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Borrelia burgdorferi infection is the most frequent tick-transmitted disease worldwide. Our aim was to assess the seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi infection among forestry workers and farmers in Duzce, in the north-west region of Turkey. Blood samples from 349 forestry workers and farmers and 193 healthy blood donors were obtained to determine the presence of antibodies to B. burgdorferi. A two-step testing strategy was used; the sera were initially tested by ELISA and then by Western blot (WB) IgG. Demographic data regarding residence, age, gender, profession, tick bite history, contact with animals, and symptoms involving the skin, nervous system, and osteoarticular system were collected by questionnaire. All results were evaluated statistically using the chi2 test. The seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi was 10.9% (n=38) in forestry workers and farmers and 2.6% (n=5) in blood donors by ELISA, with a statistically significant difference (p<0.001). Seropositivity rates were related to age, gender, and common risk factors for the disease. IgG seropositivity was confirmed in four (1.1%) sera by WB. In this first seroepidemiological report from the northwest region of Turkey, tick bite exposure was found to be high, whereas B. burgdorferi infection was not common. Preventive measures against tick exposure and further studies to determine the distribution of Lyme disease in Turkey are proposed. 相似文献
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Elevated ozone alters soybean-virus interaction 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Bilgin DD Aldea M O'Neill BF Benitez M Li M Clough SJ DeLucia EH 《Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI》2008,21(10):1297-1308
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Osman Birol Ozgumus Cemal Sandalli Ali Sevim Elif Celik-Sevim Nuket Sivri 《Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)》2009,47(1):19-27
We aimed to determine the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in coliforms isolated from ten rivers in northern
region of Turkey. A total of 183 isolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility by disk diffusion and agar dilution
methods. Resistance to ampicillin, streptomycin, trimethoprim, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol was detected in 58%, 51.9%,
24%, 28.4%, and 12.5%, respectively. Twelve (6.5%) phylogenetically distant organisms were detected to harbor self-transmissible
plasmids ranging 52 to >147 kb in sizes. Resistances to ampicillin, tetracycline, trimethoprim, streptomycin, and nalidixic
acid were commonly transferable traits. Transferable nalidixic acid-resistant strains harbored qnrS gene, which was the first report of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in bacteria of environmental origin in Turkey.
Fourteen and five coliforms harbored class 1 and class 2 integrons, respectively, and some of them were located on transferable
plasmids. Sequence analyses of variable regions of the class 1 and 2 integrons harbored various gene cassettes, dfrA1, dfr2d, dfrA7, dfrA16, dfrA17, aadA1, aadA5, bla
oxA-30, and sat1. A gene cassette array, dfrA16 has been demonstrated for the first time in a Citrobacter koseri isolate. Class 1 and class 2-bearing strains were clustered in different groups by BOX-PCR fingerprinting. Rivers in the
northern Turkey may act as receptacle for the multi-drug resistant enterobacteria and can serve as reservoirs of the antimicrobial
resistance determinants in the environment. The actual risk to public health is the transfer of resistance genes from the
environmental bacteria to human pathogens.
This study was presented in part at the 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets, held October 3–5, 2008 in Nurnberg, Germany. 相似文献
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Zaimoğlu Elif Hoxha Saimir Özdiler Orhan Özbek Murat Memikoğlu Ufuk Toygar 《Sleep and biological rhythms》2017,15(1):75-80
Sleep and Biological Rhythms - This study aimed to identify the symptoms and prevalence of snoring among primary school children in Ankara, Turkey, as reported by their parents and to determine the... 相似文献
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Neslihan Cilek Elif Ugurel Evrim Goksel Ozlem Yalcin 《Journal of cellular physiology》2024,239(3):e30958
Intracellular signaling mechanisms in red blood cells (RBCs) involve various protein kinases and phosphatases and enable rapid adaptive responses to hypoxia, metabolic requirements, oxidative stress, or shear stress by regulating the physiological properties of the cell. Protein phosphorylation is a ubiquitous mechanism for intracellular signal transduction, volume regulation, and cytoskeletal organization in RBCs. Spectrin-based cytoskeleton connects integral membrane proteins, band 3 and glycophorin C to junctional proteins, ankyrin and Protein 4.1. Phosphorylation leads to a conformational change in the protein structure, weakening the interactions between proteins in the cytoskeletal network that confers a more flexible nature for the RBC membrane. The structural organization of the membrane and the cytoskeleton determines RBC deformability that allows cells to change their ability to deform under shear stress to pass through narrow capillaries. The shear stress sensing mechanisms and oxygenation-deoxygenation transitions regulate cell volume and mechanical properties of the membrane through the activation of ion transporters and specific phosphorylation events mediated by signal transduction. In this review, we summarize the roles of Protein kinase C, cAMP-Protein kinase A, cGMP-nitric oxide, RhoGTPase, and MAP/ERK pathways in the modulation of RBC deformability in both healthy and disease states. We emphasize that targeting signaling elements may be a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of hemoglobinopathies or channelopathies. We expect the present review will provide additional insights into RBC responses to shear stress and hypoxia via signaling mechanisms and shed light on the current and novel treatment options for pathophysiological conditions. 相似文献
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Elif Aye Erdoan Eliuz 《Indian journal of microbiology》2021,61(3):291
In this study, the aerial parts of Salvia hypargeia were subjected to hydrodistillation and the resulting compounds were analyzed in GC–MS. Antimicrobial activity of S. hypargeia essential oil (EO) against A. baumannii, S. aureus, and C. tropicalis were determined by agar well diffusion assay and microdilution method. Antimicrobial mechanism of the EO were investigated based on change of TTC-dehydrogenase relative, leakages of intracellular protein, DNA and potassium ion (K +). The main components of the EO were β-pinene, 1,8-cineole, camphor, α-pinene, 4-terpineol, and 4-thujanol. The MICs of the EO against the microorganisms were 15.2 mg/mL for S. aureus, 17.5 mg/mL for C. tropicalis and 28.8 mg/mL for A. baumannii. The inhibition zones were 18.16 mm, 25.01 mm, and 27.01 mm for A. baumannii, S. aureus, and C. tropicalis, respectively (p < 0.05). An increase in DNA, protein and K+ leakage was observed when microorganisms were exposed to the EO. The TTC-DRA of the treated microorganism cells was also significantly decreased because of slowing the respiration. The present study provided an experimental basis of practical application of S. hypargeia EO as a natural agent.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12088-021-00939-1. 相似文献
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Genetic factors that contribute to the risk of breast cancer are largely not known and association studies have revealed several
genes with low penetrance risk alleles for breast cancer. Analysis of these genes may provide important information on the
risk factors affecting carcinogenesis. Variations in the ARLTS1, RAD51 and MDM2 genes have been associated with increased
risk of different cancer types but for breast cancer the results are not consistent. In this study we investigated the role
of the allelic variants in candidate genes acting in the tumor suppressor, DNA repair and p53 pathways as risk factors for
familial breast cancer in 147 patients displaying characteristics of familial disease. Presence of the polymorphic variants
were investigated by amplification of the corresponding regions and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Genotype
and allele frequencies in the patients were significantly different for all three variants. Our results indicate that the
polymorphic variants might affect individual susceptibility towards breast cancer. 相似文献