Carrageenan (CGN) is widely used in the food manufacturing industry as an additive that stabilizes and thickens food products. Standard animal safety studies in which CGN was administered in diet showed no adverse effects. However, several in vitro studies have reported that intestinal inflammation is...
The human genome contains nearly 20.000 protein-coding genes, but there are still more than 6,000 proteins poorly characterized. Among them, ZNF330/NOA36 stand out because it is a highly evolutionarily conserved nucleolar zinc-finger protein found in the
The extensive use of cadmium (Cd) in industry and commercial activities increases the likelihood of human exposure [2]. Cd, recognized as a highly toxic metal to humans [3,4], can be absorbed through various sources including contaminated soil, drinking water, the food chain, polluted air, ...
Therefore, given the medical importance of this fungus– in part, being a serious COVID-19 complication, it was not surprising that it was recently included in the World Health Organization’s fungal priority pathogens list [11]. Our group has been concerned with a unique disease aspect that ...