Publications by authors named "E Alanis"
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- A significant rise in hospital-acquired bacterial infections during the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted urgent attention to antibiotic-resistant pathogens, making the search for new antimicrobial compounds essential.
- The study focuses on the initiation factor 1 (Cd-IF1) which is crucial for protein synthesis in bacteria, presenting its NMR structure and how it interacts with the 30S ribosomal subunit, highlighting the importance of a specific α-helix for binding.
- A peptide derived from this α-helix demonstrated potent antibacterial activity, suggesting a promising direction for developing new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of the Bienestar/NEEMA Coordinated School Health Program (BN CSHP) on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) of preschool children.
Methods: A cluster randomized trial was conducted of preschools in South Texas. Of 48 eligible schools, 28 were randomly assigned (14 intervention, 14 control).
Background: Childhood obesity is a public health concern that disproportionately affects populations from low socioeconomic status (SES) and minority groups. Evaluation of social and health risk factors of preschool children living along the Texas-Mexico border provides feedback to design health interventions.
Methods: South Texas Early Prevention Study-PreK (STEPS-PreK) is a cluster randomized trial designed to assess the effect of the Bienestar coordinated school health program on children's health outcomes.
During early postnatal ontogeny in most mammals, the lung is structurally and functionally immature. In some species with relatively altricial lung morphology, there is evidence of a coupling between functional maturity of the pulmonary cellular immune system and alveolar maturation. Herein, we examine changes in alveolar macrophage (AM) number and function occurring during alveolarization in a more precocial species, the pig, to determine if heightened oxidative metabolism and phagocytic ability is similarly delayed until completion of lung morphogenesis.
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