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Cardioprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of Prosopis glandulosa in rat models of pre-diabetes
(Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2013)
AIM: Obesity and type 2 diabetes present with two debilitating complications, namely, hypertension and heart disease. The dried and ground pods of Prosopis glandulosa (commonly known as the Honey mesquite tree) which is ...
Understanding human coronavirus HCoV-NL63
(Bentham Science, 2010)
Even though coronavirus infection of humans is not normally associated with severe diseases, the identification
of the coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome showed that highly ...
Expression, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of recombinant human DEAD-box polypeptide 5
(International Union of Crystallography, 2010)
The DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX5 is involved in many aspects of RNA
processing and has been implicated in a number of cellular processes involving
alteration of RNA secondary structure. The N-terminal region of DDX5, ...
Obesity is associated with increased seminal insulin and leptin alongside reduced fertility parameters in a controlled male cohort
(BioMed Central, 2014)
Obesity appears to be associated with male reproductive dysfunction and infertility, although this has been inconsistent and inconclusive. Insulin and leptin are known mediators and modulators of the hypothalamus-pituitary-testes ...
The impact of male overweight on semen quality and outcome of assisted reproduction
(Medknow Publications, 2014)
The impact of obesity on male reproductive health remains a
contested topic as evidence is inconclusive and inconsistent. Even
more debatable is the effect of male obesity in assisted reproduction.
In the manuscript, ...
Oral colonization of Gram-negative anaerobes as a risk factor for preterm birth
(Landes Bioscience, 2011)
Preterm birth significantly impacts on neonatal
morbidity and mortality and is apparently increasing worldwide.
Several studies have attempted to define a causative role
for periodontal disease in adverse pregnancy ...
Examination of maternal gingival crevicular fluid for the presence of selected periodontopathogens implicated in the pre-term delivery of low birthweight infants
(Landes Bioscience, 2010)
Background: Reports show that more than 20 million infants world-wide are born prematurely with 95% of all pre-term
births occurring in developing countries. Oral colonization of Gram-negative anaerobes has been implicated ...
Multi-drug resistant (MDR) oral Candida species isolated from HIV-positive patients in South Africa and Cameroon
(Elsevier, 2014)
Candida species are a common cause of infection in immune-compromised HIV-positive individuals, who are usually treated with the antifungal drug, fluconazole in public hospitals in Africa. However, information about the ...
Human coronavirus NL63 open reading frame 3 encodes a virion-incorporated N-glycosylated membrane protein
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background: Human pathogenic coronavirus NL63 (hCoV-NL63) is a group 1 (alpha) coronavirus commonly
associated with respiratory tract infections. In addition to known non-structural and structural proteins all
coronaviruses ...
The role of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus Accessory Proteins in Virus Pathogenesis
(MDPI, 2012)
A respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, termed the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), was first reported in China in late 2002. The subsequent efficient human-to-human transmission of ...