THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF OBESITY IN GERMANY: RESULTS FROM THE POPULATION-BASED KORA STUDIES



Unusual Glycosaminoglycans from a Deep Sea Hydrothermal Bacterium Improve Fibrillar Collagen Structuring and Fibroblast Activities in Engineered Connective Tissues

Biopolymers produced by marine organisms can offer useful tools for regenerative medicine.Particularly, HE800 exopolysaccharide (HE800 EPS) secreted by a deep-sea hydrothermal bacterium displays an interesting glycosaminoglycan-like feature resembling hyaluronan.Previous studies demonstrated its effectiveness to enhance in vivo bone regeneration an

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Histology and transcriptomic analyses of barnacles with different base materials and habitats shed lights on the duplication and chemical diversification of barnacle cement proteins

Abstract Background Barnacles are sessile crustaceans that attach to underwater surfaces using barnacle cement proteins.Barnacles have a calcareous or chitinous membranous base, and their substratum varies from biotic (e.g.corals/sponges) to abiotic surfaces.In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the cement protein (CP) composition and chemic

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