Infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis or HIV are among the leading causes of death
worldwide according to WHO estimations. Nevertheless, the fight against infectious diseases …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small noncoding RNA molecules with significant
capacity to regulate the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in a sequence …

Oxidative stress is one of the strongest toxic factors in nature: it can harm or even kill cells.
Cellular means of subverting the toxicity of oxidative stress are important for the success of …

Protozoan parasites represent a major threat to health and contribute significantly to
morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries. This is further …

Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) metabolism is indispensable in eukaryotes. Phosphoinositides
(PIs) are phosphorylated derivatives of PtdIns and consist of seven species generated by …

Cold plasma (CP) has emerged as a powerful intervention in the non‐thermal processing of
food. It a green technology with a minimum negative impact on food and the environment …

Queuosine is a naturally occurring modified ribonucleoside found in the first position of the
anticodon of the transfer RNAs for Asp, Asn, His, and Tyr. Eukaryotes lack pathways to …

Body tissues are subjected to various oxygenic gradients and fluctuations and hence can
become transiently hypoxic. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the master transcriptional …

Entamoeba histolytica is the etiological agent of amebiasis, which is an endemic parasitic
disease in developing countries and is the cause of approximately 70,000 deaths annually …

The amoeba parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amebiasis, an
enteropathic disease affecting millions of people worldwide. This ancient protozoan is an …