Greater neighborhood disadvantage is associated with increased inflammatory and Alzheimer disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in older adults.

Although plants contain chitinase for defense against insect pests and pathogenic fungi — whose survival depends on the chitin in their exoskeletons or cell walls — the level of chitinase in ...

Chitin biomass is the second most abundant natural polysaccharide after cellulose on the earth, yet its recalcitrance to degrade and utilize severely limits its application. However, many ...

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Chitinase 3-Like 1 gene polymorphisms and the occurrence of preeclampsia in a selected cohort of pregnant women. METHODS: A ...

Biochemical and structural investigations of the pH adaptability of mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase offer insights for designing enhanced enzyme variants that can function in both lung and gut.

AG Moerschbacher - NewsPaper accepted: “Transcriptomics reveal a mechanism of niche defense: two beneficial root endophytes deploy a host-protective antimicrobial GH18-CBM5 chitinase” Today, Ruben ...

The group of cells release chitinase 1 (CHIT1) protein that accelerates aging process in motor neurons; otherwise this protein is present in very low concentrations in the body. "CHIT1 can help ...

We recently reported that progranulin (PGRN) is a novel regulator of glucocerebrosidase and its deficiency associates with Gaucher Diseases (GD) (Jian et al., 2016a; Jian et al., 2018). To isolate the ...

We identified that Chitinase-like 1 (CHIL1) secreted by S1P activated neutrophils may be an important mediators affecting the pro-inflammatory macrophage responses. In the injured liver of mice ...