Use of Hydrophilic Insoluble Polymers in the Restoration of Metal-Contaminated Soils by Guiwei Qu, Amarilis de Varennes

“…Plant growth and plant nutrients concentrations, extractable levels of metals in soil, and soil enzyme activities were used to monitor the improvement in soil quality following the application of these polymers. …”
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Effects of Pregnancy and Bacterial Vaginosis on Proinflammatory Cytokine and Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Concentrations in Vaginal Secretions by Jennifer Balkus, Kathy Agnew, Richard Lawler, Caroline Mitchell, Jane Hitti

“…One-hundred and twenty-two women at 12–20 weeks' gestation and 133 nonpregnant controls had vaginal concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and SLPI measured by enzyme immunoassay. Multivariable linear regression was used to evaluate factors independently associated with vaginal cytokine and SLPI response. …”
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Cytokine Reduction in the Treatment of Joint Conditions by J. D. Sipe, J. Martel-Pelletier, I. G. Otterness, J.-P. Pelletier

“…The destruction of joints caused by rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis is characterized by an imbalance of enzyme catalysed cartilage breakdown and regeneration. …”
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VSL#3 Probiotic Upregulates Intestinal Mucosal Alkaline Sphingomyelinase and Reduces Inflammation by Isaac Soo, Karen L Madsen, Qassim Tejpar, Beate C Sydora, Richard Sherbaniuk, Benedetta Cinque, Luisa Di Marzio, Maria Grazia Cifone, Claudio Desimone, Richard N Fedorak

“…BACKGROUND: Alkaline sphingomyelinase, an enzyme found exclusively in bile and the intestinal brush border, hydrolyzes sphingomyelin into ceramide, sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate, thereby inducing epithelial apoptosis. …”
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Exploring the Infectious Drug Target Glutathione S-Transferase in Plasmodium falciparum with the Inhibitory Potential of Azadirachta indica Phytocompounds by Esam S. Al-Malki

“…Neem compounds are being studied for their potential as new and effective antimalarial drugs, and there is mounting evidence that they may help treat malaria. The PfGST enzyme is crucial to the malaria parasite’s survival, making it a desirable target for new antimalarial drugs, and the study aims to examine the bark region compounds as PfGST inhibitors. …”
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COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURES OF LIPASES FROM Geobacillus BACTERIA AND IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIFS DETERMINING THEIR THERMOSTABILITY by K. N. Sorokina, M. A. Nuriddinov, A. S. Rozanov, V. A. Ivanisenko, S. E. Peltek

“…Properties of thermostable lipases from Geobacillus bacteria are considered. The enzymes are divided into groups with regard to their thermostability. …”
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Ocular neuroinflammatory response secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection-a review by Yun Zhao, Ying Tang, Qi Yao Wang, Jia Li

“…Because the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), can be found in many intraocular tissues, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may also contribute to persistent intraocular neuroinflammation, microcirculation dysfunction and ocular symptoms. …”
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Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Reveal the Effects of Different Fermentation Times on Antioxidant Activities of <i>Ophiocordyceps sinensis</i> by Min He, Tao Wang, Chuyu Tang, Mengjun Xiao, Xiaojian Pu, Jianzhao Qi, Yuling Li, Xiuzhang Li

“…The correlation analysis suggests that an increase in the content of DEGs and DAMs promotes an increase in the levels of enzyme and non-enzyme substances, ultimately enhancing the antioxidant capacity of <i>O. sinensis</i>. …”
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Sinensetin attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury through suppressing GRP78/CHOP-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in mice by Yihong Yang, Guanghua Xiong, Huangqi Shi, Yulin Peng, Jinghong Liu, Yaxuan Jiang, Min Lu, Hongbo Liu, Yong Liu

“…Besides, the level of liver apoptosis and apoptosis-related genes such as BAX and Bcl-2 were significantly reduced especially in the high concentration SEN pretreatment group, and antioxidant enzyme activities such as CAT and GSH-Px also showed similar changes. …”
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Identification and functional characterization of AsWRKY9, a WRKY transcription factor modulating alliin biosynthesis in garlic (Allium sativum L.) by Jiaying Wu, Min Li, Wanni Wang, Yiren Su, Jie Li, Jiaxin Gong, Xianfeng Meng, Chenyuan Lin, Qiantong Zhang, Yanyan Yang, Chunyan Xu, Limei Zeng, Jihong Jiang, Xuqin Yang

“…Here, we report for the first time that a WRKY family transcription factor regulates the expression of a key enzyme gene in the alliin biosynthesis pathway, enhancing the accumulation of alliin. …”
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Meadow Moth <i>Loxostege sticticalis</i> Fed on Pea Seedlings Grown Under Elevated CO₂ by Jingxian Zhou, Zun Xu, Zuoheng Yu, Huirong Mai, Jiacheng Huang, Xiaoli Chang, Fajun Chen

“…Moreover, we assessed the growth, development, reproduction and changes in the nutritional components and enzyme activities of <i>L. sticticalis</i> as they fed on pea seedlings grown under aCO₂ and eCO₂. …”
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Identification of glutamine as a potential therapeutic target in dry eye disease by Xiaoniao Chen, Chuyue Zhang, Fei Peng, Lingling Wu, Deyi Zhuo, Liqiang Wang, Min Zhang, Zhaohui Li, Lei Tian, Ying Jie, Yifei Huang, Xinji Yang, Xiaoqi Li, Fengyang Lei, Yu Cheng

“…Clinical cases and rodent model showed elevated expression of glutaminase (GLS1), an upstream enzyme in glutamine metabolism, following dry eye injury. …”
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Targeting aldose reductase using natural African compounds as promising agents for managing diabetic complications by Miriam E. L. Gakpey, Shadrack A. Aidoo, Toheeb A. Jumah, George Hanson, Siyabonga Msipa, Florence N. Mbaoji, Omonijo Bukola, Palesa C. Tjale, Mamadou Sangare, Hedia Tebourbi, Olaitan I. Awe

“…Inhibiting Aldose Reductase (AR), an enzyme that converts glucose to sorbitol, has been studied to prevent long-term diabetic consequences. …”
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瓜蒌籽甘油二酯油的酶法甘油解制备研究 "reparation of diacylglycerol from Trichosanthes kirilowii seed oil by enzymatic glycerolysis" by 周子旋，苏菁菁，韩艳萍，丁晓凡，江濛，王莉，薛秀恒 " ZHOU Zixuan, SU Jingjing, HAN Yanping, DING Xiaofan, JIANG Meng, WANG Li, XUE Xiuheng"

“…The effects of reaction time, enzyme addition amount and glycerol to oil mass ratio on the content of DAG were investigated through single factor test. …”
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Early Osteogenic Differentiation Stimulation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Calcitriol and Curcumin by Mohammad Samiei, Atefeh Abedi, Simin Sharifi, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…Calcitriol alone increased the enzyme more than in combination with curcumin. These findings demonstrate that curcumin can induce early osteogenic differentiation of DPSCs like calcitriol as a potent stimulant of osteogenesis.…”
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Echinococcus granulosus Prevalence in Dogs in Southwest Nigeria by Oyeduntan Adejoju Adediran, Temitope Ubaidat Kolapo, Emmanuel Chibuike Uwalaka

“…The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of canine echinococcosis in Southwest Nigeria using direct enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect sera antigen. …”
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Sensitivity and Selectivity on Aptamer-Based Assay: The Determination of Tetracycline Residue in Bovine Milk by Sohee Jeong, Insook Rhee Paeng

“…A competitive enzyme-linked aptamer assay (ELAA) to detect tetracycline in milk was performed by using two different aptamers individually; one is 76 mer-DNA aptamer and the other is 57 mer-RNA aptamer. …”
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The impact of cardiac complications on COVID-19 outcomes by Yu. V. Rudenko, V. I. Mazur

“…Possible mechanisms of cardiac damage are the high affinity of the SARS-CoV-2 adhesion protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors, cytokine storm, ischemia, inflammation, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. …”
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Expression of Four Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases in Staphylococcus aureus by Kuldeep Singh, Vineet K. Singh

“…Staphylococcus aureus possesses three MsrA enzymes (MsrA1, MsrA2, MsrA3) that reduce the S-epimer of methionine sulfoxide (MetO) and an MsrB enzyme that reduces R-MetO. …”
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Peningkatan akumulasi tiamin pada kultur Escherichia coli melalui peningkatan oksigenasi dan penghilangan rpoS by Nuraliah Rusman, Prayoga Suryadarma, Nisa Rachmania Mubarik

“…Microorganisms as cell factories in producing a product are strongly influenced by their metabolism. engineering microbial metabolism by increasing coenzymes that play a role in enzyme activity. Thiamine diphosphate is one of the coenzymes that are commonly found in the metabolic pathways of microbial cells. …”
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