related to cathinone. SCs represent the widest NPS class, second to synthetic cannabinoids, accounting for approximately 160 different analogues with substitution at the phenyl group, the amine group, or the alkyl chain. In 2020, α-pyrrolidonophenone analogues were the most trafficked SCs, ...
Western blotting; apoptosis; biomarkers; cardiomyopathy; cardioprotective effect; echocardiography; fibroblasts; heart; inflammation; interleukin-10; interleukin-6; lipopolysaccharides; metabolites; protein content; therapeutics; tryptophan
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... Reducing inflammation is a promising therapeutic approach for sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SIC). The 5-Methoxytryptophan (5-MTP) is a tryptophan metabolite that demonstrates anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrosis, anti-tumorigenesis, and anti-senescence features. Current investigations aimed to assess the 5-MTP pretreatment impacts on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cardiac injury and dysfunction. Fo ...
... Globally, colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) is one of the most frequent types of malignant tumors. About 40~50% of patients with advanced colon adenocarcinoma die from recurrence and metastasis. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and 5-methylcytosine (5mC) regulatory genes have been demonstrated to involve in the progression and prognosis of COAD. The goal of this study was to explore the biological charact ...
Western blotting; apoptosis; atherosclerosis; biomarkers; blood serum; cholesterol; fluorescent antibody technique; food research; grain consumption; health claims; heart; high fat diet; histology; ingredients; mitochondria; risk; triacylglycerols; whole grain foods
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... SCOPE: Whole grain consumption has been proven to be inversely associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. As a biomarker for whole grain dietary intake, 5‐heptadecylresorcinol (AR‐C17) has attracted increased attention due to its potential health‐improving activity. However, the beneficial effect of AR‐C17 on atherosclerosis prevention and the underlying mechanism remain unclear. METHODS ...
... tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) participate in several biological processes, including carcinogenesis. The correlations between tsRNAs and human cancers are attracting substantial attention. Nevertheless, the involvement of tsRNAs in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) progression remains unclear. We constructed tsRNAs expression profiles in LSCC and adjacent normal tissues by next-generatio ...
Shu-Chieh Hu; Seonggi Min; Hyun-Ki Kang; Dong-Jin Yang; Mallikarjuna Basavarajappa; Sherry M. Lewis; Kelly J. Davis; Ralph E. Patton; Matthew S. Bryant; Estatira Sepehr; Raul Trbojevich; Mason G. Pearce; Michelle E. Bishop; Wei Ding; Robert H. Heflich; MacKean P. Maisha; Robert Felton; Susan Chemerynski; Steven B. Yee; Melis Coraggio; Hans Rosenfeldt; R. Philip Yeager; Paul C. Howard; Yunan Tang
... 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) is one of the key tobacco-specific nitrosamines that plays an important role in human lung carcinogenesis. Repeated dose inhalation toxicity data on NNK, particularly relevant to cigarette smoking, however, is surprisingly limited. Hence, there is a lack of direct information available on the carcinogenic and potential non-carcinogenic effects o ...
acetone; alkylation; biomarkers; biomedical research; body fluids; digestion; mass spectrometry; peptides; proteome; proteomics; urinary bladder neoplasms; urine
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... Mass spectrometry (MS)-based urinary proteomics is increasingly used for clinical research. A critical step in urinary proteomic analysis comprises the implementation of a reliable sample preparation method with high yields of peptides and proteins. In this study, we developed a urinary sample preparation method, DRA-Urine (Direct reduction/alkylation in urine), which urinary proteins were directl ...
aptasensors; biomarkers; blood serum; chemical species; detection limit; electric field; electrochemistry; electroosmosis; hybridization; immunosensors; oligonucleotides; rapid methods
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... Traditional immunosensors are often limited by low sensitivity and long detection times, for they usually depend on passive diffusion-dominated transport of target analytes for the binding reaction with a bio-recognition element such as enzymes, antibodies, and aptamers. Numerous studies rely on electric field manipulation by using alternating current (AC) electrokinetics to enhance the hybridizat ...
... Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) are sugar-modified adducts which arise during non-enzymatic glycoxidative stress. These compounds may become systemically elevated in disease states, and accumulate in tissue, especially on long-lived proteins. AGEs have been implicated in various acute, and chronic diseases, stressing the need for reliable and comprehensive measuring techniques. Measurement o ...
... Ulcerative colitis is the most prevalent forms of inflammatory bowel diseases and a refractory autoimmune disease and affects millions of people worldwide. Herein, we develop an oral-administration nanosystem (QM@EP) for colitis detection, targeted drug delivery/release to colon and therapy. QM@EP consists of a molecular probe QY–SN–H₂O₂, a NLRP3 inhibitor MCC950 and enteric polymers. QY–SN–H₂O₂ i ...
DNA repair; biogenesis; biomarkers; carcinogenesis; cell lines; cell proliferation; drug therapy; gene expression regulation; humans; lung neoplasms; microRNA; neoplasm cells
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... Increasing evidence suggests different, not completely understood roles of microRNA biogenesis in the development and progression of lung cancer. The overexpression of the DNA repair protein apurinic/apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (APE1) is an important cause of poor chemotherapeutic response in lung cancer and its involvement in onco-miRNAs biogenesis has been recently described. Whether AP ...
... BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a life-threatening multi-organ dysfunction caused by the dysregulated host response to infection. Sepsis remains a major global concern with high mortality and morbidity, while management of sepsis patients relies heavily on early recognition and rapid stratification. This study aims to identify the crucial genes and biomarkers for sepsis which could guide clinicians to make ...
... β-Carotene, the precursor of β-carotane, is commonly rich in brackish sediments and would become unstable theoretically under the exposure to high temperatures, bright light conditions, and acidic or oxdizing environments. However, the specific process and mechanism of the absence of such compounds are still not clear sufficiently. To fill the knowledge gap, in this study we explore the origin of ...
Joana M. da Silva; Luís M.F. Alves; Maria I. Laranjeiro; Filipa Bessa; Andreia V. Silva; Ana C. Norte; Marco F.L. Lemos; Jaime A. Ramos; Sara C. Novais; Filipe R. Ceia
... The assessment of contaminant exposure in marine organisms often focuses on the most toxic chemical elements from upper trophic level species. Information on mid-trophic level species and particularly on potentially less harmful elements is lacking. Additionally, microplastics have been considered emergent contaminants in aquatic environments which have not been extensively studied in species from ...
biomarkers; meta-analysis; obesity; risk; systematic review; waist-to-height ratio
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... The present systematic review with meta‐analysis sought to estimate the accuracy of different waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) cutoff ranges as risk indicators for cardiometabolic health in different populations of children and adolescents. Systematic searches were undertaken to identify studies in apparently healthy participants aged 3–18 years that conducted receiver operating characteristic curve a ...
... The amyloid β peptide, as one of the main components in senile plaque, represents a defining pathological feature for Alzheimer’s disease, and is therefore commonly used as a biomarker for this disease in clinical analysis. However, the selection of suitable standards is limited here, since only a few are commercially available, and these suffer from varying purity. Hence, the accurate characteriz ...
... Acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7) from aquatic organisms have been used to evaluate the exposure of specimens to pesticides and heavy metals at sublethal levels in environmental samples. AChE of Mytella charruana was extracted to characterize its physicochemical and kinetic properties as well as the effect of organophosphate (dichlorvos, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, methyl-parathion and temephos) ...
Nanjing Hao; Zeyu Wang; Pengzhan Liu; Ryan Becker; Shujie Yang; Kaichun Yang; Zhichao Pei; Peiran Zhang; Jianping Xia; Liang Shen; Lin Wang; Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer; Laurie H. Sanders; Luke P. Lee; Tony Jun Huang
Alzheimer disease; acoustics; biomarkers; brain; early diagnosis; electrochemistry; humans; immunoassays; immunosensors; microfluidic technology; nanorods; nanosilver; rapid methods; signal-to-noise ratio
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... Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative brain disorder that affects tens of millions of older adults worldwide and has significant economic and societal impacts. Despite its prevalence and severity, early diagnosis of AD remains a considerable challenge. Here we report an integrated acoustofluidics-based diagnostic system (ADx), which combines triple functions ...
C-reactive protein; World Health Organization; acrylamides; adults; biomarkers; cardiovascular diseases; cohort studies; environment; inflammation; metabolites; oxidative stress; public health; risk
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... Acrylamide (ACR) exposure and consequent health hazards are alarming public health issues that attract worldwide concern. The World Health Organization urges more researches into health hazards from ACR exposure. However, whether and how ACR exposure increases cardiovascular risk remain unclear, and we sought to address these issues in this prospective cohort study conducted on 3024 general adults ...
... Owing to the high sensitivity and high spatial resolution, fluorescence (FL) imaging has been widely applied for visualizing biological processes. To gain insight into molecular events on deeper tissues, photoacoustic (PA) imaging with better deep-tissue imaging capability can be incorporated to provide complementary visualization and quantitative information on the pathological status. However, t ...
active sites; bioimaging; biomarkers; enzymes; fluorescence
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... As the main biomarkers of most diseases, enzymes play fundamental but extremely critical roles in biosystems. High-resolution studies of enzymes using activatable in situ fluorescence imaging may help to better elucidate their dynamics in living systems. Currently, most activatable probes can realize changeable imaging of enzymes but inevitably tend to diffuse away from the original active site of ...
... The application of conventional chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) in resource-limited settings is limited due to the large apparatus footprint, cumbersome operation and maintenance process, and high consumption of reagents. To address this issue, we developed an active droplet-array (ADA) microfluidics-based CLIA system, which consists of a compact microchip analyzer and microfluidic chips with ...
... This paper analyses the antioxidant enzymes response of Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to a tar mixture during a laboratory assay. These tar mixtures are generally used in the cleaning and waterproofing of the wooden rafts used in mussel culture, and are characterized by their high content in PAHs and transition metals. The punctual spillage of these mixtures around the rafts could cause mussel ...
... Among the respiratory disorders in dogs from small breeds, tracheal collapse is one of the most commonly found in clinical practice. Presently, acupuncture is widely used as an alternative treatment which was shown to bring about positive effects in the treatment of human respiratory diseases. The present study demonstrated the effect of acupuncture on tracheal collapse dogs. We hypothesized that ...
Olga Papagianni; Eleni Delli; Melina-Eleni Vasila; Thomas Loukas; Athanasios Magkoutis; Charalampia Dimou; Haralampos C. Karantonis; Antonios E. Koutelidakis
... Several fruit by-products may exert a beneficial role on oxidative stress and inflammation modulation, providing essential bioactive components, such as polyphenols and carotenoids. Recently, the potential bioactivity of miso has been reported. The aim of this dietary intervention–clinical study was to evaluate the acute effect of a novel, functional miso-type sauce based on legumes, on postprandi ...
... Biogenic nanosilver (bNAg) has emerged as a potentially less toxic alternative to synthetic nanosilver. However, no studies have evaluated its effects on a fish species from the Neotropical region. Thus, our aim was to evaluate the effects of a bNAg on the Neotropical fish Prochilodus lineatus. For this purpose, after 24 h of exposure to 100 µg L⁻¹ of bNAg, blood samples were collected to evaluate ...
María del Carmen Ramírez-Montero; Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván; Verónica Margarita Gutiérrez-Noya; José Manuel Orozco-Hernández; Hariz Islas-Flores; Gustavo Axel Elizalde-Velázquez; Nely SanJuan-Reyes; Marcela Galar-Martínez
... 17-Alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) is an estrogen derived from estradiol (E2). This compound and is one of the most widely used drugs both in humans and animals. Numerous studies have reported the ability of EE2 to alter sex determination and delay sexual maturity, but there are toxic effects that need to be explored. In this work, we analyzed the effect of EE2 on embryonic development and oxidative ...
Jesús Daniel Cardoso-Vera; Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván; Hariz Islas-Flores; Sandra García-Medina; José Manuel Orozco-Hernández; Gerardo Heredia-García; Gustavo Axel Elizalde-Velázquez; Marcela Galar-Martínez; Nely SanJuan-Reyes
... Phenytoin (PHE) is an antiepileptic drug that has been widely used in clinical practice for about 80 years. It is mainly used in the treatment of tonic-clonic and partial seizures. The widespread consumption of this drug around the world has led to PHE being introduced into water bodies through municipal, hospital, and industrial effluent discharges. Since the toxic effects of this drug on aquatic ...
... Weak acids inhibit the growth of probiotics, such as Saccharomyces boulardii. We explored the tolerance of S. boulardii to different weak acids. S. boulardii had better fermentation ability under lactic acid conditions compared with acetic and butyric acid conditions; however, the budding of S. boulardii was significantly stronger than that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under acetic acid conditions. ...
Bayesian theory; analytical chemistry; biomarkers; comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography; metabolomics; principal component analysis; regression analysis
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... Missing data is a significant issue in metabolomics that is often neglected when conducting data preprocessing, particularly when it comes to imputation. This can have serious implications for downstream statistical analyses and lead to misleading or uninterpretable inferences. In this study, we aim to identify the primary types of missingness that affect untargeted metabolomics data and compare s ...
Vasileios C. Pezoulas; Andreas Goules; Fanis Kalatzis; Luke Chatzis; Konstantina D. Kourou; Aliki Venetsanopoulou; Themis P. Exarchos; Saviana Gandolfo; Konstantinos Votis; Evi Zampeli; Jan Burmeister; Thorsten May; Manuel Marcelino Pérez; Iryna Lishchuk; Thymios Chondrogiannis; Vassiliki Andronikou; Theodora Varvarigou; Nenad Filipovic; Manolis Tsiknakis; Chiara Baldini; Michele Bombardieri; Hendrika Bootsma; Simon J. Bowman; Muhammad Shahnawaz Soyfoo; Dorian Parisis; Christine Delporte; Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec; Jacques-Olivier Pers; Thomas Dörner; Elena Bartoloni; Roberto Gerli; Roberto Giacomelli; Roland Jonsson; Wan-Fai Ng; Roberta Priori; Manuel Ramos-Casals; Kathy Sivils; Fotini Skopouli; Witte Torsten; Joel A. G. van Roon; Mariette Xavier; Salvatore De Vita; Athanasios G. Tzioufas; Dimitrios I. Fotiadis
biomarkers; biotechnology; data analysis; ethics; lymphoma
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... For many decades, the clinical unmet needs of primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) have been left unresolved due to the rareness of the disease and the complexity of the underlying pathogenic mechanisms, including the pSS-associated lymphomagenesis process. Here, we present the HarmonicSS cloud-computing exemplar which offers beyond the state-of-the-art data analytics services to address the pSS clini ...
... The anisotropic gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) were synthesized by a fast seedless growth process. The high-yield monodispersed AuNT colloids were obtained through a purification process based on depletion-induced interactions. AuNTs were modulated with a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak of 638 nm wavelength coherent with the Raman excitation light. However, from finite element computat ...
Ratih W. Wisnuwardani; Stefaan De Henauw; Maria Forsner; Frédéric Gottrand; Inge Huybrechts; Antonios G. Kafatos; Mathilde Kersting; Viktoria Knaze; Yannis Manios; Esther Nova; Dénes Molnár; Joseph A. Rothwell; Augustin Scalbert; Stefania Sette; Kurt Widhalm; Luis A. Moreno; Nathalie Michels
... We evaluated the association between intake of total polyphenols, polyphenol classes and the 10 most consumed individual polyphenols with serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in 749 European adolescents (53% girls; 15% overweight; 12.5–17.5 years-old) from the cross-sectional HELENA study of 2006–2007. Dietary polyphenol intake was calculated from two non-consecutive 24-h recalls matched with th ...
COVID-19 infection; biomarkers; chemical analysis; chemometrics; humans; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; quality control; therapeutics; toxicity; toxicology; China
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... Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) have made great contributions to the prevention and treatment of human diseases in China, and especially in cases of COVID-19. However, due to quality problems, the lack of standards, and the diversity of dosage forms, adverse reactions to TCMs often occur. Moreover, the composition of TCMs makes them extremely challenging to extract and isolate, complicating s ...
... Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen, can frequently cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis and chronic wounds, and potentially lead to severe morbidity and mortality. Timely and adequate treatment of nosocomial infection in clinic depends on rapid detection and accurate identification of P. aeruginosa and its early-stage antibiotic susc ...
biomarkers; biomechanics; cartilage; chromatography; diabetes; elderly; fluorescence; glucose; human population; inflammation; mass spectrometry; osteoarthritis; osteoporosis; peripheral nervous system diseases; quality of life; sarcopenia; signal transduction; therapeutics
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... The human population is ageing globally, and the number of old people is increasing yearly. Diabetes is common in the elderly, and the number of diabetic patients is also increasing. Elderly and diabetic patients often have musculoskeletal disorder, which are associated with advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs are heterogeneous molecules derived from non-enzymatic products of the reaction ...
... This meta-analysis aimed to systematically evaluate the prospective association between advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Prospective studies that reported the association of AGEs (measured by skin autofluorescence) with MACE were searched in PubMed and EMBASE from inception up to July 2021. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and their r ...
... Alterations of glucose homeostasis can increase advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that exacerbate vascular inflammatory disease and may increase vascular senescence and aging. This study examined the relationships between carboxymethyl-lysine (CML) and soluble receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn), as cell aging biomarkers, ...
analytical chemistry; biomarkers; biosensors; early diagnosis; electrochemistry; exosomes; fluorescence; mass spectrometry; metabolites; neoplasms
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... Point-of-care testing (POCT), as one part of in vitro diagnostic (IVD), has been gradually used in early diagnosis and personalized treatment in the clinics. Accurate and sensitive detection of clinically related biomarkers is valuable, especially using the methods with simple, rapid, high throughput, miniaturization, and low cost. Nowadays, various biomolecules have been regarded as biomarkers fo ...
Taylor Filewood; Honoria Kwok; Pamela Brunswick; Jeffrey Yan; Jessica E. Ollinik; Christopher Cote; Marcus Kim; Graham van Aggelen; Caren C. Helbing; Dayue Shang
biomarkers; forensic sciences; gas chromatography; heterocyclic compounds; mass spectrometry; oil spills; oils; petroleum; sulfur
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... In current oil spill forensics, diagnostic ratios of hydrocarbon biomarker responses are commonly used to compare oil spill samples to source materials in order to determine the identity of the oil. This well recognized procedure was developed by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) with corresponding published EN 15522–2 Oil Spill Identification guidelines. However, it is further reco ...
... Microfluidic devices can provide a versatile, cost-effective platform for disease diagnostics and risk assessment by quantifying biomarkers. In particular, simultaneous testing of several biomarkers can be powerful. Here, we critically review work from the previous 4 years up to February 2021 on developing microfluidic devices for multiplexed detection of biomarkers from samples. We focus on two p ...
... Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. The physiological or pathological processes of CVDs can be well indicated by timely and accurate diagnosis of relevant biomarkers and function parameters. Nanosensors integrating the advantages of nanomaterials and sensing platforms have shown good potential for rapid diagnosis of CVDs, especially for e ...
... Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as biomarkers by inheriting biomolecular information from their parental cells. They are highly heterogeneous and can reflect the status of diseases, like cancer. These features intrigue intense interest in EVs-oriented bioanalysis with different detection technologies and bioprobes for noninvasive diagnosis. In this review, we summarize the recent advance ...
... Precision preventive healthcare aims to improve patient health by integrating preventive measures with early disease detection for timely intervention with precision medicine. Key to the delivery of preventive healthcare is the clinical adoption of novel assays that enable early disease detection. Such assays, typically based on biomarkers such as microRNAs (miRNAs) from liquid biopsy or excreta, ...
... Surface plasmon resonance approach is a highly useful option to offer optical and label-free detection of target bioanalytes with numerous advantages (e.g., low-cost fabrication, appreciable sensitivity, label-free detection, and outstanding accuracy). As such, it allows early diagnosis of cancer biomarkers to monitor tumor progression and to prevent the recurrence of oncogenic tumors. This work h ...
Oreochromis niloticus; biomarkers; complement; ecotoxicology; evolution; fish; health status; immune system; lectins; models; shellfish; water quality
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... As the earliest known vertebrate possessing a complete immune system, teleost fish played an important role in the evolution of this system. The complement system is an ancient defense mechanism present in invertebrates and vertebrates. In teleost fish the complement system is formed by more than 35 circulating proteins, or found at the cell surface. This system is activated by three pathways: alt ...
analytical chemistry; biofuels; biomarkers; biosensors; chemical species; human health; microbial fuel cells; neoplasms; therapeutics
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... Tumors are the leading killers of human health, however, diagnosis on tumors are neither timely nor accurate due to the high detection cost and high technical requirements. For cancer diagnosis and treatment, self-powered biosensors based on enzymatic biofuel cells have the advantages of simple structure, easy miniaturization, instantaneous response to analytes, and high economic applicability. It ...
absorbance; biomarkers; biosensors; biotechnology; chemical species; diagnostic techniques; droplets; drugs; fluorescence; microfluidic technology; nucleic acids; optical fibers; point-of-care systems
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... Droplet microfluidics offers a unique opportunity for ultrahigh-throughput experimentation with minimal sample consumption and thus has obtained increasing attention, particularly for biological applications. Detection and measurements of analytes or biomarkers in tiny droplets are essential for proper analysis of biological and chemical assays like single-cell studies, cytometry, nucleic acid det ...
... It has been well documented that micro- and nanoplastics are emerging pollutants in aquatic environments, and their potential toxic effects has attracted widespread concerns. Here, we evaluated the adverse effects of dietary polystyrene nanoplastics and microplastics (PS-N/MPs) on growth performance, oxidative stress induction, immune response, ammonia detoxification, and bacterial pathogen resist ...
... Current study investigated the effects of potassium metabisulfite (E224), a common food preservative, in male rats following 28 days of oral exposure at doses: 0.7, 7.0, and 70 mg/kg b.w. Following autopsies, blood and tissues samples (liver, kidney, brain, and testes) were taken. Data were compared statistically at p < .05. Potassium metabisulfite caused significant dose‐dependent reduction in mo ...
... Physical activity and diet are recommended lifestyle strategies to improve human health. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the impact of aerobic exercise combined with dietary restriction on hormonal, metabolic, and psychological variables in postmenopausal women. Eligible 60 women were enrolled and assigned into two equal groups; the experimental group performed aerobic exercise three ...
... Lateral flow assays (LFAs) widely deployed for on-site diagnosis have predominantly utilized antibodies as recognition molecules. Antibodies with limited thermal stability deteriorate the performance of the LFA over time. Herein, we demonstrate a stable and robust LFA by utilizing thermally stable peptide-based 12–14 kDa affimers as recognition molecules, in lieu of conventional protein-based anti ...
... Correct elucidation of physiological and pathological processes mediated by extracellular vesicles (EV) is highly dependent on the reliability of the method used for their purification. Currently available chemical/physical protocols for sample fractionation are time-consuming, often scarcely reproducible and their yields are low. Immuno-capture based approaches could represent an effective purifi ...
... Electrochemical immunosensors enable rapid analyte quantification in small sample volumes, and have been demonstrated to provide high sensitivity and selectivity, simple miniaturization, and easy sensor production strategies. As a point-of-care (POC) format, user-friendliness is equally important and most often not combinable with high sensitivity. As such, we demonstrate here that a sequence of m ...
... BACKGROUND: Early‐life diseases in dairy animals are main causes of economic loss in livestock production. Oxidative stress (OS) and thyroid hormones are important inter‐related components in the normal physiology of this critical period of life. However, limited information regarding their physiology in goat kids is available. This study was conducted to investigate the age‐related changes of thy ...
Noémie Letellier; Steven Zamora; Chad Spoon; Jiue-An Yang; Marion Mortamais; Gabriel Carrasco Escobar; Dorothy D. Sears; Marta M. Jankowska; Tarik Benmarhnia
Latinos; air pollution; biomarkers; cholesterol; cross-sectional studies; diabetes; equations; exposure assessment; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; obesity; research; risk; space and time; traffic
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... Exposure to air pollution disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities that could contribute to health inequalities including metabolic disorders. However, most existing studies used a static assessment of air pollution exposure (mostly using the residential address) and do not account for activity space when modelling exposure to air pollution. The aim of this study is to understand how ex ...
air pollutants; air pollution; biomarkers; elderly; environment; genotype-environment interaction; inflammation; land use; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; regression analysis; risk
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... The fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) concentration in the exhaled breath is a biomarker for eosinophilic airway inflammation. We explored the interplay between chronic air pollution exposure and polygenic susceptibility to airway inflammation at different critical age stages. Adolescents (15 yr) enrolled in the GINIplus/LISA birth cohorts (n = 2434) and 220 elderly women (75 yr on average) e ...
... BACKGROUND: Airway smooth muscle remodelling in severe equine asthma includes both thickening of airway smooth muscle, resulting from hyperplasia and hypertrophy, and changes in contractility. However, airway smooth muscle changes have not been studied in milder forms of the disease. OBJECTIVES: To investigate bronchial smooth muscle remodelling in horses with mild and moderate asthma (MEA). STUDY ...
... Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Characteristic clinical findings include acute kidney injury (AKI), thrombocytopenia, and capillary leakage. Smoking increases the risk of severe AKI, but it is not known whether alcohol consumption predisposes patients to a more severe infection. Liver and pancreatic enzymes, as well as biomarkers of alcohol consumption (gamm ...
... In light of the significance of exosomes in cancer diagnosis and treatment, it is important to understand the components and functions of exosomes. Herein, an all-in-one strategy has been proposed for comprehensive characterization of exosomal proteins based on nanoporous TiO₂ clusters acting as both an extractor for exosome isolation and a nanoreactor for downstream molecular profiling. With the ...
... Cadmium (Cd) is a hazardous metal that has a significant risk of transfer from soil to edible parts of food crops including shoots and seeds. Reduction of Cd accumulation is required to lower the risk of Cd exposure in humans and animals feeding on metal contaminated parts of such plants. Coriandrum sativum L. (coriander) exposed to Cd showed stress symptoms such as stunted growth, reduced photosy ...
... Xanthine oxidase (XO) contributes to oxidative stress and vascular disease. Hyperuricemia and gout are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a population at increased risk of vascular disease. We evaluated effects of allopurinol on serum XO activity and metabolome of CKD patients who had participated in a randomized double-blind clinical trial of allopurinol vs. placebo. XO activit ...
... The aberrant overexpression of alpha satellite DNA is characteristic of many human cancers including prostate cancer; however, it is not known whether the change in the alpha satellite RNA amount occurs in the peripheral tissues of cancer patients, such as blood. Here, we analyse the level of intracellular alpha satellite RNA in the whole blood of cancer prostate patients at different stages of di ...
... Zinc deficiency could lead to a dynamic variation in gut microbial composition and function in animals. However, how zinc deficiency affects the gut microbiome in school-age children remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to profile the dynamic shifts in the gut microbiome of school-age children with zinc deficiency, and to determine whether such shifts are associated with dietary intake. ...
Onofrio Valente; Raffaella Messina; Giuseppe Ingravallo; Emilio Bellitti; Domenico Sergio Zimatore; Luigi de Gennaro; Pasqua Abbrescia; Roberta Pati; Claudia Palazzo; Grazia Paola Nicchia; Maria Trojano; Francesco Signorelli; Antonio Frigeri
... Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is characterized by a remarkable cellular and molecular heterogeneity that make the behavior of this tumor highly variable and resistant to therapy. In addition, the most serious clinical complication of GBM and other brain tumors is the development of vasogenic edema which dramatically increase the intracranial pressure. In the present study we evaluate the expressio ...
Bifidobacterium; Clostridium; Escherichia coli; Gallus gallus; Lactobacillus; NAD (coenzyme); biomarkers; cecum; chlorides; gene expression; interleukin-6; microvilli; nicotinamide; water solubility
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... Nicotinamide riboside (NR) acts as a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) precursor where NR supplementation has previously been shown to be beneficial. Thus, we synthesized and characterized nicotinamide riboside tributyrate chloride (NRTBCl, water-soluble) and nicotinamide riboside trioleate chloride (NRTOCl, oil-soluble) as two new ester derivatives of nicotinamide riboside chloride (NRCl). ...
... The burden of pesticide use from agricultural intensification lies in the fact that pesticides may end up in aquatic ecosystems and have pernicious effects on non-target organisms, including fish. Different blood biomarkers, including hemato-biochemical indices, erythrocytic nuclear abnormalities (ENA), and erythrocytic cellular abnormalities (ECA), were observed in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis nilot ...
... Cocaine as a highly addictive psychostimulant can cause changes in the body at the cellular and molecular levels over a long period of time. It reminds us that cocaine may have a potential role in post-transcriptional regulation, but the alteration of insula-expression profile in adolescent cocaine use disorder (CUD) has not been reported. To reveal the mechanisms underlying the post-transcription ...