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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
13 Citations
2,757 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2023

Heat stress (HS) is directly correlated to mammary gland dysfunction in dairy cows, especially in summer. The hypothalamic−pituitary−mammary gland axis (HPM axis) plays an important role in the regulation of stress response and lactation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,703 Views
12 Pages

Predictive Value of Collagen Biomarkers in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

  • Carina Ureche,
  • Gianina Dodi,
  • Adela Mihaela Șerban,
  • Andreea Simona Covic,
  • Luminița Voroneanu,
  • Simona Hogaș,
  • Radu Andy Sascău,
  • Cristian Stătescu and
  • Adrian Covic

18 February 2023

Patients with chronic kidney disease have an increased risk of all-cause death. The value of collagen biomarkers such as procollagen type I carboxy-terminal propeptide (PICP) and procollagen type III N-terminal peptide (P3NP), in end-stage renal dise...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,787 Views
14 Pages

Granzyme B in Autoimmune Skin Disease

  • Anna Gleave and
  • David J. Granville

18 February 2023

Autoimmune diseases often present with cutaneous symptoms that contribute to dysfunction, disfigurement, and in many cases, reduced quality-of-life. Unfortunately, treatment options for many autoimmune skin diseases are limited. Local and systemic co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,623 Views
23 Pages

18 February 2023

Drug abuse is a serious problem in the United States, with over 90,000 drug overdose deaths nationally in 2020. A key step in combating drug abuse is detecting, monitoring, and characterizing its trends over time and location, also known as pharmacov...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,687 Views
30 Pages

Biomolecules from Macroalgae—Nutritional Profile and Bioactives for Novel Food Product Development

  • Laura E. Healy,
  • Xianglu Zhu,
  • Milica Pojić,
  • Carl Sullivan,
  • Uma Tiwari,
  • James Curtin and
  • Brijesh K. Tiwari

17 February 2023

Seaweed is in the spotlight as a promising source of nutrition for humans as the search for sustainable food production systems continues. Seaweed has a well-documented rich nutritional profile containing compounds such as polyphenols, carotenoids an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,083 Views
16 Pages

Structural Characterization of Nanobodies during Germline Maturation

  • Clarissa A. Seidler,
  • Janik Kokot,
  • Monica L. Fernández-Quintero and
  • Klaus R. Liedl

17 February 2023

Camelid heavy-chain antibody variable domains (VHH), nanobodies, are the smallest-known functional antibody fragments with high therapeutic potential. In this study, we investigate a VHH binding to hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL). We structurally and dy...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,865 Views
24 Pages

17 February 2023

The emergence of metabolomics and quantification approaches is revealing new biomarkers applied to drug discovery. In this context, tandem mass spectrometry is the method of choice, requiring a specific validation process for preclinical and clinical...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,755 Views
28 Pages

17 February 2023

In this paper, we present an update to the ellipsoid profile algorithm (EP), a simple technique for the measurement of the globularity of protein structures without the calculation of molecular surfaces. The globularity property is understood in this...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,959 Views
13 Pages

Using Microphysiological System for the Development of Treatments for Joint Inflammation and Associated Cartilage Loss—A Pilot Study

  • Meagan J. Makarczyk,
  • Sophie Hines,
  • Haruyo Yagi,
  • Zhong Alan Li,
  • Alyssa M. Aguglia,
  • Justin Zbikowski,
  • Anne-Marie Padget,
  • Qi Gao,
  • Bruce A. Bunnell and
  • Stuart B. Goodman
  • + 1 author

17 February 2023

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling joint disease affecting millions worldwide. The lack of clinically relevant models limits our ability to predict therapeutic outcomes prior to clinical trials, where most drugs fail. Therefore, there is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,549 Views
15 Pages

Early Use of Corticosteroids following CAR T-Cell Therapy Correlates with Reduced Risk of High-Grade CRS without Negative Impact on Neurotoxicity or Treatment Outcome

  • Tim Lakomy,
  • Dilara Akhoundova,
  • Henning Nilius,
  • Marie-Noëlle Kronig,
  • Urban Novak,
  • Michael Daskalakis,
  • Ulrike Bacher and
  • Thomas Pabst

17 February 2023

Background: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy) is associated with potentially life-threatening toxicities, most commonly cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune-effector-cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). Th...

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