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Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing (2015)
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Bilverstone, T. W., White, R., & Boulton, C. A. (2015). Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing. Journal- American Society of Brewing Chemists, 73(4), 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1094/ASBCJ-2015-0730-01

© 2015 American Society of Brewing Chemists, Inc. Volatile esters are amongst the most important yeast-derived flavoractive compounds produced during brewery fermentation. Dissolved oxygen concentration has long been recognized as an effector for the... Read More about Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing.

Lipopolysaccharide hyporesponsiveness: Protective or damaging response to the brain? (2015)
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Pardon, M. C. (2015). Lipopolysaccharide hyporesponsiveness: Protective or damaging response to the brain?. Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie, 56(3), 903-913

© 2015, Editura Academiei Romane. All rights reserved. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxins are widely used as experimental models of systemic bacterial infection and trigger robust inflammation by potently activating toll-like receptors 4 (TLR4) expr... Read More about Lipopolysaccharide hyporesponsiveness: Protective or damaging response to the brain?.

4-Phenylpyridin-2-one Derivatives: A Novel Class of Positive Allosteric Modulator of the M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor (2015)
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Mistry, S. N., Jörg, M., Lim, H., Vinh, N. B., Sexton, P. M., Capuano, B., …Scammells, P. J. (2016). 4-Phenylpyridin-2-one Derivatives: A Novel Class of Positive Allosteric Modulator of the M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59(1), 388-409. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01562

Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M1 mAChR) are a promising strategy for the treatment of the cognitive deficits associated with diseases including Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. Herein, we report the... Read More about 4-Phenylpyridin-2-one Derivatives: A Novel Class of Positive Allosteric Modulator of the M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor.

Pharmacological analysis and structure determination of 7-methylcyanopindolol–bound b1-adrenergic receptor (2015)
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Sato, T., Baker, J. G., Warne, T., Brown, G. A., Leslie, A., Congreve, M., & Tate, C. G. (2015). Pharmacological analysis and structure determination of 7-methylcyanopindolol–bound b1-adrenergic receptor. Molecular Pharmacology, 88(6), https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.115.101030

Comparisons between structures of the b1-adrenergic receptor (AR) bound to either agonists, partial agonists, or weak partial agonists led to the proposal that rotamer changes of Ser5.46, coupled to a contraction of the binding pocket, are sufficient... Read More about Pharmacological analysis and structure determination of 7-methylcyanopindolol–bound b1-adrenergic receptor.

Multiple sclerosis between genetics and infections: human endogenous retroviruses in monocytes and macrophages (2015)
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Morandi, E., Tarlinton, R., & Gran, B. (2015). Multiple sclerosis between genetics and infections: human endogenous retroviruses in monocytes and macrophages. Frontiers in Immunology, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00647

The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unknown, but there is strong evidence that genetic predisposition associated with environmental factors can trigger the disease. An estimated 30 million years ago, exogenous retroviruses are thought to... Read More about Multiple sclerosis between genetics and infections: human endogenous retroviruses in monocytes and macrophages.

Identification of Escherichia coli ygaQ and rpmG as novel mitomycin C resistance factors implicated in DNA repair (2015)
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Bolt, E. L., Jenkins, T., Russo, V. M., Ahmed, S., Cavey, J., & Cass, S. (2015). Identification of Escherichia coli ygaQ and rpmG as novel mitomycin C resistance factors implicated in DNA repair. Bioscience Reports, https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20150249

Using the ASKA (A Complete Set of E. coli K-12 ORF Archive) library for genome-wide screening of E. coli proteins we identified that expression of ygaQ and rpmG promotemitomycin C resistance (MMCR). YgaQ mediated MMCR was independent of homolog... Read More about Identification of Escherichia coli ygaQ and rpmG as novel mitomycin C resistance factors implicated in DNA repair.

A diverse panel of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins for use in vaccine research reveals extremes of monoclonal antibody neutralization resistance (2015)
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Urbanowicz, R. A., McClure, P., Brown, R. J., Tsoleridis, T., Persson, M. A., Krey, T., …Tarr, A. W. (2016). A diverse panel of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins for use in vaccine research reveals extremes of monoclonal antibody neutralization resistance. Journal of Virology, 90(7), 3288-3301. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02700-15

Despite significant advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the need to develop preventative vaccines remains. Identification of the best vaccine candidates and evaluation of their performance in preclinical and clinical devel... Read More about A diverse panel of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins for use in vaccine research reveals extremes of monoclonal antibody neutralization resistance.

Measuring the immune system of the three-spined stickleback: investigating natural variation by quantifying immune expression in the laboratory and the wild (2015)
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Robertson, S., Bradley, J. E., & MacColl, A. D. (2016). Measuring the immune system of the three-spined stickleback: investigating natural variation by quantifying immune expression in the laboratory and the wild. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12497

Current understanding of the immune system comes primarily from lab-based studies. There has been substantial interest in examining how it functions in the wild, but studies have been limited by a lack of appropriate assays and study species. The thr... Read More about Measuring the immune system of the three-spined stickleback: investigating natural variation by quantifying immune expression in the laboratory and the wild.

Increased oxidative metabolism following hypoxia in the type 2 diabetic heart, despite normal hypoxia signalling and metabolic adaptation (2015)
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Mansor, L. S., Mehta, K., Aksentijevic, D., Carr, C. A., Lund, T., Cole, M. A., …Heather, L. C. (2016). Increased oxidative metabolism following hypoxia in the type 2 diabetic heart, despite normal hypoxia signalling and metabolic adaptation. Journal of Physiology, 594(2), 307-320. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP271242

Hypoxia activates the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), promoting glycolysis and suppressing mitochondrial respiration. In the type 2 diabetic heart, glycolysis is suppressed whereas fatty acid metabolism is promoted. The diabetic heart experiences chr... Read More about Increased oxidative metabolism following hypoxia in the type 2 diabetic heart, despite normal hypoxia signalling and metabolic adaptation.

Clostridium difficile-mediated effects on human intestinal epithelia: Modelling host-pathogen interactions in a vertical diffusion chamber (2015)
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Jafari, N. V., Kuehne, S. A., Minton, N. P., Allan, E., & Bajaj-Elliott, M. (2016). Clostridium difficile-mediated effects on human intestinal epithelia: Modelling host-pathogen interactions in a vertical diffusion chamber. Anaerobe, 37, 96-102. doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.12.007

Clostridium difficile infection is one of the leading causes of healthcare associated diarrhoea in the developed world. Although the contribution of C. difficile toxins to disease pathogenesis is now well understood, many facets of host-pathogen inte... Read More about Clostridium difficile-mediated effects on human intestinal epithelia: Modelling host-pathogen interactions in a vertical diffusion chamber.

Staphylococcus aureus forms spreading dendrites that have characteristics of active motility (2015)
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Pollitt, E. J. G., Crusz, S. A., & Diggle, S. P. (2015). Staphylococcus aureus forms spreading dendrites that have characteristics of active motility. Scientific Reports, 5(1), Article 17698. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17698

Staphylococcus aureus is historically regarded as a non-motile organism. More recently it has been shown that S. aureus can passively move across agar surfaces in a process called spreading. We re-analysed spreading motility using a modified assay an... Read More about Staphylococcus aureus forms spreading dendrites that have characteristics of active motility.

The mannose receptor negatively modulates the Toll-like receptor 4–aryl hydrocarbon receptor–indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase axis in dendritic cells affecting T helper cell polarization (2015)
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Salazar, F., Hall, L., Negm, O. H., Awuah, D., Tighe, P. J., Shakib, F., & Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2016). The mannose receptor negatively modulates the Toll-like receptor 4–aryl hydrocarbon receptor–indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase axis in dendritic cells affecting T helper cell polarization. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 137(6), 1841-1851.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.10.033

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) are key players in the induction and re-elicitation of TH2 responses to allergens. We have previously shown that different C-type lectin receptors on DCs play a major role in allergen recognition and uptake. In parti... Read More about The mannose receptor negatively modulates the Toll-like receptor 4–aryl hydrocarbon receptor–indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase axis in dendritic cells affecting T helper cell polarization.

Protein ingestion acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated muscle carnitine uptake in healthy young men (2015)
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Shannon, C. E., Nixon, A. V., Greenhaff, P. L., & Stephens, F. B. (2016). Protein ingestion acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated muscle carnitine uptake in healthy young men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(1), https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.119826

BACKGROUND: Increasing skeletal muscle carnitine content represents an appealing intervention in conditions of perturbed lipid metabolism such as obesity and type 2 diabetes but requires chronic L-carnitine feeding on a daily basis in a high-carbohy... Read More about Protein ingestion acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated muscle carnitine uptake in healthy young men.

Modulation of potassium channels inhibits bunyavirus infection (2015)
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Hover, S., King, B., Hall, B., Loundras, E., Taqi, H., Daly, J. M., …Mankouri, J. (2016). Modulation of potassium channels inhibits bunyavirus infection. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(7), 3411-3422. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.692673

Bunyaviruses are considered to be emerging pathogens facilitated by the segmented nature of their genome that allows reassortment between different species to generate novel viruses with altered pathogenicity. Bunyaviruses are transmitted via a diver... Read More about Modulation of potassium channels inhibits bunyavirus infection.

The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia (2015)
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Watson, D. J., King, M. V., Gyertyán, I., Kiss, B., Adham, N., & Fone, K. C. (2016). The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.020

Current antipsychotic medication is largely ineffective against the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. One promising therapeutic development is to design new molecules that balance actions on dopamine D2 and D3 receptors to maximise be... Read More about The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia.

Probabilistic encoding of stimulus strength in astrocyte global calcium signals (2015)
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Croft, W., Reusch, K., Tilunaite, A., Russell, N. A., Thul, R., & Bellamy, T. C. (2016). Probabilistic encoding of stimulus strength in astrocyte global calcium signals. Glia, 64(4), 537-552. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.22947

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Astrocyte calcium signals can range in size from subcellular microdomains to waves that spread through the whole cell (and into connected cells). The differential roles of such local or global calcium signaling are unde... Read More about Probabilistic encoding of stimulus strength in astrocyte global calcium signals.

Fragment-Based Discovery of Subtype-Selective Adenosine Receptor Ligands from Homology Models (2015)
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Ranganathan, A., Stoddart, L. A., Hill, S. J., & Carlsson, J. (2015). Fragment-Based Discovery of Subtype-Selective Adenosine Receptor Ligands from Homology Models. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58(24), 9578-9590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01120

Fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD) holds great promise for drug discovery, but applications to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been limited by a lack of sensitive screening techniques and scarce structural information. If virtual screening... Read More about Fragment-Based Discovery of Subtype-Selective Adenosine Receptor Ligands from Homology Models.

RpoS differentially affects the general stress response and biofilm formation in the endophytic Serratia plymuthica G3 (2015)
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Liu, X., Wu, Y., Chen, Y., Xu, F., Halliday, N., Gao, K., …Camara Garcia, M. (2016). RpoS differentially affects the general stress response and biofilm formation in the endophytic Serratia plymuthica G3. Research in Microbiology, 167(3), 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2015.11.003

The ?S subunit RpoS of RNA polymerase functions as a master regulator of the general stress response in Escherichia coli and related bacteria. RpoS has been reported to modulate biocontrol properties in the rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica IC1270.... Read More about RpoS differentially affects the general stress response and biofilm formation in the endophytic Serratia plymuthica G3.

Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Utility of Fluorescent Ligands Targeting the ?-Opioid Receptor (2015)
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Schembri, L. S., Stoddart, L. A., Briddon, S. J., Kellam, B., Canals, M., Graham, B., & Scammells, P. J. (2015). Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Utility of Fluorescent Ligands Targeting the ?-Opioid Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58(24), 9754-9767. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01664

Fluorescently labeled ligands are useful pharmacological research tools for studying receptor localization, trafficking, and signaling processes via fluorescence imaging. They are also employed in fluorescent binding assays. This study is centered on... Read More about Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Utility of Fluorescent Ligands Targeting the ?-Opioid Receptor.

Ankyrin-mediated self-protection during cell invasion by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (2015)
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Lambert, C., Cadby, I. T., Till, R., Bui, N. K., Lerner, T. R., Hughes, W. S., …Lovering, A. L. (2015). Ankyrin-mediated self-protection during cell invasion by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Nature Communications, 6, Article 8884. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9884

Predatory Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are natural antimicrobial organisms, killing other bacteria by whole-cell invasion. Self-protection against prey-metabolizing enzymes is important for the evolution of predation. Initial prey entry involves the pr... Read More about Ankyrin-mediated self-protection during cell invasion by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.