Publications by authors named "R Cortez"

Understanding the extracellular electron transfer mechanisms of electroactive bacteria could help determine their potential in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and their microbial syntrophy with redox-active minerals in natural environments. However, the mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer to electrodes by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) remain underexplored. Here, we utilized double-chamber MFCs with carbon cloth electrodes to investigate the extracellular electron transfer mechanisms of Hildenborough (H), a model SRB, under varying lactate and sulfate concentrations using different H mutants.

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  • Chitinase 1 (CHIT1) influences the development of pulmonary fibrosis by affecting TGF-β signaling pathways.
  • It interacts with proteins TGFBRAP1 and FOXO3, which are important in this process.
  • The CHIT1/SMAD7 pathway could serve as a potential biomarker and treatment target for pulmonary fibrosis.
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Mechanical stresses and strains exerted on the glomerular cells have emerged as potentially influential factors in the progression of glomerular disease. Renal autoregulation, the feedback process by which the afferent arteriole changes in diameter in response to changes in blood pressure, is assumed to control glomerular mechanical stresses exerted on the glomerular capillaries. However, it is unclear how the two major mechanisms of renal autoregulation, the afferent arteriole myogenic mechanism and tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF), each contribute to the maintenance of glomerular mechanical homeostasis.

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Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with dysbiosis in the gut microbiota (MB). Individually, each medication appears to partially correct this. However, there are no studies on the response of the MB to changes in A1c.

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