Bioconversion of Keratin Wastes Using Keratinolytic Microorganisms to Generate Value-Added Products by Muhammed Seid Anbesaw

“…Due to the introduction of this waste associated with different pathogenic organisms into soil and water bodies, human beings and other small and large animals are affected by different diseases. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Bacterial Isolates in Garlic, Ginger, Pepper, and Turmeric Commonly Traded Within Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria by A. E. Ajiboye, M. O. Jimoh, B. A. Hammed, T. E. Adesokan

“…The presence of various pathogenic bacteria in the food condiments analyzed raises concern on their impact to the health of the consumers and these food spices could also serve as a vehicle for the transmission of disease causing bacteria. …”
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Le régime alimentaire des Gorilles de plaine de l’Est, Gorilla beringei graueri et la pharmacopée humaine : Alimentation ou automédication ? by Dalley-Divin Kambale Saa-Sita, Shelly Masi, Aimée Lorela Katungu Sawa-Sawa, Jean-Claude Kyungu Kasolene, Jean Malekani Mukulire

“…Chemical, biological and pharmacological properties of those plants could be likely to help great apes healing from different bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. Given both the phylogenetic proximity of great apes and humans and the small proportion of wild plant species known by humans in the tropical forest, the observation of the diet of a species of great apes still very less known, such as the gorillas of the East, could lead to the discovery of new plants that may be useful for human health.…”
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The impacts of the discontinuation of dual nomenclature of pleomorphic fungi: the trivial facts, problems, and strategies by U. Braun

“…Thus it cannot provide rules based solely on methods involving morphology in vivo or in vitro, molecular analyses, physiological and biochemical data, inoculation experiments in pathogenic groups or any other methods or combinations of them. …”
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Combination of Oxalobacter Formigenes and Veillonella Parvula in Gastrointestinal Microbiota Related to Bile-Acid Metabolism as a Biomarker for Hypertensive Nephropathy by Xin Li, Li Wang, Shaojun Ma, Shaohui Lin, Chunyan Wang, Haiya Wang

“…It is the first time to report such a biomarker or pathogenic factor of H-CKD in the world.…”
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Topical application of heparin for the correction of ocular surface lesions by V.D. Yartsev

“…The author comes to the conclusion that topical use of heparin is pathogenically justified in the treatment of different inflammatory, dystrophic and degenerative conditions of ocular surface. …”
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Immunological Regulation of Fibrosis During Heart Failure: It Takes Two to Tango by Vinay Kumar, Shyam S. Bansal

“…Immune activation, trafficking, and extravasation are tightly regulated to ensure a targeted and effective response against non-self antigens/pathogens while preserving tolerance towards self-antigens and coordinate fibrotic responses for efficient scar formation, a distinction that is severely compromised during chronic diseases. …”
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Modelling Peroxisomal Disorders in Zebrafish by Chenxing S. Jiang, Michael Schrader

“…They have been linked to healthy ageing, neurodegeneration, cancer, the combat of pathogens and viruses, and infection and immune responses. …”
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Ode to Oseltamivir and Amantadine? by JM Conly, BL Johnston

“…It is thought that this enzyme may also promote viral penetration into respiratory epithelial cells and may contribute to the pathogenicity of the virus by promoting production of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor from macrophages (4-6).…”
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Phytochemicals Screening in Four Solvent Extractions of Pulverized Witchweed (Striga asiatica) by G. F. Kontagora, N. M. Ibrahim

“…An important finding is the significant activity of the N-hexane extract against pathogenic organisms such as Culex quinquefasciatusaa, indicating potential antifungal and antihelminthic properties. …”
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Missed, but Momentous: A Comprehensive Review of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases in Southern India and their Global Impact by Ramesha M Bhat, N Swathi

“…India, a significant hotspot, suffers immensely from these diseases, with South India providing a conducive environment for the spread and persistence of causative pathogens, leading to disastrous local and, ultimately, global consequences. …”
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Induction of Tolerance via the Sublingual Route: Mechanisms and Applications by Philippe Moingeon, Laurent Mascarell

“…Resident oral Th1, Th2, and Th17 CD4+ T cells are located along the lamina propria, likely representing a defence mechanism against infectious pathogens. Second-generation sublingual vaccines are being developed, based upon recombinant allergens expressed in a native conformation, possibly formulated with Th1/T reg adjuvants and/or mucoadhesive particulate vector systems specifically designed to target oral dendritic cells.…”
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Genetic Analysis of CYP2C9 with Reference to Drug Response in Epilepsy Patients of Pakistan by Hafsa Maqbool, Tayyaba Saleem, Nadeem Sheikh, Aqsa Ashfaq

“…According to the in silico analysis performed by PolyPhen-2, it was observed that this nonsynonymous substitution is likely to be pathogenic. The results of our study demonstrated that rs1799853 and rs1057910 may be involved in drug resistance in the Pakistani population. …”
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Pest Status of Subfamily Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Noctuoidea): Review by Amritpal Singh Kaleka, Gagan Preet Kour Bali

“…Mango fruit rot caused by insects and microbes has become a significant threat to mango production in Southeast Asia and worldwide. Insect plant pathogens affect crop yields' profitability, quality, and quantity. …”
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BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATES RECOVERED FROM MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA by I. V. Borodkina

“…One of the main sources of staphylococcal toxins is milk and dairy products contaminated with pathogenic staphylococci. Staphylococcus aureus has the greatest sanitary and hygienic importance. …”
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CTRP9 Mitigates the Progression of Arteriovenous Shunt-Induced Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Rats by Hua Guan, Xiaofeng Yang, Tao Shi, Yongjian Zhang, Aoqi Xiang, Yongxin Li

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Circuitry and Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Tau Hypothesis by Siddhartha Mondragón-Rodríguez, Humberto Salgado-Burgos, Fernando Peña-Ortega

“…For more than five decades, the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has focused on two main hypotheses positing amyloid-beta (Aβ) and Tau phosphorylation (pTau) as key pathogenic mediators. In line with these canonical hypotheses, several groups around the world have shown that the synaptotoxicity in AD depends mainly on the increase in pTau levels. …”
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Regulated microbe vaccines: from concept to (pre-clinical) reduction to practice by Richard Voellmy, David C Bloom, Nuria Vilaboa

“…These findings support a rational expectation that RCCVs may be developed into universal, non-seasonal vaccines against influenza and, possibly, against other rapidly evolving pathogens.…”
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The Effect of Seasonal Weather Variation on the Dynamics of the Plague Disease by Rigobert C. Ngeleja, Livingstone S. Luboobi, Yaw Nkansah-Gyekye

“…The disease is mostly affected by variations of weather conditions as it disturbs the normal behavior of main plague disease transmission agents, namely, human beings, rodents, fleas, and pathogens, in the environment. This in turn changes the way they interact with each other and ultimately leads to a periodic transmission of plague disease. …”
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Incidence, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Seafood in Selangor, Malaysia by Vurmila Venggadasamy, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Hooi-Leng Ser, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Priyia Pusparajah

“… Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the major foodborne pathogens owing to its cause of infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis. …”
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