Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is a rapid spreading organic pollutant that widely used in many industries especially as a plasticizer in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. BPA reported as a prominent endocrine disruptor compound that possesses estrogenic activity and fulminant toxicity. Pseudomonas putida YC-AE1 was isolated in our previous study and exerted a strong degradation capacity toward BPA at high concentrations; however, the molecular degradation mechanism is still enigmatic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe microsporidian fungal pathogen is a unicellular parasite that infects humans and various animals, including pigs. Currently, there are few data on infection a in diarrheic pigs in Chongqing and Sichuan Provinces, China. This study aims to determine the prevalence and genotype distribution of in diarrheic pigs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResveratrol (3,4,5-trihydroxystilbene) is a naturally occurring polyphenolic stilbene compound produced by certain plant species in response to biotic and abiotic factors. Resveratrol has sparked a lot of interest due to its unique structure and approved therapeutic properties for the prevention and treatment of many diseases such as neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, inflammation, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Over the last few decades, many studies have focused on the production of resveratrol from various natural sources and the optimization of large-scale production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a serious global public health threat. M. tuberculosis PE and PPE proteins are closely involved in pathogen-host interaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) survival and virulence largely reside on its ability to manipulate the host immune response. We have previously shown that M. tuberculosis Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) Rv2140c regulates diverse phosphorylation events in M.
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