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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterioferritin Is Assembled from FtnA and BfrB Subunits with the Relative Proportions Dependent on the Environmental Oxygen Availability

  • Huili Yao,
  • Anabel Soldano,
  • Leo Fontenot,
  • Fabrizio Donnarumma,
  • Scott Lovell,
  • Josephine R. Chandler and
  • Mario Rivera
Biomolecules2022, 12(3), 366;https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12030366

25 February 2022

Ferritins are iron storage proteins assembled from 24 subunits into a spherical and hollow structure. The genomes of many bacteria harbor genes encoding two types of ferritin-like proteins, the bacterial ferritins (Ftn) and the bacterioferritins (Bfr...

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The Potential of N-Acetylcysteine for Treatment of Trichotillomania, Excoriation Disorder, Onychophagia, and Onychotillomania: An Updated Literature Review

  • Debra K. Lee and
  • Shari R. Lipner
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19(11), 6370;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116370

24 May 2022

Background: Trichotillomania (TTM), excoriation disorder, onychophagia, and onychotillomania are categorized as body focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) disorders, causing damage to the skin, hair, and/or nails with clinically significant psychosocial...

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Update on Diagnosis and Management of Onychophagia and Onychotillomania

  • Debra K. Lee and
  • Shari R. Lipner
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19(6), 3392;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063392

13 March 2022

Onychophagia (nail biting) and onychotillomania (nail picking) are chronic nail conditions categorized as body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) disorders. Due to a limited awareness of their clinical presentations, embarrassment on the part of pati...

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P300 Source Localization Contrasts in Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors and Tic Disorders

  • Geneviève Sauvé,
  • Simon Morand-Beaulieu,
  • Kieron P. O’Connor,
  • Pierre J. Blanchet and
  • Marc E. Lavoie
Brain Sci.2017, 7(7), 76;https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci7070076

1 July 2017

Tic disorders (TD) and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) have similar phenotypes that can be challenging to distinguish in clinical settings. Both disorders show high rates of comorbid psychiatric conditions, dysfunctional basal ganglia activi...

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Mobilization of Iron Stored in Bacterioferritin Is Required for Metabolic Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • Achala N. D. Punchi Hewage,
  • Leo Fontenot,
  • Jessie Guidry,
  • Thomas Weldeghiorghis,
  • Anil K. Mehta,
  • Fabrizio Donnarumma and
  • Mario Rivera
Pathogens2020, 9(12), 980;https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9120980

24 November 2020

Iron homeostasis offers a significant bacterial vulnerability because pathogens obtain essential iron from their mammalian hosts, but host-defenses maintain vanishingly low levels of free iron. Although pathogens have evolved mechanisms to procure ho...

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Analysis of Actual Transmitted Power from Hundreds of FR2 Radio Base Stations over One Month in Urban Areas in Japan

  • Ryota Ishioka,
  • Takahiro Iyama,
  • Junji Higashiyama,
  • Fumihiko Hada,
  • Yasunori Suzuki and
  • Satoshi Suyama
Electronics2025, 14(23), 4676;https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14234676

27 November 2025

This study analyzes the actual transmitted power from 5G beamforming radio base stations (BF-RBSs) to clarify the effectiveness and issues of an actual maximum approach specified in the International Electrotechnical Commission 62232:2025. The actual...

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Comparing the ‘When’ and the ‘Where’ of Electrocortical Activity in Patients with Tourette Syndrome, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  • Sarah Desfossés-Vallée,
  • Julie B. Leclerc,
  • Pierre Blanchet,
  • Kieron P. O’Connor and
  • Marc E. Lavoie
J. Clin. Med.2024, 13(9), 2489;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13092489

24 April 2024

Background/Objectives: Tourette Syndrome (TS), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB) are three disorders that share many similarities in terms of phenomenology, neuroanatomy, and functionality. However, des...

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Assessment of the Adjuvant Effects of Lentinan on the Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine BG

  • Shuai Zhou,
  • Yilin Hou,
  • Xiaojuan Zhang,
  • Zhuoxuan Lv,
  • Quanjie Hu,
  • Xiaobing Yang and
  • Hongxia Niu
Vaccines2025, 13(6), 597;https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13060597

30 May 2025

Objectives: This study aims to assess the adjuvant effects of lentinan and its combination with Mn(J), a manganese-based colloidal adjuvant, on the BG (fusion protein BfrB-GrpE of Mycobacterium tuberculosis) subunit vaccine. Methods: A rabbit skin in...

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