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Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infection Biomarkers and TP53 Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinomas from Colombia.

Hepatitis research and treatment

Navas MC, Suarez I, Carreño A, Uribe D, Rios WA, Cortes-Mancera F, Martel G, Vieco B, Lozano D, Jimenez C, Gouas D, Osorio G, Hoyos S, Restrepo JC, Correa G, Jaramillo S, Lopez R, Bravo LE, Arbelaez MP, Scoazec JY, Abedi-Ardekani B, Santella RM, Chemin I, Hainaut P.
PMID: 22114738
Hepat Res Treat. 2011;2011:582945. doi: 10.1155/2011/582945. Epub 2011 Oct 31.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Globally, the most important HCC risk factors are Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and/or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), chronic alcoholism, and dietary exposure to aflatoxins. We have described the...

Effect of Curcumin on Aspergillus parasiticus Growth and Expression of Major Genes Involved in the Early and Late Stages of Aflatoxin Biosynthesis.

Iranian journal of public health

Jahanshiri Z, Shams-Ghahfarokhi M, Allameh A, Razzaghi-Abyaneh M.
PMID: 23113196
Iran J Public Health. 2012;41(6):72-9. Epub 2012 Jun 30.

BACKGROUND: The effect of curcumin as a natural safe compound with different biological activities was examined on fungal growth and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999.METHODS: The fungus was cultured in presence of serial two-fold concentrations of curcumin...

Aflatoxin Detoxification in Rice using Citric Acid.

Iranian journal of public health

Safara M, Zaini F, Hashemi S, Mahmoudi M, Khosravi A, Shojai-Aliabadi F.
PMID: 23113003
Iran J Public Health. 2010;39(2):24-9. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

BACKGROUND: Aflatoxins cause health hazards to human and animals and has also economical problems. Therefore, the detoxification effect of citric acid was investigated in rice as the main food of Iranian people.METHODS: Initially 275 samples of rice were examined...

Keratitis caused by Aspergillus pseudotamarii.

Medical mycology case reports

Baranyi N, Kocsubé S, Szekeres A, Raghavan A, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Panneer Selvam K, Babu Singh YR, Kredics L, Varga J, Manikandan P.
PMID: 24432226
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2013 Apr 12;2:91-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.04.002. eCollection 2013 Apr 12.

A male patient presented with complaints of redness, pain and defective vision in the left eye. The infiltrate healed completely after two weeks of topical natamycin administration. A polyphasic approach was used to identify the isolate as Aspergillus pseudotamarii,...

Enzymatic and toxigenic ability of opportunistic fungi contaminating intensive care units and operation rooms at Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt.

SpringerPlus

Aboul-Nasr MB, Zohri AN, Amer EM.
PMID: 23961411
Springerplus. 2013 Jul 29;2:347. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-347. eCollection 2013.

Total of 110 isolates belonging to 8 fungal species collected from intensive care units (ICUs) and operation rooms (ORs) at Assiut University hospitals were examined for their ability to produce some extracellular enzymes and mycotoxins which are considered as...

Effects of genetic polymorphism and enzyme induction in the glutathione S-transferase family on chemical safety and risk assessment.

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology

Ketterer B.
PMID: 21781719
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 1996 Oct 15;2(2):157-60. doi: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00047-6.

Glutathione is important in the detoxication of many xenobiotic chemicals and in the bioactivation of some. The glutathione-S-transferases are a super-family of enzymes involved in conjugation of xenobiotics with glutathione. There are wide genetically determined inter-individual differences in the...

Lipids in Aspergillus flavus-maize interaction.

Frontiers in microbiology

Scarpari M, Punelli M, Scala V, Zaccaria M, Nobili C, Ludovici M, Camera E, Fabbri AA, Reverberi M, Fanelli C.
PMID: 24578700
Front Microbiol. 2014 Feb 27;5:74. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00074. eCollection 2014.

In some filamentous fungi, the pathways related to the oxidative stress and oxylipins production are involved both in the process of host-recognition and in the pathogenic phase. In fact, recent studies have shown that the production of oxylipins in...

Aflatoxin M1 contamination of human breast milk in Isfahan, Iran.

Advanced biomedical research

Jafarian-Dehkordi A, Pourradi N.
PMID: 24524032
Adv Biomed Res. 2013 Nov 30;2:86. doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.122503. eCollection 2013.

BACKGROUND: During the last decades there has been great attention paid to aflatoxins. They are highly toxic, immunosuppressive, mutagenic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic compounds. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a hydroxylated metabolite of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), is formed in the liver and...

Regulation of Development in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus.

Mycobiology

Yu JH.
PMID: 23956662
Mycobiology. 2010 Dec;38(4):229-37. doi: 10.4489/MYCO.2010.38.4.229. Epub 2010 Dec 31.

Members of the genus Aspergillus are the most common fungi and all reproduce asexually by forming long chains of conidiospores (or conidia). The impact of various Aspergillus species on humans ranges from beneficial to harmful. For example, several species...

Development of a multiplex flow cytometric microsphere immunoassay for mycotoxins and evaluation of its application in feed.

Mycotoxin research

Peters J, Bienenmann-Ploum M, de Rijk T, Haasnoot W.
PMID: 21836765
Mycotoxin Res. 2011 Feb;27(1):63-72. doi: 10.1007/s12550-010-0077-0. Epub 2010 Nov 26.

A multi-mycotoxin immunoassay-using the MultiAnalyte Profiling (xMAP) technology-is developed and evaluated. This technology combines a unique color-coded microsphere suspension array, with a dedicated flow cytometer. We aimed for the combined detection of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, zearalenone and...

Assessment of safety/risk vs. Public health concerns: Aflatoxins and hepatocarcinoma.

Environmental health and preventive medicine

Lu FC.
PMID: 21432391
Environ Health Prev Med. 2003 Jan;7(6):235-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02908881.

Hepatocellular carcinoma, (HCC) is a serious health problem. It is prevalent in certain parts of the world where food contamination with aflatoxin is common. Aflatoxin, especially AFB(1), has been shown to induce HCC in many species of laboratory and...

Natural multi-occurrence of mycotoxins in rice from Niger State, Nigeria.

Mycotoxin research

Makun HA, Dutton MF, Njobeh PB, Mwanza M, Kabiru AY.
PMID: 21836766
Mycotoxin Res. 2011 May;27(2):97-104. doi: 10.1007/s12550-010-0080-5. Epub 2011 Jan 12.

Twenty-one rice samples from field (ten), store (six) and market (five) from the traditional rice-growing areas of Niger State, Nigeria were analysed for aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZEA), deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) and B(2) (FB(2)), and...

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