Context: Folate deficiency is often observed in patients with inflammatory diseases, raising questions about its role in knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression.
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the association of folate deficiency with the clinical and radiological severity of knee OA.
Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2020.
Background: The rising consensus that the cell can dynamically allocate its resources provides an interesting angle for discovering the governing principles of cell growth and metabolism. Extensive efforts have been made in the past decade to elucidate the relationship between resource allocation and phenotypic patterns of microorganisms. Despite these exciting developments, there is still a lack of explicit comparison between potentially competing propositions and a lack of synthesis of inter-related proposals and findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been widely debated whether transposable elements have a positive or a negative effect on their host cells. This study demonstrated that transposable elements, specifically insertion sequences (ISs), can adopt a defensive role in . In three different strains (S17, DH5α, and Nissle 1917), IS1 and IS10 rapidly disrupted the gene (encoding I-CeuI endonuclease) on the plasmid pLO11-ICeuI as early as the first generation, despite the gene-circuit being under control of an arabinose promoter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate how the release of fluoride from two compomers and a fluoridated composite resin was affected by exposure to KF solution.
Material And Methods: Two compomers (Dyract AP and Compoglass F) and one fluoridated composite (Wave) were prepared as discs (6 mm diameter and 2 mm thick), curing with a standard dental lamp. They were then stored in either water or 0.