Publications by authors named "Yerin Ju"
Exo- and Endo-1,5-α-L-Arabinanases and Prebiotic Arabino-Oligosaccharides Production.
J Microbiol Biotechnol
January 2025
There is growing interest in pentose-based prebiotic oligosaccharides as alternatives to traditional hexose-based prebiotics. Among these, arabino-oligosaccharides (AOS), derived from the enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinan polymers, have gained significant attention. AOS can selectively stimulate the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, including and species, and contribute to health-benefit functions such as blood sugar control, positioning AOS as a promising synbiotic candidate.
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- Critically ill patients often lose muscle mass, which negatively impacts their recovery; this study aimed to assess how rehabilitation affects muscle mass in these patients.
- The study included 53 ICU patients, splitting them into rehabilitation (15 patients) and no rehabilitation groups (38 patients), measuring muscle mass with ultrasound and bioelectrical impedance analysis.
- After 14 days, the rehabilitation group showed improved muscle measurements and reduced muscle loss compared to the no rehabilitation group, suggesting rehabilitation may aid recovery, though survival rate differences were not statistically significant.
Bifidobacteria are probiotic microorganisms commonly found in the gastrointestinal tract, some of which are known to utilize linear arabino-oligosaccharides (AOS) as prebiotic carbohydrates. In general, the synergistic actions of exo-type α-l-arabinofuranosidases (ABFs) and endo-α-1,5-l-arabinanases (ABNs) are required for efficient arabinan degradation. In this study, the putative gene cluster for arabinan degradation was discovered in the genome of subsp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the intensive care unit (ICU), we may encounter patients who have completed a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) or a Physician Orders to Stop Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document. However, the characteristics of ICU patients who choose DNR/POLST are not well understood.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the electronic medical records of 577 patients admitted to a medical ICU from October 2019 to November 2020, focusing on the characteristics of patients according to whether they completed DNR/POLST documents.
Background: The influence of sex on the clinical characteristics and prognosis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is variable. This study aimed to evaluate COVID-19 management based on sex differences.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the tertiary hospital between January 2020 and March 2021.