Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can induce metabolic alterations, resulting in diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver disease, which can be inherited by offspring inhabiting uncontaminated environments. Bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine disruptor, can induce endocrine disruption, leading to metabolic disorders in subsequent generations without further exposure to BPA via nongenetic transgenerational inheritance. Using medaka as an animal model, we reported that ancestral BPA exposure leads to transgenerational nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in grandchildren four generations after the initial exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus . In an earlier study, we identified distinct soft ticks as () sp., which were collected from animal shelters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis known to cause hospital-acquired infections, primarily in immunocompromised patients. Recently, a distinct syndrome of community-acquired invasive infection has been observed, mainly in the Southeast Asian population. This syndrome is associated with disseminated infection and the formation of multiple organ abscesses.
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