Eosinophil-associated diseases represent a spectrum of heterogeneous disorders, where blood and cutaneous eosinophilia is the most important feature and eosinophils are the principal cause of cutaneous lesions. These diseases show some similarities in the clinical features but also many distinctive characteristics [Saurat et al., Dermatologia e malattie sessualmente trasmesse, Milano, Masson, 2...

Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation to the skin downregulates lipid synthesis and adipokine production in subcutaneous fat. Recent evidence also suggests that UV exposure limits body weight gain obesity models. However, it is still unclear how chronic modulates energy metabolism of whole body. High fat- or normal diet-fed female C57BL/6 mice were treated with sham for 12 weeks. stimulated food intake ...

Twenty-seven marine sediment- and sponge-derived actinomycetes with a preference for or dependence on seawater for growth were classified at the genus level using molecular taxonomy. Their potential to produce bioactive secondary metabolites was analyzed by PCR screening for genes involved in polyketide and nonribosomal peptide antibiotic synthesis. Using microwell cultures, conditions for the ...