Browsing Biological & Environmental Sciences by Type "Article Review"
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Alternative sources of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine microalgae
( MDPI , 2013 , Article Review)The main source of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) in human nutrition is currently seafood, especially oily fish. Nonetheless, due to cultural or individual preferences, convenience, geographic location, ... -
Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) and the role of complement system in disease pathogenesis
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) has been associated with severe disease outcomes in several viral infections, including respiratory infections. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that antibody-response to SARS-CoV ... -
Aquaporins Are One of the Critical Factors in the Disruption of the Skin Barrier in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)The skin is the largest organ of the human body, serving as an effective mechanical barrier between the internal milieu and the external environment. The skin is widely considered the first-line defence of the body, with ... -
Bioactive Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Weapon to Counteract Zoonosis.
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Zoonoses have recently become the center of attention of the general population and scientific community. Notably, more than 30 new human pathogens have been identified in the last 30 years, 75% of which can be classified ... -
Biotechnology for gas-to-liquid (GTL)wastewater treatment: A review
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article Review)Gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology involves the conversion of natural gas into several liquid hydrocarbon products. The Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process is the most widely applied approach for GTL, and it is the main source of ... -
Burden and disease pathogenesis of influenza and other respiratory viruses in diabetic patients
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)Over the past two decades, diabetes mellitus (DM) has been receiving increasing attention among autoimmune diseases. The prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes has increased rapidly and has become one of the leading ... -
Cadmium Toxicity: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Tissue Injury
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2019 , Article Review)Cadmium is a known environmental pollutant targeting various organs. Often implicated in cadmium toxicology is the formation of reactive oxygen species, overwhelming the free radical scavenging mechanisms and inducing ... -
Cadmium: An Emerging Role in Adipose Tissue Dysfunction
( Springer , 2021 , Article Review)Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal that is widespread in the environment due to the substantial anthropogenic inputs from the agriculture and industrial sectors. The toxic impact of Cd adversely affects human health and ... -
The characteristics, occurrence, and toxicological effects of alternariol: a mycotoxin
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Article Review)Alternaria species are mycotoxin-producing fungi known to infect fresh produce and to cause their spoilage. Humans get exposed to fungal secondary metabolites known as mycotoxin via the ingestion of contaminated food. ... -
Conventional and Upcoming Sulfur-Cleaning Technologies for Petroleum Fuel: A Review
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2016 , Article Review)Environmental regulations on the quality of liquid fuels continue to create more requirements to produce a near-to-zero sulfur content. The hydrodesulfurization process has a high running cost and suffers from incomplete ... -
Degradation-fragmentation of marine plastic waste and their environmental implications: A critical review
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)This review critically evaluates the plastic accumulation challenges and their environmental (primarily) and human (secondarily) impacts. It also emphasizes on their degradation and fragmentation phenomena under marine ... -
Deregulation of cell growth and apoptosis in UV-induced melanomagenesis
( Frontiers in Bioscience , 2020 , Article Review)We have previously characterized the role of p16/Rb in coordinating the early events in UVB-irradiated skin. As an extension to this work, normal melanocytes and mutant p16-inducible melanoma cell models were employed to ... -
Direct cardiovascular impact of SGLT2 inhibitors: mechanisms and effects
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article Review)Diabetes is a global epidemic and a leading cause of death with more than 422 million patients worldwide out of whom around 392 million alone suffer from type 2 diabetes (T2D). Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors ... -
Do inflammasome impact COVID-19 severity?
( Springer , 2021 , Article Review)COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a dramatic challenge, introducing huge clinical differences that demand extensive investigations. Severe and critical patients may present coagulopathies and microthrombi, which results ... -
Electronic waste considerations in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: A review
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment or e-waste is a waste stream that has multiplied profoundly in recent years. Currently, many researchers focused on the study of e-waste. The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) is ... -
Endophytes and Halophytes to Remediate Industrial Wastewater and Saline Soils: Perspectives from Qatar
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Many halophytes are considered to be salt hyperaccumulators, adopting ion extrusion and inclusion mechanisms. Such plants, with high aboveground biomass, may play crucial roles in saline habitats, including soil desalination ... -
Energy efficiency of direct contact membrane distillation
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article Review)Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology due to its ability to function using low temperature differences and low-quality heat sources, thus allowing it to operate on solar or waste heat. The flux and energy ... -
Estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells: A friend or a foe?
( Elsevier Inc. , 2018 , Article Review)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. The effect of estrogen on these diseases has been assessed in in vitro and in vivo models, as well as in observational studies. Collectively, ... -
Functions and strategies for enhancing zinc availability in plants for sustainable agriculture
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article Review)Zinc (Zn), which is regarded as a crucial micronutrient for plants, and is considered to be a vital micronutrient for plants. Zn has a significant role in the biochemistry and metabolism of plants owing to its significance ... -
Genetic engineering to enhance microalgal-based produced water treatment with emphasis on CRISPR/Cas9: A review
( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article Review)In recent years, the increased demand for and regional variability of available water resources, along with sustainable water supply planning, have driven interest in the reuse of produced water. Reusing produced water can ...
