'Eating is like experiencing a gamble': A qualitative study exploring the dietary decision-making process in adults with inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: For adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), they experience many challenges in dietary decision-making. Thus, this study examined the perspective and experiences of adults with IBD in dietary decision-making.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the perception and consideration of people with IBD in their daily dietary decisions through monitoring, interpretation and action during the decision-making process.

Simultaneous preparation of antioxidant peptides and lipids from microalgae by pretreatment with bacterial proteases.

Chlorella can produce large amounts of lipids and therefore has great potential for biodiesel production. In this study, Chlorella protothecoides was hydrolyzed by several kinds of extracellular bacterial proteases produced by Pseudoalteromonas sp. ZB23-2, B27-3 and JS4-1 before lipid extraction.

Rectal nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pancreatic stents in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis in high-risk patients: A network meta-analysis.

Background: 100 mg rectal nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and pancreatic stents both significantly reduce the incidence of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis. Direct comparison of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) between them in high-risk patients is absent. We conducted this network meta-analysis to indirectly compare the efficacies of 100 mg rectal NSAIDs and pancreatic stents in preventing post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) in high-risk patients and help us decide which is preferred in clinical practice.

Alpha-enolase regulates hepatitis B virus replication through suppression of the interferon signalling pathway.

Persistent chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor for the development of HBV-related diseases. The molecular mechanisms that underlie HBV infection and associated carcinogenesis are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to explore the role of ENO1 in HBV replication processes.

Mosaicism in the organization of Con A binding sites on the membrane surface of female cells of Nicotiana tabacum.

The presence of mosaicism in the organization of concanavalin agglutinin (Con A) binding sites on murine egg cells was first reported 30 year ago. This discovery has triggered extensive studies into the roles of glycoproteins in gamete interactions in animals. This report comprises the first account of the existence of the mosaicism in higher plants.

Distribution of the parathyroid hormone-related peptide and its receptor in the saccus vasculosus and choroid plexus in the red stingray (Dasyatis akajei: Elasmobranch).

1. The exact role of the parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) is not fully understood. We used immunohistochemistry to localize the PTHrP and its receptor in the brain of the red stingray, particularly in the saccus vasculosus (SV) and choroid plexus.