JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2367: Real-Life Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Outpatients with Coronary Artery Disease Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9082367 Authors: Sandro Ninni Gilles Lemesle Thibaud Meurice Olivier Tricot Nicolas Lamblin Christophe Bauters Background: The risk, correlates, and consequences of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) are largely unknown. Methods and results: We analyzed incident AF...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2368: The Role of Health Preconditions on COVID-19 Deaths in Portugal: Evidence from Surveillance Data of the First 20293 Infection Cases Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9082368 Authors: Nogueira de Araújo Nobre Costa Ribeiro Furtado Bacelar Nicolau Camarinha Luís Abrantes Vaz Carneiro Background: It is essential to study the effect of potential co-factors on the risk of death in patients infected by COVID-19. The identification...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2366: Concomitant Infection of Helicobacter pylori and Intestinal Parasites in Adults Attending a Referral Centre for Parasitic Infections in North Eastern Italy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9082366 Authors: Elena Pomari Tamara Ursini Ronaldo Silva Martina Leonardi Marco Ligozzi Andrea Angheben Background: Helicobacter pylori and intestinal parasites are estimated to infect with high burden worldwide. However, their concomitant infections...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2364: Course and Outcome of Erythema Migrans in Pregnant Women Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9082364 Authors: Maraspin Lusa Blejec Ružić-Sabljić Pohar Perme Strle Information on Lyme borreliosis (LB) during pregnancy is limited. In the present study, the course and outcome of erythema migrans (EM) in 304 pregnant women, diagnosed in the period 1990–2015, was assessed and compared with that in age-matched non-pregnant women....
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2363: Clinical Presentations, Pathogenesis, and Therapy of Sarcoidosis: State of the Art Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9082363 Authors: Francesca Polverino Elisabetta Balestro Paolo Spagnolo Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of noncaseating granulomas that can occur in any organ, most commonly the lungs. Early and accurate diagnosis of sarcoidosis remains challenging because initial presentations...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JFB, Vol. 11, Pages 51: Investigating the Effect of Biomaterials Such as Poly-(l-Lactic Acid) Particles on Collagen Synthesis In Vitro: Method Is Matter Journal of Functional Biomaterials doi: 10.3390/jfb11030051 Authors: Subarna Ray Hang T. Ta Poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA), a synthetic, biocompatible, biodegradable polymer, has been safely used in several clinical applications in recent decades. Typically, SculptraTM, the commercially injectable PLLA in the form of microparticles, has...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 120: Molecular Epidemiology of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Sawmills of Eastern France by Microsatellite Genotyping Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6030120 Authors: Jeanvoine Godeau Laboissière Reboux Millon Rocchi Background: Wood chipping has been described as a potential hotspot for the selection of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (ARAf). We previously reported ARAf isolates in sawmills (Eastern France), most of which contained...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 119: Advances in Fungal Peptide Vaccines Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6030119 Authors: Leandro B. R. Da Silva Carlos P. Taborda Joshua D. Nosanchuk Vaccination is one of the greatest public health achievements in the past century, protecting and improving the quality of life of the population worldwide. However, a safe and effective vaccine for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of fungal infections is not yet available. The lack of a vaccine for fungi...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 118: Aspergillus Is Inhibited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Volatiles Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6030118 Authors: Hasan Nazik Gabriele Sass Eric Déziel David A. Stevens Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) and Aspergillus fumigatus (Af) compete with each other for nutrients and survival in natural environments, and have been extensively studied because of their intermicrobial interactions in the human microbiome. These are the principal microbes infecting...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 117: The Medical Relevance of Fusarium spp. Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6030117 Authors: Hof The most important medical relevance of Fusarium spp. is based on their phytopathogenic property, contributing to hunger and undernutrition in the world. A few Fusarium spp., such as F. oxysporum and F. solani, are opportunistic pathogens and can induce local infections, i.e., of nails, skin, eye, and nasal sinuses, as well as occasionally, severe, systemic infections,...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 72: Markers Useful in Monitoring Radiation-Induced Lung Injury in Lung Cancer Patients: A Review Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030072 Authors: Śliwińska-Mossoń Wadowska Trembecki Bil-Lula In 2018, lung cancer was the most common cancer and the most common cause of cancer death, accounting for a 1.76 million deaths. Radiotherapy (RT) is a widely used and effective non-surgical cancer treatment that induces remission in, and even...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 71: Relative Biological Effectiveness of Carbon Ions for Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas According to Human Papillomavirus Status Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030071 Authors: Naoto Osu Daijiro Kobayashi Katsuyuki Shirai Atsushi Musha Hiro Sato Yuka Hirota Atsushi Shibata Takahiro Oike Tatsuya Ohno Carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) has strong antitumor effects and excellent dose conformity. In head-and-neck squamous...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 70: Correlations between Iron Metabolism Parameters, Inflammatory Markers and Lipid Profile Indicators in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030070 Authors: Nadezhda N. Musina Tatiana V. Saprina Tatiana S. Prokhorenko Alexander Kanev Anastasia P. Zima This study aims to establish relationships between inflammatory status, ferrokinetics and lipid metabolism in patients with diabetes mellitus....
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 69: Relationship between Blood and Standard Biochemistry Levels with Periodontitis in Parkinson’s Disease Patients: Data from the NHANES 2011–2012 Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030069 Authors: João Botelho Patrícia Lyra Luís Proença Catarina Godinho José João Mendes Vanessa Machado People with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are associated with the presence of periodontitis. We aimed to compare blood and standard biochemical...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 68: Use of Biomarkers in Ongoing Research Protocols on Alzheimer’s Disease Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030068 Authors: Marco Canevelli Giulia Remoli Ilaria Bacigalupo Martina Valletta Marco Toccaceli Blasi Francesco Sciancalepore Giuseppe Bruno Matteo Cesari Nicola Vanacore The present study aimed to describe and discuss the state of the art of biomarker use in ongoing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. A review...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Life, Vol. 10, Pages 122: Silicate-, Magnesium Ion-, and Urea-Induced Prebiotic Phosphorylation of Uridine via Pyrophosphate; Revisiting the Hot Drying Water Pool Scenario Life doi: 10.3390/life10080122 Authors: Maheen Gull Arthur Omran Tian Feng Matthew A. Pasek The availability of nucleotides on the early Earth is of great significance for the origin of a self-replicating system capable of undergoing evolution. We hereby report the successful phosphorylation reactions of the...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Life, Vol. 10, Pages 121: Parental Selenium Nutrition Affects the One-Carbon Metabolism and the Hepatic DNA Methylation Pattern of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) in the Progeny Life doi: 10.3390/life10080121 Authors: Wischhusen Saito Heraud Kaushik Fauconneau Antony Jesu Prabhu Fontagné-Dicharry Skjӕrven Selenium is an essential micronutrient and its metabolism is closely linked to the methionine cycle and transsulfuration pathway. The present study...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Life, Vol. 10, Pages 120: The Global Search for Liquid Water on Mars from Orbit: Current and Future Perspectives Life doi: 10.3390/life10080120 Authors: Roberto Orosei Chunyu Ding Wenzhe Fa Antonios Giannopoulos Alain Hérique Wlodek Kofman Sebastian E. Lauro Chunlai Li Elena Pettinelli Yan Su Shuguo Xing Yi Xu Due to its significance in astrobiology, assessing the amount and state of liquid water present on Mars today has become one of the drivers of...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 375: Measured and Perceived Body Weight Status of Women in the Peruvian Amazon Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56080375 Authors: Sophie Budge Agnieszka Jaworowska Background and objectives: The prevalence of obesity among adults has reached epidemic proportions in Latin America, placing large demands on health care systems. Research suggests cultural differences in body weight perceptions may be a barrier during the implementation of weight-loss strategies....
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 374: How Dietary Factors Affect DNA Methylation: Lesson from Epidemiological Studies Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56080374 Authors: Maugeri Barchitta Over the past decades, DNA methylation has been proposed as a molecular mechanism underlying the positive or negative effects of diet on human health. Despite the number of studies on this topic is rapidly increasing, the relationship between dietary factors, changes in DNA methylation and health outcomes...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 373: Positron Emission Tomography-Based Response to Target and Immunotherapies in Oncology Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56080373 Authors: Maria Isabella Donegani Giulia Ferrarazzo Stefano Marra Alberto Miceli Stefano Raffa Matteo Bauckneht Silvia Morbelli 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) is a promising tool to support the evaluation of response to either target therapies or immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors both in clinical...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 372: Risk of Breast Cancer in Women with Mastitis: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56080372 Authors: Ying-Cheng Chen Chi-Ho Chan Yu-Bing Lim Shun-Fa Yang Liang-Tsai Yeh Yu-Hsun Wang Ming-Chih Chou Chao-Bin Yeh Background and objectives: Breast cancer is a common cancer in women and has been the fourth leading cause of death in Taiwanese women. Risk factors for breast cancer include family history...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 371: A Hospital Protocol for Decision Making in Emergency Admission for Acute Diverticulitis: Initial Results from Small Cohort Series Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56080371 Authors: Paolo Ruscelli Roberto Cirocchi Alessandro Gemini Paolo Bruzzone Michelangelo Campanale Massimiliano Rimini Sergio Santella Gabriele Anaia Luigina Graziosi Annibale Donini Background and objectives: We present initial results from a small cohort series...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Medicines, Vol. 7, Pages 42: Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment is Consistently Effective for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Results of a Systematic Review of Treatment and Comparison to a Placebo Group Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines7080042 Authors: Chadwick Prodromos Susan Finkle Tobias Rumschlag John Lotus Background: Numerous studies have used autologous mesenchymal stem cell injections (AMSCI) to treat osteoarthritis. We hypothesized that AMSCI is an...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 10, Pages 165: Transport and Electrochemical Characteristics of CJMCED Homogeneous Cation Exchange Membranes in Sodium Chloride, Calcium Chloride, and Sodium Sulfate Solutions Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes10080165 Authors: Veronika Sarapulova Natalia Pismenskaya Dmitrii Butylskii Valentina Titorova Yaoming Wang Tongwen Xu Yang Zhang Victor Nikonenko Recently developed and produced by Hefei Chemjoy Polymer Material Co. Ltd., homogeneous CJMC-3 and...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 10, Pages 164: Insight into Steam Permeation through Perovskite Membrane via Transient Modeling Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes10080164 Authors: Zhuang Han Zou Zhang Song A dynamic model based on BaCe0.9Y0.1O3–δ (BCY10) perovskite membrane for steam permeation process is presented here to essentially investigate the internal mechanism. The transient concentration distribution and flux of the charged species and the electric potential...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 10, Pages 163: Tuning the Surface Structure of Polyamide Membranes Using Porous Carbon Nitride Nanoparticles for High-Performance Seawater Desalination Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes10080163 Authors: Zongyao Zhou Xiang Li Digambar B. Shinde Guan Sheng Dongwei Lu Peipei Li Zhiping Lai Enhancing the water flux while maintaining the high salt rejection of existing reverse osmosis membranes remains a considerable challenge. Herein, we report the use of...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 305: Investigations on Metabolic Changes in Beagle Dogs Fed Probiotic Queso Blanco Cheese and Identification of Candidate Probiotic Fecal Biomarkers Using Metabolomics Approaches Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10080305 Authors: Ye Jin Kim Ho-Eun Park Wan-Kyu Lee Jun-Sang Ham Sang Un Park Jae Geun Kim Kyung-Hoan Im Jae Kwang Kim Intake of probiotic cheese improves the intestinal health of humans and animals. However, metabolic changes in...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 304: Impact of Sex and Age on the Mevalonate Pathway in the Brain: A Focus on Effects Induced by Maternal Exposure to Exogenous Compounds Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10080304 Authors: Claudia Tonini Marco Segatto Valentina Pallottini The mevalonate pathway produces cholesterol and other compounds crucial for numerous cellular processes. It is well known that age and sex modulate this pathway in the liver. Recently, similar effects were also noted...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 303: Metabolic Modelling as a Framework for Metabolomics Data Integration and Analysis Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10080303 Authors: Svetlana Volkova Marta R. A. Matos Matthias Mattanovich Igor Marín de Mas Metabolic networks are regulated to ensure the dynamic adaptation of biochemical reaction fluxes to maintain cell homeostasis and optimal metabolic fitness in response to endogenous and exogenous perturbations. To this end, metabolism is tightly...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1123: What Drives the Diversity of the Most Abundant Terrestrial Cercozoan Family (Rhogostomidae, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)? Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081123 Authors: Öztoprak Walden Heger Bonkowski Dumack Environmental sequencing surveys of soils and freshwaters revealed high abundance and diversity of the Rhogostomidae, a group of omnivorous thecate amoebae. This is puzzling since only a few Rhogostomidae species have yet been...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1124: SARS-CoV-2 RNA Persistence in Naso-Pharyngeal Swabs Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081124 Authors: Danzetta Amato Cito Di Giuseppe Morelli Savini Mercante Lorusso Portanti Puglia Monaco Casaccia Di Gennaro Testa Migliorati D’Alterio Calistri Since February 2020, Italy has been seriously affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To support the National Health Care system, naso-pharyngeal/oropharyngeal...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1122: Fecal Pollution Drives Antibiotic Resistance and Class 1 Integron Abundance in Aquatic Environments of the Bolivian Andes Impacted by Mining and Wastewater Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081122 Authors: Agramont Gutiérrez-Cortez Joffré Sjöling Calderon Toledo An increased abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic environments has been linked to environmental pollution. Mining polluted sites with high concentration...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1121: Production of Marine Probiotic Bacteria in a Cost-Effective Marine Media Based on Peptones Obtained from Discarded Fish By-Products Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081121 Authors: Vázquez Durán Nogueira Menduíña Antunes Freitas Gomes The industrial production of marine bacteria with probiotic properties is limited by the excessive cost of the culture media adequate for their growth. The present work aimed to study...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1119: The Infant Gut Microbiota and Risk of Asthma: The Effect of Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081119 Authors: Naser A. Alsharairi Research has amply demonstrated that early life dysbiosis of the gut microbiota influences the propensity to develop asthma. The influence of maternal nutrition on infant gut microbiota is therefore of growing interest. However, a handful of prospective studies have...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1120: Mycorrhizal Fungi Isolated from Native Terrestrial Orchids from Region of La Araucanía, Southern Chile Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081120 Authors: Hector Herrera Tedy Sanhueza Rodolfo Martiarena Rafael Valadares Alejandra Fuentes Cesar Arriagada Mycorrhizal interactions of orchids are influenced by several environmental conditions. Hence, knowledge of mycorrhizal fungi associated with orchids inhabiting different ecosystems...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1118: Enterococci, from Harmless Bacteria to a Pathogen Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081118 Authors: Ramos Silva Dapkevicius Igrejas Poeta Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome adverse conditions makes enterococci problematic once they colonize hospital niches. Together with the malleability...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1114: 16S and 23S rRNA Gene Mutation Independent Multidrug Resistance of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from South Korean Soil Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081114 Authors: Hyun-Eui Park Suji Kim Soojin Shim Hong-Tae Park Woo Bin Park Young Bin Im Han Sang Yoo Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous microorganisms that have the potential to cause disease in both humans and animals. Recently, NTM infections...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1116: Soil Yeast Communities in Revegetated Post-Mining and Adjacent Native Areas in Central Brazil Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081116 Authors: Geisianny Augusta Monteiro Moreira Helson Mario Martins do Vale Yeasts represent an important component of the soil microbiome. In central Brazil, mining activities are among the main anthropogenic factors that influence the dynamics of the soil microbiota. Few studies have been dedicated to analysis...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:0
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