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University of Oklahoma
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About: University of Oklahoma is a education organization based out in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Radar. The organization has 25269 authors who have published 52609 publications receiving 1821706 citations. The organization is also known as: OU & Oklahoma University.
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TL;DR: It is found that, once assembled, the intermembrane AcrAB-TolC complex is stable during the separation of the inner and outer membranes and subsequent purification, and it is shown that antibiotics, the substrates of AcrA, AcrB, and TolC, stabilize interactions within the complex.
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TL;DR: Metabolism by syntrophic associations, in which the degradation of a substrate by one species is thermodynamically possible only through removal of the end product by another species, can occur at values close to thermodynamic equilibrium, indicating that bacteria operate extremely efficient catabolic systems.
Abstract: Many fermentative bacteria obtain energy for growth by reactions in which the change in free energy (DeltaG') is less than that needed to synthesize ATP. These bacteria couple substrate metabolism directly to ATP synthesis, however, by classical phosphoryl transfer reactions. An explanation for the energy economy of these organisms is that biological systems conserve energy in discrete amounts, with a minimum, biochemically convertible energy value of about -20 kJ mol-1 (refs 1, 2, 3). This concept predicts that anaerobic substrate decay ceases before the minimum free energy value is reached, and several studies support this prediction. Here we show that metabolism by syntrophic associations, in which the degradation of a substrate by one species is thermodynamically possible only through removal of the end product by another species, can occur at values close to thermodynamic equilibrium (DeltaG' approximately 0 kJ mol-1). The free energy remaining when substrate metabolism halts is not constant; it depends on the terminal electron-accepting reaction and the amount of energy required for substrate activation. Syntrophic associations metabolize near thermodynamic equilibrium, indicating that bacteria operate extremely efficient catabolic systems.
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TL;DR: Diverse neoplastic lesions, including colon cancer and melanoma-derived cells lines, expressed both Tn and STn antigen due to loss-of-function mutations in Cosmc, the first example of somatic mutations in multiple types of cancers that cause global alterations in cell surface carbohydrate antigen expression.
Abstract: Neoplastic lesions typically express specific carbohydrate antigens on glycolipids, mucins, and other glycoproteins. Such antigens are often under epigenetic control and are subject to reversion and loss upon therapeutic selective pressure. We report here that two of the most common tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens, Tn and sialyl Tn (STn), result from somatic mutations in the gene Cosmc that encodes a molecular chaperone required for formation of the active T-synthase. Diverse neoplastic lesions, including colon cancer and melanoma-derived cells lines, expressed both Tn and STn antigen due to loss-of-function mutations in Cosmc. In addition, two human cervical cancer specimens that showed expression of the Tn/STn antigens were also found to have mutations in Cosmc and loss of heterozygosity for the cross-linked Cosmc locus. This is the first example of somatic mutations in multiple types of cancers that cause global alterations in cell surface carbohydrate antigen expression.
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TL;DR: It is shown that the microbial community functional composition and structure were dramatically altered in a deep-sea oil plume resulting from the spill, indicating a great potential for intrinsic bioremediation or natural attenuation in the deep sea.
Abstract: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the deepest and largest offshore spill in the United State history and its impacts on marine ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we showed that the microbial community functional composition and structure were dramatically altered in a deep-sea oil plume resulting from the spill. A variety of metabolic genes involved in both aerobic and anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation were highly enriched in the plume compared with outside the plume, indicating a great potential for intrinsic bioremediation or natural attenuation in the deep sea. Various other microbial functional genes that are relevant to carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and iron cycling, metal resistance and bacteriophage replication were also enriched in the plume. Together, these results suggest that the indigenous marine microbial communities could have a significant role in biodegradation of oil spills in deep-sea environments.
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TL;DR: It is discovered that the interaction of nanoparticles with liver nonparenchymal cells determines the elimination fate, and it is shown that the removal of Kupffer cells increased fecal elimination by >10 times.
Abstract: Understanding how nanoparticles are eliminated from the body is required for their successful clinical translation. Many promising nanoparticle formulations for in vivo medical applications are large (>5.5 nm) and nonbiodegradable, so they cannot be eliminated renally. A proposed pathway for these nanoparticles is hepatobiliary elimination, but their transport has not been well-studied. Here, we explored the barriers that determined the elimination of nanoparticles through the hepatobiliary route. The route of hepatobiliary elimination is usually through the following pathway: (1) liver sinusoid, (2) space of Disse, (3) hepatocytes, (4) bile ducts, (5) intestines, and (6) out of the body. We discovered that the interaction of nanoparticles with liver nonparenchymal cells (e.g., Kupffer cells and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells) determines the elimination fate. Each step in the route contains cells that can sequester and chemically or physically alter the nanoparticles, which influences their fecal elim...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ronald C. Kessler | 274 | 1332 | 328983 |
Michael A. Strauss | 185 | 1688 | 208506 |
Derek R. Lovley | 168 | 582 | 95315 |
Ashok Kumar | 151 | 5654 | 164086 |
Peter J. Schwartz | 147 | 647 | 107695 |
Peter Buchholz | 143 | 1181 | 92101 |
Robert Hirosky | 139 | 1697 | 106626 |
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor | 138 | 793 | 73241 |
Brad Abbott | 137 | 1566 | 98604 |
Lihong V. Wang | 136 | 1118 | 72482 |
Itsuo Nakano | 135 | 1539 | 97905 |
Phillip Gutierrez | 133 | 1391 | 96205 |
P. Skubic | 133 | 1573 | 97343 |
Elizaveta Shabalina | 133 | 1421 | 92273 |
Richard Brenner | 133 | 1108 | 87426 |