Protein quality of four indigenous edible insect species in Nigeria by Florence Inje Oibiokpa, Helmina Olufunmilayo Akanya, Ali Audu Jigam, Abubakar Ndaman Abubakar, Evans Chidi Egwim

“…Five iso-nitrogenous and isocaloric diets were formulated on a 10% protein basis with the insects and casein. A Nitrogen free diet was also formulated as control. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of a Peptide Derived from the Synbiotics, Fermented Cudrania tricuspidata with Lactobacillus gasseri, on Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Jimyeong Ha, Hyemin Oh, Nam Su Oh, Yeongeun Seo, Joohyun Kang, Min Hee Park, Kyung Su Kim, Shin Ho Kang, Yohan Yoon

“…The mice in the IBD group were orally administered with PBS (IBD-PBS-positive control), Lactobacillus gasseri 505 (IBD-Pro), fermented powder of CT extract with L. gasseri 505 (IBD-Syn), β-casein: LSQSKVLPVPQKAVPYPQRDMP (IBD-Pep 1), or αs2-casein: VYQHQKAMKPWIQPKTKVIPYVRYL (IBD-Pep 2) (both peptides are present in the synbiotics) for four more days while inducing IBD. …”
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Effect of UHT Thermal Treatment on the Secondary Structures of Milk Proteins: Insights From FTIR Analysis and Potential Allergenic Activity by Sergio-Miguel Acuña-Nelson, Leslie-Patricia Henríquez-González, Vieroska-Belén Sepúlveda-Villagra, Mauricio Opazo-Navarrete, Samuel Durán-Agüero, Julio-Enrique Parra-Flores

“…In this study, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) technique was used to analyze the effect of UHT thermal treatment on the secondary structures of milk casein. Using the second derivative, six characteristic peaks were identified in the Amide I region, ranging from 1700 to 1600 cm−1. …”
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Fish Protein Hydrolysate as Protein Enrichment in Texture-Modified Salmon Products by Leena Prabhu, Aase Vorre Skuland, Paula Varela, Jan Thomas Rosnes

“…Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>) was heat-treated (95 °C/15 min), blended, and reconstructed by adding texture modifiers, casein and whey protein, and enzymatically derived fish hydrolysate. …”
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NUTRIENT MEDIUM SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AVIBACTERIUM PARAGALLINARUM DEEP CULTURE METHOD by M. S. Firsova, V. A. Yevgrafova, A. V. Potekhin

“…The optimal method for Avibacterium paragallinarum cultivation in casein soy­bean broth in laboratory bioreactor Biotron LiFlus GX was determined through the measurements and adjustment of basic physical and chemical parameters. …”
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Productive performance in Italian Mediterranean buffaloes after partially replacing dietary starch with simple sugars by Roberta Matera, Gabriele di Vuolo, Giuseppina Pedota, Luca de Luise, Mariateresa Marra, Luca Borzacchiello, Ludovica Capoluongo, Gianluca Neglia

“…Buffaloes in Group C showed lower (p<0.01) fat content compared to Group T (8.33±0.1 vs. 8.58±0.1 in Group C and T, respectively) and similar protein and casein content (protein 4.41±0.0 vs 4.43±0.0 and casein 3.54±0.0 vs 3.57±0.0 in Group C and T, respectively). …”
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Evaluation of the chemical composition, protein quality and digestibility of lupin (Lupinus albus and Lupinus angustifolius) by Márcia Regina Pereira Monteiro, Aline Bárbara Pereira Costa, Suellen Fabiane Campos, Mauro Ramalho Silva, Cassiano Oliveira da Silva, Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino, Marialice Pinto Coelho Silvestre

“…The food transformation index, protein efficiency ratio and net protein ratio were significantly higher for the casein group than for the lupin groups. The in vivo digestibility value of casein was 95.81 ± 1.60, and the DV of L. albus and L. angustifolius were 90.89 ± 2.85 and 89.30 ± 2.01, respectively. …”
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Probiotic Amelioration of Azotemia in 5/6th Nephrectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats by Natarajan Ranganathan, Beena Patel, Pari Ranganathan, Joseph Marczely, Rahul Dheer, Tushar Chordia, Stephen R. Dunn, Eli A. Friedman

“…After two-week nephrectomy stabilization, cohorts of six nephrectomized rats were fed casein-based diet plus one of the following regimens: (A) Control, (B) Placebo (casein-based diet without probiotics), (C) Bacillus pasteurii, (D) Sporolac®, (E) Kibow cocktail, (F) CHR Hansen Cocktail, and (G) ECONORMTM. …”
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CK2α-mediated phosphorylation of DUB3 promotes YAP1 stability and oncogenic functions by Lei Huang, Yalei Wen, Qin Guo, Caishi Zhang, Xiao Yang, Mei Li, YiXia Liu, Xinying Li, Jiaxin Tang, Xiaofeng Zhou, Qi Qi, Haoxing Zhang, Tongzheng Liu

“…Pharmacological inhibition of Casein kinase II by Silmitasertib or genetic depletion of the catalytic subunit of Casein kinase II (CK2α) markedly destabilizes YAP1 and consequently suppresses its oncogenic functions in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Residual analysis for the identification of potential mid-infrared-derived biomarkers of heat stress in dairy cattle by Pauline Lemal, Clément Grelet, Frédéric Dehareng, Hélène Soyeurt, Martine Schroyen, Nicolas Gengler

“…The MIR-predicted milk components with the highest deviations from the mean with increasing THI were protein percentage, casein concentration, magnesium concentration, and (to a lesser extent) PUFA concentration. …”
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Rice endosperm and bran proteins ameliorate diabetic osteoporosis in Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats by Masatoshi Kubota, Shogo Sugaki, Erika Komori, Reiko Watanabe, Yuki Higuchi, Yukikazu Harada, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Shinobu Fujimura, Motoni Kadowaki

“…Diets containing rice endosperm protein, rice bran protein, or casein were fed for 10 weeks. The rats exhibited an early stage of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder, and parameters reflecting mineral and bone metabolism and bone structure and strength were evaluated. …”
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Determination of egg and milk allergen in food products by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry based on signature peptides and isotope-labeled internal standard by Sufang Fan, Junmei Ma, Zhuo Liu, Yawei Ning, Meicong Cao, Qiang Li, Yan Zhang

“…Signature peptides GGLEPINFQTAADQAR, VGINYWLAHK, VLVLDTDYK, FFVAPFPEVFGK, and NAVPITPTLNR were confirmed and synthesized as the quantitative peptide of ovalbumin, α-lactalbumin, β-lactoglobulin, αS1-casein and αS2-casein, the relative isotope-labeled internal standards were used in the quantitative analysis. …”
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Hereditary disorders of bulls imported semen to turkey in 2015 by Şeref İnal, Mustafa Çam

“…At least 14% of bull semen had A1 beta-casein gene which threatens human health. It had no got sufficient information about the genetic structure of nearly half of the bulls.…”
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FGF21 acts in the brain to drive macronutrient-specific changes in behavioral motivation and brain reward signaling by Md Shahjalal H. Khan, Sora Q. Kim, Robert C. Ross, Florina Corpodean, Redin A. Spann, Diana A. Albarado, Sun O. Fernandez-Kim, Blaise Clarke, Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Heike Münzberg, David H. McDougal, Yanlin He, Sangho Yu, Vance L. Albaugh, Paul L. Soto, Christopher D. Morrison

“…Fiber photometry recording of VTA dopamine neurons revealed that oral delivery of maltodextrin triggered a larger dopamine neuron activation than casein in control diet-fed mice, while casein triggered a larger activation in low-protein diet-fed mice. …”
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Emerging Trends in Bioavailability and Pharma-Nutraceutical Potential of Whey Bioactives by Adhithyan T. Pillai, Sonia Morya, Ladislaus Manaku Kasankala

“…Whey, a component of milk and a useful by-product of the dairy industry’s casein and cheese-making, has been used for generations to augment animal feed. …”
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Comparison of two in vitro methods progressed in a computer-controlled simulated digestion system to determine amino acid digestibility of feed ingredients for yellow-feathered roo... by Yao Yu, Yuming Wang, Kaijing Ge, Jiang Chen, Jingjing Xie, Yi Zou, Songbai Liu, Huize Tan, Feng Zhao

“…This experiment compared amino acid (AA) digestibility assessed by 2 in vitro methods using a computer-controlled simulated digestion system and in vivo assay for corn, soybean meal, casein, corn gluten meal, cottonseed meal, rapeseed meal and a corn-soybean meal diet. …”
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Characterization of the colostrum proteome of primiparous Holstein cows and its association with colostrum immunoglobulin G concentrations by Ezequias Castillo-Lopez, Patrick Biber, Arife Sener-Aydemir, Karin Hummel, Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli, Nicole Reisinger, Qendrim Zebeli, Susanne Kreuzer-Redmer, Thomas Hartinger

“…However, colostrum of excellent quality had lower (P < 0.05) abundance of HGF activator (E1BCW0), alpha-S1-casein (P02662), and xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase (P80457). …”
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Proliferation Potential of 18-Month-Old Callus of Ananas comosus L. cv. Moris by A.E. De Silva, M.A. Kadir, M.A. Aziz, S. Kadzimin

“…Medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was inferior to NAA, while b-naphthoxy acetic acid (BNOA) and p-chlorophenoxy acetic acid (4-CPA) were not effective in proliferating 18-months old callus. Addition of casein hydrolysate and coconut water to NAA supplemented medium showed better proliferation and production of callus. …”
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Food detection in medieval acoustic vessels by Filip Facincani, Jaroslav Pavelka

“…Samples were taken from the inner surfaces of the vessels and their analysis showed a weak signal of casein (milk) in one case and a strong signal of gliadin (grain) in the other. …”
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Zeatin Elicits Premature Erythrocyte Senescence Through Calcium and Oxidative Stress Mediated by the NOS/PKC/CK1α Signaling Axis by Iman A. Alajeyan, Jawaher Alsughayyir, Mohammad A. Alfhili

“…The hemolytic potential of ZTN, mediated through nitric oxide synthase/protein kinase C/casein kinase 1α signaling axis, is sensitive to isosmotic urea, sucrose, and PEG availability. …”
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