Transcytosis of T4 Bacteriophage Through Intestinal Cells Enhances Its Immune Activation.

Interactions between bacteriophages with mammalian immune cells are of great interest and most phages possess at least one molecular pattern (nucleic acid, sugar residue, or protein structure) that is recognizable to the immune system through pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP) receptors (i.e., TLRs).

Resistance Exercise and Skeletal Muscle-Related Outcomes in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Background: Skeletal muscle loss is prevalent throughout the cancer continuum and correlated with morbidity and mortality. Resistance exercise has been trialed to mitigate skeletal muscle loss. This systematic review summarizes and qualitatively synthesizes the effects of resistance exercise on muscle-related outcomes in adult cancer populations, including skeletal muscle mass, performance and muscle-related biomarkers.

Desert diversity: genome sequence of cluster DJ phage Mossy and cluster DV phage Erutan.

Lytic bacteriophages Mossy and Erutan were directly isolated from desert soil on and characterized by their morphologies and genomes. Mossy, part of the DJ cluster of Actinobacteriophage, has a genome of 61,183 bp. The genome of Erutan, part of the DV cluster, is 66,957 bp.

Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 severity and mortality on hospitalized American Indian/Alaska Native patients.

Epidemiological data across the United States of America illustrate health disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality by race/ethnicity. However, limited information is available from prospective observational studies in hospitalized patients, particularly for American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Here, we present risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 and mortality in patients (4/2020-12/2021, n = 475) at the University of New Mexico Hospital.

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Jamaica From 2000 to 2016.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica has been steadily increasing over the past decade and is now a significant health issue. This paper focuses on the trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jamaica from 2000 to 2016. Overweight and obesity prevalence in adults increased from 43.