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Biomolecules, Volume 13, Issue 2

February 2023 - 213 articles

Cover Story: Proper immune development creates a basis for a resilient immune system, which balances immune tolerance and activation, while driving away from the type 2 phenotype and thus lowering allergy risk. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS) possess immunomodulatory properties essential for neonatal immune development. The immunomodulatory effects of enzymatic and bacterial produced HMOS, 2’FL and 3FL, were studied in a coculture model combining the crosstalk between human intestinal epithelial cells and immune cells, which is critical in mucosal immune development. Although structurally similar, both 2’FL and 3FL differentially promote secretion of regulatory mediators from the epithelium and/or strengthen the balance of Th1 and regulatory immune responses over Th2, which was affected by the HMOS’ origin. View this paper
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Articles (213)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,951 Views
15 Pages

Regulation of CRISPR-Associated Genes by Rv1776c (CasR) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Wenping Wei,
  • Xiaofang Jiang,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Yunjun Yan,
  • Jinyong Yan,
  • Li Xu,
  • Chun-Hui Gao and
  • Min Yang

20 February 2023

The CRISPR-Cas system is an adaptive immune system for many bacteria and archaea to defend against foreign nucleic acid invasion, and this system is conserved in the genome of M. tuberculosis (Mtb). Although the CRISPR-Cas system-mediated immune defe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,547 Views
25 Pages

Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals Macrophages Are Involved in the Pathogenesis of Human Sporadic Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

  • Bin Zhang,
  • Kuan Zeng,
  • Rui-Cong Guan,
  • Hui-Qi Jiang,
  • Yong-Jia Qiang,
  • Qing Zhang,
  • Mo Yang,
  • Bao-Ping Deng and
  • Yan-Qi Yang

20 February 2023

Macrophages play an important role in the progression of sporadic acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). The aim of this study was to characterize the cellular heterogeneity of macrophages in ATAAD tissues by scRNA-seq. Ascending aortic wall tissue...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,606 Views
22 Pages

Regulation of the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Osteosarcoma

  • Kristin Hinton,
  • Andrew Kirk,
  • Paulose Paul and
  • Sujata Persad

20 February 2023

The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular process that has been linked to the promotion of aggressive cellular features in many cancer types. It is characterized by the loss of the epithelial cell phenotype and a shift to a more me...

  • Comment
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,962 Views
5 Pages

20 February 2023

We read with great interest the review by Wang et al. entitled “Identification Markers of Carotid Vulnerable Plaques: An Update”, recently published in Biomolecules [...]

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
20,847 Views
20 Pages

19 February 2023

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome derived from metabolic disorders due to various liver failures. Clinically, HE is characterized by hyperammonemia, EEG abnormalities, and different degrees of disturbance in sensory, motor, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,066 Views
13 Pages

FK506-Binding Protein like (FKBPL) Has an Important Role in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Pathogenesis with Potential Diagnostic Utility

  • Michael Chhor,
  • Hao Chen,
  • Djurdja Jerotić,
  • Milorad Tešić,
  • Valentina N. Nikolić,
  • Milan Pavlović,
  • Rada M. Vučić,
  • Benjamin Rayner,
  • Chris J. Watson and
  • Mark Ledwidge
  • + 4 authors

18 February 2023

Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalisations worldwide, with only 35% of patients surviving the first 5 years after diagnosis. The pathogenesis of HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is still unclear, impeding the implementatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,566 Views
14 Pages

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Decreases Subcutaneous Fat Tissue Thickness by Increasing Apoptosis and Autophagy

  • Kyung-A Byun,
  • Hyun Jun Park,
  • Seyeon Oh,
  • Sosorburam Batsukh,
  • Hye Jin Sun,
  • Taehui Kim,
  • Sunggeun Kim,
  • Donghwan Kang,
  • Kuk Hui Son and
  • Kyunghee Byun

18 February 2023

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) leads to decreased subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) thickness via heat-induced adipocyte necrosis. Heat can induce adipocyte apoptosis and autophagy, and it is known that nuclear or mitochondrial p53 is invol...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,308 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2023

Plant cytochrome P450 monooxygenases were long considered to be highly substrate-specific, regioselective and stereoselective enzymes, in this respect differing from their animal counterparts. The functional data that have recently accumulated clearl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,264 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2023

Prediction of the potency of bioactive compounds generally relies on linear or nonlinear quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) models. Nonlinear models are generated using machine learning methods. We introduce a novel approach fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,147 Views
12 Pages

A Vegetarian Diet Significantly Changes Plasma Kynurenine Concentrations

  • Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen,
  • Kristin Varsi,
  • Arve Ulvik,
  • Sunniva Todnem Sakkestad and
  • Per Magne Ueland

18 February 2023

Tryptophan is an essential amino acid and a precursor of a number of physiologically important metabolites, including serotonin, melatonin, tryptamine, and kynurenines. We assessed tryptophan, kynurenines, and vitamin B2 and B6, as well as biomarkers...

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