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Prevalence of human pathogens of the clade Nakaseomyces in a culture collection—the first report on Candida bracarensis in Poland
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Dehydrogenaza sacharopiny (NADP+, tworząca L-glutaminian) z Candida albicans jako cel molekularny
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alfa-Aminotransferaza kwasu L-alfa-aminoadypinowego z Candida albicans jako cel molekularny
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Regulacja aktywności syntazy glukozamino-6-fosforanu z Candida albicans – badania metodami obliczeniowymi
PublicationNiniejsza praca przedstawia wyniki badań, prowadzonych metodami obliczeniowymi, poświęconych enzymowi syntazie GlcN-6-P pochodzącemu z drożdży C. albicans. Enzym ten odpowiedzialny jest między innymi za biosyntezę kluczowych składników ściany komórkowej grzybów i bakterii, ma również wpływ na regulację metabolizmu glukozy. Przedstawione badania stanowią jeden z etapów poszukiwania molekularnego mechanizmu inhibicji, której eukariotyczna...
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The Antimicrobial Activity of Omiganan Alone and In Combination against Candida Isolated from Vulvovaginal Candidiasis and Bloodstream Infections
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Inhibitory Effect of Eugenol and trans‐Anethole Alone and in Combination with Antifungal Medicines on Candida albicans Clinical Isolates
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Photodynamic Inactivation of Candida albicans with Imidazoacridinones: Influence of Irradiance, Photosensitizer Uptake and Reactive Oxygen Species Generation
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Virulence, antifungal susceptibility and molecular mechanisms of echinocandin resistance among Candida isolates recovered from clinical specimens
PublicationFungi of the genus Candida belong to the natural microflora of healthy individuals. However, they can also be a cause of opportunistic infections especially among patients with an impaired immune system. The first line therapy of Candida infections is based on triazoles. However, in recent years there an increase of azole resistant Candida spp., in particular C. glabrata and C. krusei, has been observed. For this reason, echinocandin...
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A novel in vitro assay for assessing efficacy and toxicity of antifungals using human leukaemic cells infected with Candida albicans
PublicationAims: This study describes a novel in vitro assay that simultaneously determines antifungal efficiency and host cell toxicity using suspensions of human leukaemic cells (HL-60) infected with Candida albicans. Methods and Results: The effect of Candida infection on host cell viability was evaluated by the microscopy of trypan blue-stained cells and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. The in vitro ‘drug potency assay’ utilized...
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the isomerase domain of glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase from Candida albicans
PublicationSyntaza glukozamino-6-fosforanu (EC 2.6.1.16) katalizuje pierwszy, praktycznie nieodwracalny etap w szlaku biosyntezy heksozoamin, którego produktem końcowym jest UDP-GlcNAc, kluczowy substrat dla tworzenia ściany komórkowej drobnoustrojów. Otrzymano kryształy domeny izomerazowej syntazy GlcN-6-P z Candida albicans, składającej się z reszt 346-712 (42 kDa). Analiza rentgenograficzna kryształu wykazała, że należy on do grupy przestrzennej...
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Evaluation of possibilities in identification and susceptibility testing for Candida glabrata clinical isolates with the Integral System Yeast Plus (ISYP)
PublicationThe aim of this study was to evaluate possibilities of correct identification and susceptibility testing of C. glabrata clinical isolates with Integral System Yeast Plus (ISYP). For species identification, as the reference method, API Candida test and species-specific PCR reactions were used. The potential of antifungal susceptibility testing by the ISYP test was compared with the Sensititre Yeast One. Whilst the reference methods...
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Oporność patogennych drożdżaków z rodzaju Candida na chemoterapeutyki przeciwgrzybowe i nowe sposoby jej przełamywania
PublicationCelem badania było określenie podatności na leki przeciwgrzybowe izolatów Candida od pacjentów z polskich szpitali oraz określenie mechanizmów oporności na nie. Drugim celem było zbadanie aktywności przeciwgrzybowej produktów naturalnych (olejków eterycznych i propolisów pszczelich) i mechanizmów ich działania. Prawie 20% zebranych izolatów wykazało oporność na flukonazol oraz oporność krzyżową na cztery badane azole. Większość...
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Bacteriophage–Ciprofloxacin Combination Effectiveness Depends on Staphylococcus aureus–Candida albicans Dual-Species Communities’ Growth Model
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A new assay based on terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism of homocitrate synthase gene fragments for Candida species identification
PublicationCandida sp. have been responsible for an increasing number of infections, especially in patients with immunodeficiency. Species specific differentiation of the Candida sp. is difficult in routine diagnosis. This identification can have a highly significant association in therapy and prophylaxis. This work has shown a new application of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (t-RFLP) method in molecular identification...
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MOŻLIWOŚCI WYKORZYSTANIA OLEJKÓW ETERYCZNYCH W PROFILAKTYCE I TERAPII INFEKCJI WYWOŁYWANYCH PRZEZ DROŻDŻE Z RODZAJU CANDIDA
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono perspektywy wykorzystania olejków eterycznych w terapii i profilaktyce chorób infekcyjnych wywoływanych przez drożdże. Wyniki badań z ostatnich lat jednoznacznie potwierdziły, że olejki izolowane z wielu roślin wykazują znaczną aktywność przeciwgrzybową. W przypadku infekcji powierzchniowych mogłyby one stanowić cenną alternatywę, bądź czynnik wspomagający dla stosowanych aktualnie chemioterapeutyków przeciwgrzybowych....
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Characterization of the interactions between human high-molecular-mass kininogen and cell wall proteins of pathogenic yeasts, Candida tropicalis
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Construction, purification, and functional characterization of His-tagged Candida albicans glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase expressed in Escherichia coli
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Novel application of terminal restriction fragments length polymorphism method (t-RFLP) for identification of six clinically important Candida sp.
PublicationTerminal restriction fragments length polymorphism method (t-RFLP) is a modified classical RFLP method. The main difference is based on carrying out PCR using a fluorescently labeled primer or primers. The result of such modification is that after digestion of amplicons only terminal fragments of PCR product (containing fluorescent dye) are visualized. T-RFLP method has found application in environmental microbiology and epidemiology....
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Prevalence of Closely Related Candida albicans Species among Patients with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Southern Poland Based on the hwp1 Gene Amplification
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Modification of quaternary structure of Candida albicans GlcN-6-P synthase and its desensitization to inhibition by UDP-GlcNAc by site-directed mutagenesis
PublicationSite-directed mutagenesis of the CaGFA1 gene encoding glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase from Candida albicans was performed. Desensitization of the enzyme to inhibition by UDPGlcNAc was achieved upon T487I and H492F substitutions at the UDP-GlcNAc binding site, exchange of D524, S525 and S527 for Ala at the dimer:dimer interface and construction of the tail-lock array (L434R and L460A) at the C-tail region. The first two sets if...
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A Comparative Study on the Toxicity of Chlorides and Tri-tert-butoxysilanethiolates of Zinc(II), Cadmium(II) and Mercury(II) Towards Candida albicans and Escherichia coli.
PublicationMetale przejściowe, czyli cynk, kadm i rtęć należą do XII grupy układu okresowego. Cynk jako element strukturalny białek odgrywa zróżnicowaną rolę biologiczną i jest pierwiastkiem niezbędnym do zachowania funkcji życiowych. W odróżnieniu od niego kadm i rtęć są metalami wykazującymi działanie toksyczne i podejrzanymi o działanie rakotwórcze. Kadm w szkodliwy sposób wpływa na uprawy oraz organizm ludzki. Toksyczne działanie rtęci...
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Enzymy o aktywności aminotransferazy kwasu L-α-aminoadypinowego z Candida albicans - właściwości i rola w metabolizmie komórki grzybowej
PublicationCandida albicans jest elementem naturalnej flory drobnoustrojowej człowieka. Podobieństwo komórek grzybowych i ssaczych, wzrost częstości występowania infekcji grzybiczych wraz ze stopniowym wzrostem pojawiania się oporności patogenów stwarza potrzebę poszukiwania nowych związków przeciwgrzybowych. Jedną z dróg obraną przez naukowców jest analiza szlaków biosyntezy aminokwasów egzogennych dla człowieka. Przedmiotem badań w ramach...
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Method-Dependent Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Detection of Triazole Resistance in Candida and Aspergillus Species for the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Broth and Etest Agar Diffusion Methods
PublicationAlthough the Sensititre Yeast-One (SYO) and Etest methods are widely utilized, interpretive criteria are not available for triazole susceptibility testing of Candida or Aspergillus species. We collected fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole SYO and Etest MICs from 39 laboratories representing all continents for (method/agent-dependent) 11,171 Candida albicans, 215 C. dubliniensis, 4,418 C. glabrata species complex,...
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Fluconazole resistant Candida auris clinical isolates have increased levels of cell wall chitin and increased susceptibility to a glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase inhibitor
PublicationIn 2009 Candida auris was first isolated as fungal pathogen of human disease from ear canal of a patient in Japan. In less than a decade, this pathogen has rapidly spread around the world and has now become a major health challenge that is of particular concern because many strains are resistant to multiple class of antifungal drugs. The lack of available antifungals and rapid increase of this fungal pathogen provides an incentive...
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Rod-shaped gold nanoparticles exert potent candidacidal activity and decrease the adhesion of fungal cells
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as drug candidates: a patent review (2003–2015)
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Flow cytometric sorting and analysis of human epidermal stem cell candidates
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The Extracellular Bacterial HtrA Proteins as Potential Therapeutic Targets and Vaccine Candidates
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Chemometric Evaluation of THz Spectral Similarity for the Selection of Early Drug Candidates
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Emerging anticancer activity of candidal glucoseamine-6-phosphate synthase inhibitors upon nanoparticle-mediated delivery
PublicationNumerous glutamine analogues have been reported as irreversible inhibitors of the glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN-6-P) synthase in pathogenic Candida albicans in the last 3.5 decades. Among the reported inhibitors, the most effective N3-(4-methoxyfumaroyl)-L-2,3- diaminopropanoic acid (FMDP) has been extensively studied in order to develop its more active analogues. Several peptide−FMDP conjugates were tested to deliver FMDP to its...
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Risk factors assessment and risk prediction models in lung cancer screening candidates
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Rapid communication: Computational simulation and analysis of a candidate for the design of a novel silk-based biopolymer
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Development of potential candidate reference materials for drugs in bottom sediment, cod and herring tissues
PublicationRegular use of a reference material and participation in a proficiency testing program can improve the reliability of analytical data. This paper presents the preparation of candidate reference materials for the drugs metoprolol, propranolol, carbamazepine, naproxen, and acenocoumarol in freshwater bottom sediment and cod and herring tissues. These reference materials are not available commercially. Drugs (between 7 ng/g and 32...
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Selecting Bacteria Candidates for the Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge to Improve the Aerobic Treatment of Landfill Leachate
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Correction to “Emerging Anticancer Activity of Candidal Glucosamine-6-Phosphate Synthase Inhibitors upon Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery”
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Cu supported on various oxides as a candidate catalyst for dry methane reforming in DIR-SOFCs systems
PublicationA series of Cu-support systems were tested as potential candidates for DIR-SOFC (Direct Internal Reforming SOFC) catalysts towards a dry reforming of methane (DRM). The various supports (-Al2O3, CeO2, ZrO2, SrTiO3) with comparable specific surface area (SSA), and additionally -Al2O3 with SSA an order of magnitude larger than that of the other supports has been applied. The obtained Cu-support systems were characterized in terms...
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Why Do Companies Stay Private? Determinants for IPO Candidates to Consider in Poland and the Czech Republic
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Novel Biodegradable Potato Starch-based Compositions as Candidates in Packaging Industry, Safe for Marine Environment
PublicationAbout 70 % of our planet’s surface is covered by seas and oceans to which even 10 million tons of waste go every year. It makes these places the largest global landfills, containing up to 90 % of plastic waste. In this article we present the results of research on novel starch-based compositions expected to be more safe for the marine environment. For these purpose biopolymers such as, thermoplastic starch (TPS), polylactide (PLA)...
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Homogeneity study of candidate reference material (contaminated soil) based on determination of selected metals, PCBs and PAHs
PublicationReference materials (RMs) are an indispensable part of QA/QC system and have played a critical role in the continual expansion of analytical capabilities of the analytical laboratories. The homogeneity study of the candidate for reference material is essential for the quality of reference material (certified reference material) used in quality assurance activities. The homogeneity study of candidate for reference materials of contaminated...
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Evaluation of candidate reference material obtained from selenium - enriched sprouts for the purpose of selenium speciation analysis
PublicationSelenium is an essential element in animals and humans. Diet supplementation with selenium-rich vegetables has better chemoprotective effect than Se (IV) and SeMet. The production of selenium-enriched vegetables requires a preliminary stage in soil preparation, which may subsequently pose a risk of soil contamination. It seems that the sprouting of seeds under controlled conditions would be a good solution for delivering SeMetSeCys...
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Three Editions of Inter-University Studies on Space and Satellite Technology. Candidate and/vs. Graduate, a Case Study
PublicationCurrently, there is a growing demand for most up-to-date academic courses that will fulfil the needs of modern society. Each candidate has to make choices and judgements carefully, in order to succeed on the market. This is particularly important when educating individuals with different backgrounds, especially on an inter-university course in the field of space sciences and technology. This paper describes a case study carried...
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Multilocus Analysis of Candidate Genes Involved in Neurogenic Inflammation in Pediatric Asthma and Related Phenotypes: A Case–Control Study
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In Silico Safety Assessment of Bacillus Isolated from Polish Bee Pollen and Bee Bread as Novel Probiotic Candidates
PublicationBacillus species isolated from Polish bee pollen (BP) and bee bread (BB) were characterized for in silico probiotic and safety attributes. A probiogenomics approach was used, and in-depth genomic analysis was performed using a wide array of bioinformatics tools to investigate the presence of virulence and antibiotic resistance properties, mobile genetic elements, and secondary metabolites. Functional annotation and Carbohydrate-Active...
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l-ascorbic acid modified poly(ester urethane)s as a suitable candidates for soft tissue engineering applications
PublicationIn this paper we created novel poly(ester urethane)s (PESUs) designed specifically for tissue engineering. The PESUs were derived from oligomeric α,ω-dihydroxy(ethylene-butylene adipate) (dHEBA), 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and aliphatic 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and modified with l-ascorbic acid to improve their biocompatibility. In addition, we determined their mechanical properties (such as tensile strength, elongation at...
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High Cu content LaNi1-xCuxO3-δ perovskites as candidate air electrode materials for Reversible Solid Oxide Cells
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Ruddlesden-Popper-type Nd2-xNi1-yCuyO4±δ layered oxides as candidate materials for MIEC-type ceramic membranes
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Development of a Peptide Derived from Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF-BB) into a Potential Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Wounds
PublicationObjective: This study evaluated the use of novel peptides derived from platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-BB) as potential wound healing stimulants. One of the compounds (named PDGF2) was subjected for further research after cytotoxicity and proliferation assays on human skin cells. Further investigation included evaluation of: migration and chemotaxis of skin cells, immunological and allergic safety, the transcriptional analyses...
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In vitro studies of antimicrobial activity of Gly-His-Lys conjugates as potential and promising candidates for therapeutics in skin and tissue infections
PublicationWe presented in vitro studies of antimicrobial activity of Gly-His-Lys conjugates that are important point in preliminary biological evaluation of their potential application in skin and tissue therapy. The novel compounds include the conjugation of fatty acids with a modification of the amino acid sequence in the primary structure of Gly-His-Lys.
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Biocomposites from recycled resources as candidates for laboratory reference material to validate analytical tools used in organic compounds emissions investigation
PublicationA suitably chosen reference material should meet specific criteria like representing one of the compound classes most commonly occurring in indoor materials as well as having optimal long-term stability during storage and transport to its destination point and having a compact size. The described interdisciplinary pilot research was aimed to develop and characterize a polymer-based candidate for the laboratory reference material...
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Fatigue behaviour of SLM maraging steel under variable-amplitude loading
PublicationOne of the most challenging issues for additive manufactured materials is fatigue endurance. Engineering components often operate under complex, variable amplitude loadings, in which existing technological imperfections promote fatigue cracks growth and damage of elements eventually. In this study the effects of different variable-amplitude strain levels on fatigue life, 18Ni300 steel was tested. The work presents various behaviours...