The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 69(4), 651-659 (2010-09-30)
Several immune functions are markers of health, biological age and predictors of longevity. A chronic oxidative and inflammatory state is the main cause of ageing and the immune system is involved in the rate of ageing. Thus, several murine models
Environmental health perspectives, 115(10), 1460-1466 (2007-10-17)
Formaldehyde (FA) is classified as a human carcinogen and has been linked to increased leukemia rates in some epidemiologic studies. Inhalation of FA induces sensory irritation at relatively low concentrations. However, little is known concerning the cellular alterations observed after
The beta-turn is a common motif in both proteins and peptides and often a recognition site in protein interactions. A beta-turn of four sequential residues reverses the direction of the peptide chain and is classified by the phi and psi
An excessive duodenal reflux induced by surgery has been widely accepted to cause gastric carcinogenesis in the remnant stomach. As one of causative factors for malignancy, N-nitroso compounds produced by enteric bacteria have been postulated. However, there is no concrete
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