Metabolic implications of exposure to wastewater effluent in bluegill sunfish See

Effluent from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) contains a complex mixture of contaminants and is a major worldwide source of aquatic pollution. We examined the effects of exposure to treated effluent from a municipal WWTP on&...

BCG-Induced Trained Innate Immunity in Alveolar Macrophages and Their Role in Early Protection Against Tuberculosis See

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is the leading cause of infectious disease-related death worldwide. The critical role of adaptive immunity in anti-TB host defence has been firmly established; thus, ...

Employing metagenomics to capture the dynamics and the diversity of freshwater bacteria and viruses See

Microbial water communities are a complex consortium of bacteria, viruses and protozoa. These complex microbial and viral communities may contain pathogens that cannot be detected by conventional methods. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) offe...

The environmental toxin, chlorpyrifos disrupts mitochondrial function in brown adipose tissue and promotes the development of obesity and metabolic dysfunction in mice See

Chlorpyrifos, one of the most utilized organophosphate pesticides worldwide, is commonly found on many fruits and vegetables, and has been associated with the development of obesity. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has an abundance of&#x...