Viability and metabolic assays are commonly used as proxies to assess the overall
metabolism of microorganisms. The variety of these assays combined with little information …

Inorganic polyphosphates (polyP) consist of linear chains of orthophosphate residues,
linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds. They are evolutionarily old biopolymers …

Platelets are known to enhance the wound-healing activity of mesenchymal stem cells
(MSCs). However, the mechanism by which platelets improve the therapeutic potential of …

Maternal‐neonate separation for human newborns has been the standard of care since the
last century; low birth weight and preterm infants are still routinely separated from their …

The impact that nutrient level has on biofilm characteristics, biocide effectiveness, and the
associated risk of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) was assessed using …

Oxidative stress modulates carcinogenesis in the liver; however, direct evidence for
metabolic control of oxidative stress during pathogenesis, particularly, of progression from …

Intestinal epithelial cells form a selectively permeable barrier to protect colon tissues from
luminal microbiota and antigens and to mediate nutrient, fluid, and waste flux in the intestinal …

Highlights•Organisms need to adapt to changes in metabolic demand/environmental
conditions to survive.•Those adaptations require coordinated adjustments in energy …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional herbal medicine has been taken as a new and
effective approach to treat many chronic diseases. Xiexin Tang (XXT), a compound recipe …

Absolute quantification of intracellular metabolite pools is a prerequisite for modeling and in-
depth biological interpretation of metabolomics data. It is the final step of an elaborate …