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  • Open Access
3,125 Views
7 Pages

The Role of Peamaclein (Pru p 7) in PFAS Patients: An Italian Real-Life Study

  • Marco Spalletti,
  • Valentina Lasala,
  • Paolo Cameli,
  • Laura Bergantini,
  • Marco Saletti,
  • Valerio Beltrami,
  • Elena Bargagli and
  • Miriana d’Alessandro

10 August 2023

Pollen food allergy syndrome (PFAS) is an allergic reaction to specific foods in persons previously sensitised to pollen. The diagnosis of PFAS is made after taking a patient’s medical history and, in some cases, conducting skin tests and oral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
300 Views
26 Pages

The Role of Nut Sensitization in Pru p 3-Sensitized Patients: A XGBoost and Generalized Linear Model Application

  • Sebastiano Gangemi,
  • Giuseppe Caristi,
  • Clara Alessandrello,
  • Francesca Dimasi,
  • Federica Nuccio,
  • Michael Morabito and
  • Paola L. Minciullo

26 January 2026

Sensitization to non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) is highly prevalent in Mediterranean countries. Pru p 3 from peach is a major allergen responsible for IgE-mediated food allergies. As a panallergen, Pru p 3 shows high sequence homology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,429 Views
15 Pages

Pollen-Food Allergy Syndrome: From Food Avoidance to Deciphering the Potential Cross-Reactivity between Pru p 3 and Ole e 7

  • Paula Álvarez,
  • Rocío Aguado,
  • Juan Molina,
  • Antonio Trujillo-Aguilera,
  • Mayte Villalba,
  • Araceli Díaz-Perales,
  • Carmen Oeo-Santos,
  • Eduardo Chicano,
  • Nadine Blanco and
  • Aurora Jurado
  • + 2 authors

27 August 2024

Background: Cross-reactivity between nonspecific lipid transfer proteins could cause anaphylaxis, further influencing food avoidance and nutrient deficiencies. The one affecting olive pollen (Ole e 7) and peach (Pru p 3) may underlie a variety of pol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,830 Views
12 Pages

Thaumatin-Like Protein (Pru av 2) Is a Cherry Allergen That Triggers Percutaneous Sensitization in Mice

  • Eri Izumi,
  • Shota Hidaka,
  • Ayako Hiroi,
  • Serina Kinugasa,
  • Erika Yano,
  • Nobuhiro Zaima and
  • Tatsuya Moriyama

10 January 2021

Numerous recent studies have suggested that food allergens enter the skin and predispose individuals to food allergies through the production of IgE antibodies in the body. Cherries are a popular fruit eaten worldwide. However, cherries are an allerg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,522 Views
12 Pages

Toxoplasmosis is a serious zoonotic disease that threatens human and animal health. Here, we evaluated the vaccine potential of the deletion of Toxoplasma rhoptry protein 38 (PruΔrop38) through its pathogenicity and immunoprotective efficacy in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,249 Views
11 Pages

pruR and PA0065 Genes Are Responsible for Decreasing Antibiotic Tolerance by Autoinducer Analog-1 (AIA-1) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • Muhammad Reza Pahlevi,
  • Keiji Murakami,
  • Yuka Hiroshima,
  • Akikazu Murakami and
  • Hideki Fujii

Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is considered a high-risk nosocomial infection and is very difficult to eradicate because of its tolerance to antibiotic treatment. A new compound, autoinducer analog-1 (AIA-1), has been demonstrated to reduce antibio...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,298 Views
7 Pages

Cypress Pollen-Peach Cross-Reactivity: The Emerging Role of Pru p 7 as a Marker of Severe Allergic Phenotypes

  • Mara De Amici,
  • Claudio Tirelli,
  • Fiorella Barocci,
  • Alessia Marseglia,
  • Giorgia Testa,
  • Gian L. Marseglia and
  • Amelia Licari

3 September 2025

Background: The peach allergen Pru p 7, a member of the Gibberellin-Regulated Protein (GRP) family, has emerged as a key marker of severe fruit-induced allergies. It is hypothesized to mediate cross-reactivity between fruit allergens and cypress poll...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,050 Views
21 Pages

Structural and Stability Analysis of GRP Family Allergens Pru p 7 and Cry j 7, Which Cause Pollen and Food Allergy Syndrome

  • Jingkang Zheng,
  • Hiroyuki Kumeta,
  • Yasuhiro Kumaki,
  • Tomona Iizuka,
  • Ichiho Yoshikawa,
  • Ami Hanaoka and
  • Tomoyasu Aizawa

6 February 2025

Cry j 7 is a 7 kDa cysteine-rich gibberellin regulatory protein (GRP) with six disulfide bonds. It was isolated from Japanese cedar as the pollen allergen in this study. It exhibits cross-reactivity with food allergens such as Pru p 7 from peach and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,501 Views
13 Pages

Statistical Study of Low-Intensity Single-Molecule Recognition Events Using DeepTipTM Probes: Application to the Pru p 3-Phytosphingosine System

  • Rafael Daza,
  • María Garrido-Arandia,
  • Daniel Corregidor-Ortiz,
  • Carla Isabel Pérez,
  • Luis Colchero,
  • Raquel Tabraue-Rubio,
  • Manuel Elices,
  • Gustavo V. Guinea,
  • Araceli Diaz-Perales and
  • José Pérez-Rigueiro

The interaction between the plant lipid transfer protein Pru p 3 and phytosphingosine was assessed using an atomic force microscope. Phytosphingosine was covalently immobilized on DeepTipTM probes and Pru p 3 on MicroDeckTM functionalized substrates....

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,054 Views
19 Pages

Energy Landscapes of Ligand Motion Inside the Tunnel-Like Cavity of Lipid Transfer Proteins: The Case of the Pru p 3 Allergen

  • Bruno Cuevas-Zuviría,
  • María Garrido-Arandia,
  • Araceli Díaz-Perales and
  • Luis F. Pacios

Allergies are a widespread problem in western countries, affecting a large part of the population, with levels of prevalence increasingly rising due to reasons still not understood. Evidence accumulated in recent years points to an essential role pla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
977 Views
18 Pages

Association Between Peach and Olive Pollen Non-Specific Lipid Transfer Protein Allergy and HLA Class II Phenotype

  • Paula Álvarez,
  • Juan Molina,
  • Raquel Bernardo,
  • Rafael González,
  • Bárbara Manzanares,
  • Rocío Aguado,
  • Laura Carrero,
  • Aurora Jurado,
  • Berta Ruiz-León and
  • Ana Navas

11 August 2025

Concomitant sensitisation to non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) from olive pollen (Ole e 7) and peach (Pru p 3) has been observed in the south of Spain. In the search for reasons to explain this observation, we studied a potential causal r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,602 Views
14 Pages

Phenotypes and Endotypes of Peach Allergy: What Is New?

  • Simona Barni,
  • Davide Caimmi,
  • Fernanda Chiera,
  • Pasquale Comberiati,
  • Carla Mastrorilli,
  • Umberto Pelosi,
  • Francesco Paravati,
  • Gian Luigi Marseglia and
  • Stefania Arasi

26 February 2022

Peach allergy is emerging as a common type of fresh-fruit allergy in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean area. The clinical manifestations of peach allergy tend to have a peculiar geographical distribution and can range from mild oral symptoms to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,587 Views
16 Pages

Basophil Activation Test Utility as a Diagnostic Tool in LTP Allergy

  • José A. Cañas,
  • Natalia Pérez-Sánchez,
  • Leticia Lopera-Doblas,
  • Francisca Palomares,
  • Ana Molina,
  • Joan Bartra,
  • María J. Torres,
  • Francisca Gómez and
  • Cristobalina Mayorga

Plant-food allergy is an increasing problem, with nonspecific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) triggering mild/severe reactions. Pru p 3 is the major sensitizer in LTP food allergy (FA). However, in vivo and in vitro diagnosis is hampered by the need...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,602 Views
13 Pages

24 March 2024

This article presents the hardware and software architectures used to implement the Modbus Extension (ModbusE) IIoT gateway, the performance of the acquisition cycle at the PRU real-time programmable core level, the acquisition cycle communication fl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,334 Views
15 Pages

18 February 2022

Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plants. The phosphate (Pi) concentration in soil solutions is typically low, and plants always suffer from low-Pi stress. During Pi starvation, a number of adaptive mechanisms in plants have evolved to inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,211 Views
19 Pages

15 December 2022

Redundantly actuated parallel manipulators (PMs) have attracted a great deal of attention since they generally have better stiffness than non-redundantly actuated ones. This paper presents an analytical elastostatic stiffness modeling and performance...

  • Review
  • Open Access
159 Views
23 Pages

Lipid Transfer Protein Allergens: A Comprehensive Overview of Current Knowledge

  • Magdalena Rydzyńska,
  • Tomasz Rosada,
  • Bernadetta Kosztulska,
  • Magdalena Grześk-Kaczyńska and
  • Natalia Ukleja-Sokołowska

25 February 2026

Non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) constitute a widely distributed family of plant allergens with substantial clinical relevance, particularly in food allergy. Their marked thermal and proteolytic stability enables them to provoke reaction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,406 Views
11 Pages

Nut Allergy in Two Different Areas of Spain: Differences in Clinical and Molecular Pattern

  • Elisa Haroun-Díaz,
  • Julián Azofra,
  • Eloína González-Mancebo,
  • Manuel De las Heras,
  • Carlos Pastor-Vargas,
  • Vanesa Esteban,
  • Mayte Villalba,
  • Araceli Díaz-Perales and
  • Javier Cuesta-Herranz

21 August 2017

Introduction: Different clinical and molecular patterns of food allergy have been reported in different areas of the world. The aim of the study is to evaluate differences in allergen patterns among nut-allergic patients in two different areas of Spa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,876 Views
16 Pages

Does the Food Ingredient Pectin Provide a Risk for Patients Allergic to Non-Specific Lipid-Transfer Proteins?

  • Hanna Steigerwald,
  • Frank Blanco-Perez,
  • Melanie Albrecht,
  • Caroline Bender,
  • Andrea Wangorsch,
  • Hans-Ulrich Endreß,
  • Mirko Bunzel,
  • Cristobalina Mayorga,
  • Maria José Torres and
  • Stefan Vieths
  • + 1 author

21 December 2021

Pectin, a dietary fiber, is a polysaccharide that is widely used in food industry as a gelling agent. In addition, prebiotic and beneficial immunomodulatory effects of pectin have been demonstrated, leading to increased importance as food supplement....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,935 Views
18 Pages

24 August 2021

In the last few years, parallel manipulators are being increasingly studied and used for different applications. The performance of parallel manipulators is very sensitive to the geometric parameters, so it is essential to optimize them in order to o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,443 Views
14 Pages

Uterine Pgrmc2 Deficiency Attenuates Endometrial Hyperplasia and Cancer and Prolongs Lifespan in a Pten Loss-of-Function-Induced Cancer Model

  • Nicole C. Kelp,
  • Cindy A. Pru,
  • Sandeep Paudel,
  • John P. Lydon,
  • J. Julie Kim,
  • John J. Peluso and
  • James K. Pru

31 March 2025

The expression of members of the progesterone receptor membrane component (PGRMC) family, particularly PGRMC1, is elevated in diverse types of cancers, particularly those of the female reproductive system. While xenograft tumor studies using human tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,465 Views
11 Pages

Influenza A Virus Weakens the Immune Response of Mice to Toxoplasma gondii, Thereby Aggravating T. gondii Infection

  • Junpeng Chen,
  • Xiaoli Wang,
  • Jinxuan Li,
  • Lingyu Sun,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Ziyu Chu,
  • Zhenzhao Zhang,
  • Hongxia Wu,
  • Xiaomin Zhao and
  • Xiao Zhang
  • + 1 author

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the T. gondii type II strain (Pru) and respiratory viral infections, specifically focusing on the co-infection with PR8 (influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/34). In this study, we found that the number o...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,259 Views
12 Pages

Animal Research, Accountability, Openness and Public Engagement: Report from an International Expert Forum

  • Elisabeth H. Ormandy,
  • Daniel M. Weary,
  • Katarina Cvek,
  • Mark Fisher,
  • Kathrin Herrmann,
  • Pru Hobson-West,
  • Michael McDonald,
  • William Milsom,
  • Margaret Rose and
  • Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk
  • + 2 authors

29 August 2019

In November 2013, a group of international experts in animal research policy (n = 11) gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to discuss openness and accountability in animal research. The primary objective was to bring together participants from various juri...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,013 Views
14 Pages

Animal Research beyond the Laboratory: Report from a Workshop on Places Other than Licensed Establishments (POLEs) in the UK

  • Alexandra Palmer,
  • Beth Greenhough,
  • Pru Hobson-West,
  • Reuben Message,
  • James N. Aegerter,
  • Zoe Belshaw,
  • Ngaire Dennison,
  • Roger Dickey,
  • Julie Lane and
  • Sarah Wolfensohn
  • + 7 authors

13 October 2020

Research involving animals that occurs outside the laboratory raises an array of unique challenges. With regard to UK legislation, however, it receives only limited attention in terms of official guidelines, support, and statistics, which are unsurpr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,289 Views
16 Pages

Stakeholder Views of the Proposed Introduction of Next Generation Sequencing into the Cystic Fibrosis Screening Protocol in England

  • Pru Holder,
  • Corinna C. Clark,
  • Louise Moody,
  • Felicity K. Boardman,
  • Jacqui Cowlard,
  • Lorna Allen,
  • Claire Walter,
  • James R. Bonham and
  • Jane Chudleigh

The project aimed to gather, analyse, and compare the views of stakeholders about the proposed UK cystic fibrosis (CF) screening protocol incorporating next generation sequencing (NGS). The study design was based on principles of Q-methodology with a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,610 Views
16 Pages

24 April 2024

Psychosocial consequences of false-positive results following newborn bloodspot screening have been identified as a potential risk to this highly successful public health initiative. A scoping review was undertaken in October 2023 underpinned by the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,661 Views
15 Pages

International Perspectives of Extended Genetic Sequencing When Used as Part of Newborn Screening to Identify Cystic Fibrosis

  • Corinna C. A. Clark,
  • Pru Holder,
  • Felicity K. Boardman,
  • Louise Moody,
  • Jacqui Cowlard,
  • Lorna Allen,
  • Claire Walter,
  • James R. Bonham and
  • Jane Chudleigh

There is increasing interest in using extended genetic sequencing (EGS) in newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF). How this is implemented will change the number of children being given an uncertain outcome of CRMS/CFSPID (cystic fibrosis t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,529 Views
21 Pages

26 November 2021

Cancers of the female reproductive tract are both lethal and highly prevalent. For example, the five-year survival rate of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is still less than 50%, and endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,777 Views
9 Pages

Delivering Positive Newborn Screening Results: Cost Analysis of Existing Practice versus Innovative, Co-Designed Strategies from the ReSPoND Study

  • Francesco Fusco,
  • Jane Chudleigh,
  • Pru Holder,
  • James R. Bonham,
  • Kevin W. Southern,
  • Alan Simpson,
  • Louise Moody,
  • Ellinor K. Olander,
  • Holly Chinnery and
  • Stephen Morris

Although the communication pathways of Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) are a delicate task, these pathways vary across different conditions and are often not evidence-based. The ReSPoND interventions were co-designed by healthcare professionals alo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,512 Views
16 Pages

The objective of this research was to explore current communication practices for positive newborn bloodspot screening results for congenital hypothyroidism from the newborn bloodspot screening laboratory to clinicians and then families, in order to...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
11,618 Views
15 Pages

Exploring Attitudes and Beliefs towards Implementing Cattle Disease Prevention and Control Measures: A Qualitative Study with Dairy Farmers in Great Britain

  • Marnie L. Brennan,
  • Nick Wright,
  • Wendela Wapenaar,
  • Susanne Jarratt,
  • Pru Hobson-West,
  • Imogen F. Richens,
  • Jasmeet Kaler,
  • Heather Buchanan,
  • Jonathan N. Huxley and
  • Heather M. O’Connor

11 October 2016

Disease prevention and control practices are frequently highlighted as important to ensure the health and welfare of farmed animals, although little is known as to why not many practices are carried out. The aim of this study was to identify the moti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,515 Views
16 Pages

21 February 2023

The concept of advocacy is of increasing importance to the veterinary profession internationally. However, there are concerns around the ambiguity and complexity of acting as an advocate in practice. This paper explores what ‘animal advocacy&rs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,621 Views
21 Pages

19 February 2023

Vocal identity processing depends on the ability to tell apart two instances of different speakers whilst also being able to tell together two instances of the same speaker. Whilst previous research has examined these voice processing capabilities un...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,519 Views
13 Pages

Proline Dehydrogenase and Pyrroline 5 Carboxylate Dehydrogenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Evidence for Substrate Channeling

  • Santosh Kumar,
  • Steven Sega,
  • Jamie K. Lynn-Barbe,
  • Dannika L. Harris,
  • Jordan T. Koehn,
  • Debbie C. Crans and
  • Dean C. Crick

18 September 2023

In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, proline dehydrogenase (PruB) and ∆1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase (PruA) are monofunctional enzymes that catalyze proline oxidation to glutamate via the intermediates P5C and L-glutamate-γ-semi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,362 Views
22 Pages

Effects of Post-Ruminal Urea Supplementation during the Seasonal Period on Performance and Rumen Microbiome of Rearing Grazing Nellore Cattle

  • Mailza Gonçalves de Souza,
  • Irene Alexandre Reis,
  • Isabela Pena Carvalho de Carvalho,
  • Marco Aurélio De Felicio Porcionato,
  • Laura Franco Prados,
  • Yury Tatiana Granja-Salcedo,
  • Gustavo Rezende Siqueira and
  • Flávio Dutra de Resende

8 December 2022

The objective was to evaluate the effects of urea with post-ruminal absorption in the supplementation of growing Nellore cattle reared on pasture during a seasonal period. For the study, two experiments were conducted. In experiment 1, rumen and bloo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,743 Views
23 Pages

Power Receiving Unit for High-Power Resonant Wireless Power Transfer

  • Ching-Yao Liu,
  • Hsien-Chung Tang,
  • Yueh-Tsung Shieh,
  • Chih-Chiang Wu,
  • Wei-Hua Chieng,
  • Edward-Yi Chang and
  • Daisuke Ueda

30 November 2023

A new power receiving unit (PRU) is proposed in this paper for resonant wireless power transfer (WPT), which is characterized by the capability of attracting high power from the power transmitting unit (PTU). The resonant WPT is designed for deliveri...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,788 Views
16 Pages

Allergy to Plant-Based Panallergens LTPs in Children: A Scoping Review

  • Nikos Priftis,
  • Dimitra Karaviti and
  • Kostas Douros

18 November 2024

Introduction: Lipid Transfer Proteins (LTPs) are plant-derived panallergens that have emerged as significant allergens in Mediterranean populations. Though less common in children, LTP allergies represent a critical consideration for physicians diagn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,371 Views
11 Pages

LTP Allergy Follow-Up Study: Development of Allergy to New Plant Foods 10 Years Later

  • Diana Betancor,
  • Alicia Gomez-Lopez,
  • Carlos Villalobos-Vilda,
  • Emilio Nuñez-Borque,
  • Sergio Fernández-Bravo,
  • Manuel De las Heras Gozalo,
  • Carlos Pastor-Vargas,
  • Vanesa Esteban and
  • Javier Cuesta-Herranz

24 June 2021

Introduction: Allergy to nonspecific lipid transfer protein (nsLTP) is the main cause of plant-food allergy in Spain. nsLTPs are widely distributed in the plant kingdom and have high cross-reactivity but extremely variable clinical expression. Little...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,833 Views
20 Pages

Worldwide Heterogeneity of Food Allergy: Focus on Peach Allergy in Southern Italy

  • Valentina D’Aiuto,
  • Ilaria Mormile,
  • Francescopaolo Granata,
  • Filomena Napolitano,
  • Laura Lamagna,
  • Francesca Della Casa,
  • Amato de Paulis and
  • Francesca Wanda Rossi

31 May 2024

Food allergy (FA) has shown an increasing prevalence in the last decades, becoming a major public health problem. However, data on the prevalence of FA across the world are heterogeneous because they are influenced by several factors. Among IgE-media...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,188 Views
19 Pages

An Updated Overview of Almond Allergens

  • Mário Bezerra,
  • Miguel Ribeiro and
  • Gilberto Igrejas

27 July 2021

Tree nuts are considered an important food in healthy diets. However, for part of the world’s population, they are one of the most common sources of food allergens causing acute allergic reactions that can become life-threatening. They are part of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,168 Views
23 Pages

Effect of Post-Ruminal Urea Supply on Growth Performance of Grazing Nellore Young Bulls at Dry Season

  • Irene Alexandre Reis,
  • Mailza Gonçalves de Souza,
  • Yury Tatiana Granja-Salcedo,
  • Isabela Pena Carvalho de Carvalho,
  • Marco Aurélio De Felicio Porcionato,
  • Laura Franco Prados,
  • Gustavo Rezende Siqueira and
  • Flávio Dutra De Resende

6 January 2023

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the use of post-ruminal urea on performance, nitrogen metabolism and the ruminal environment of Nellore cattle reared on pasture during the dry season. In experiment 1 (Exp. 1), nine ruminal-c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,496 Views
13 Pages

Prunin Laurate Derived from Natural Substances Shows Antibacterial Activity against the Periodontal Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

  • Erika Wada,
  • Chiharu Ito,
  • Mai Shinohara,
  • Satoshi Handa,
  • Miki Maetani,
  • Mayo Yasugi,
  • Masami Miyake,
  • Tatsuji Sakamoto,
  • Ayaka Yazawa and
  • Shigeki Kamitani

18 June 2024

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory disease caused by infection with periodontopathogenic bacteria. Oral care is essential to prevent and control periodontal disease, which affects oral and systemic health. However, many oral hygiene products curr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,044 Views
19 Pages

Label-Free Quantitative Acetylome Analysis Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Genotype-Specific Acetylomic Signatures

  • Ze-Xiang Wang,
  • Rui-Si Hu,
  • Chun-Xue Zhou,
  • Jun-Jun He,
  • Hany M. Elsheikha and
  • Xing-Quan Zhu

Distinct genotypic and pathogenic differences exist between Toxoplasma gondii genotypes. For example, genotype I is highly virulent, whereas genotype II and genotype III are less virulent. Moreover, Chinese 1 genotype (ToxoDB#9) is also virulent. Her...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
10,019 Views
19 Pages

Utility of Braden Scale Nutrition Subscale Ratings as an Indicator of Dietary Intake and Weight Outcomes among Nursing Home Residents at Risk for Pressure Ulcers

  • Susan Kennerly,
  • Lisa Boss,
  • Tracey L. Yap,
  • Melissa Batchelor-Murphy,
  • Susan D. Horn,
  • Ryan Barrett and
  • Nancy Bergstrom

24 September 2015

The Braden Scale for Pressure Sore Risk© is a screening tool to determine overall risk of pressure ulcer development and estimate severity of specific risk factors for individual residents. Nurses often use the Braden nutrition subscale to screen nur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,854 Views
15 Pages

The Synthesis and Characterisation of Ru(III)-Substituted Keggin-Type Phosphomolybdates

  • Max Papajewski,
  • Jan-Christian Raabe,
  • Hamid Anwari,
  • Dorothea Voß,
  • Jakob Albert and
  • Maximilian J. Poller

Polyoxometalates are a promising family of compounds for the development of new catalyst materials, although up to now they have mainly been applied in acid catalysis and oxidative processes. In this study, we present the synthesis and characterisati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,585 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of Cueing Innovation for Pressure Ulcer Prevention Using Staff Focus Groups

  • Tracey L. Yap,
  • Susan Kennerly,
  • Kirsten Corazzini,
  • Kristie Porter,
  • Mark Toles and
  • Ruth A. Anderson

25 July 2014

The purpose of the manuscript is to describe long-term care (LTC) staff perceptions of a music cueing intervention designed to improve staff integration of pressure ulcer (PrU) prevention guidelines regarding consistent and regular movement of LTC re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,178 Views
16 Pages

Compound Prunetin Induces Cell Death in Gastric Cancer Cell with Potent Anti-Proliferative Properties: In Vitro Assay, Molecular Docking, Dynamics, and ADMET Studies

  • Preethi Vetrivel,
  • Seong Min Kim,
  • Sang Eun Ha,
  • Hun Hwan Kim,
  • Pritam Bhagwan Bhosale,
  • Kalaiselvi Senthil and
  • Gon Sup Kim

21 July 2020

Gastric cancer is the common type of malignancy positioned at second in mortality rate causing burden worldwide with increasing treatment options. Prunetin (PRU) is an O-methylated flavonoid that belongs to the group of isoflavone executing beneficia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,678 Views
15 Pages

Association of Antiretroviral Therapy with Platelet Function and Systemic Inflammatory Response in People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Karolina Akinosoglou,
  • Martha Kolosaka,
  • George Schinas,
  • Anne-Lise Delastic,
  • Stefania Antonopoulou,
  • Angelos Perperis,
  • Markos Marangos,
  • Athanasia Mouzaki and
  • Charalambos Gogos

People living with HIV (PLWHIV) present an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events. We aimed to assess whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) pharmacologically enhances platelet reactivity and platelet activation intensity, and explore the pote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,098 Views
17 Pages

3 September 2025

Toxoplasma gondii is a globally prevalent parasite capable of establishing lifelong infections, which can have severe consequences in immunocompromised individuals and developing fetuses. GRAs are essential secretory effectors that facilitate nutrien...

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