Effects of 'healthy'fecal microbiota transplantation against the deterioration of depression in fawn-hooded rats

B Hu, P Das, X Lv, M Shi, J Aa, K Wang, L Duan… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Depression is a recurrent, heterogeneous mood disorder occurring in more than 260 million
people worldwide. Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with the development of …

Osmolytes: Wonder molecules to combat protein misfolding against stress conditions

S Khan, S Siraj, M Shahid, MM Haque… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proper functioning of any protein depends on its three dimensional conformation which
is achieved by the accurate folding mechanism. Keeping away from the exposed stress …

[HTML][HTML] Neurochemical alterations in social anxiety disorder (SAD): a systematic review of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies

S Elsaid, DS Rubin-Kahana, S Kloiber… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Objective: Considering that current knowledge of mechanisms involved in the molecular
pathogenesis of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is limited, we conducted a systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood Obesity, Hypothalamic Inflammation, and the Onset of Puberty: A Narrative Review

AM Tzounakou, G Stathori, G Paltoglou, G Valsamakis… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
The onset of puberty, which is under the control of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal
(HPG) axis, is influenced by various factors, including obesity, which has been associated …

Understanding the Modulation of α-Synuclein Fibrillation by N-Acetyl Aspartate: A Brain Metabolite

T Khan, R Waseem, M Shahid, J Ansari, MI Hassan… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
α-Synuclein (α-Syn) fibrillation is a prominent contributor to neuronal deterioration and plays
a significant role in the advancement of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Considering this, the …

[HTML][HTML] Natural multi-osmolyte cocktails form deep eutectic systems of unprecedented complexity: discovery, affordances and perspectives

MC Bubalo, T Andreou, M Panić, M Radović… - Green chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
While exaptation is most impressive when links between very dissimilar contexts are
established, it can be even more pervasive when the previously unestablished connection …

Testosterone administration affects 1H-MRS metabolite spectra in transgender men

S Collet, S Bhaduri, M Kiyar, T Van Den Eynde… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Recently, a variety of studies using different neuroimaging techniques
attempted to identify the existence of a brain endophenotype in people with gender …

Mass spectrometry-based quantitation combined with time-dependent metabolomics to discover metabolic features in human neurogenesis using neural constructs …

X Wang, Z Gao, W Zhou - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct studies focusing on the human brain are difficult to plan and conduct due to ethical
and practical reasons. The advent of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived neurons …

[HTML][HTML] Brain metabolite, N-acetylaspartate is a potent protein aggregation inhibitor

M Warepam, AK Mishra, GS Sharma… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Deposition of toxic protein inclusions is a common hallmark of many neurodegenerative
disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson disease etc. N-acetylaspartate (NAA) is …

Synergistic Effect of Charged Amino Acids on the Stability and Fibril Formation of Lysozyme

S Ghosh, N Prakash Prabhu - ChemistrySelect, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Osmolytes alter the stability and aggregation of proteins. The effect of mixture of osmolytes is
generally not a simple additive of their individual effects. Here, we examine the effect of …