We investigated the possibility of utilizing both oleaginous yeast species accumulating large amounts of lipids (Yarrowia lipolytica, Rhodotorula glutinis, Trichosporon cutaneum, and Candida sp.) and traditional biotechnological nonoleaginous ones (Kluyveromyces polysporus, Torulaspora delbrueckii, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as potential producers of dietetically important major fatty acids....

We analyzed the effects of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 on the degree of carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) and plaque stability, and investigated their correlations with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (CCEs). Two hundred CAS patients were enrolled. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured using ultrasonic examination. Patients were divided into the no plaq...

Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous, yeast-like organisms capable of filamentous growth, i.e., dimorphic (Fig 1), that are distributed throughout nature [1]. They are important from a biotechnological point of view as they are capable of decontaminating polluted environments by accumulating large amounts of oils [2–5]. A limited number of reports also show their presence in the human micro...

We construct explicit consistent Kaluza–Klein reductions of type IIB supergravity on HK4 × S, where HK4 is an arbitrary four-dimensional hyper-Kähler manifold, and on SE5, an arbitrary five-dimensional Sasaki– Einstein manifold. In the former case we obtain the bosonic action of D = 5 N = 4 (ungauged) supergravity coupled to two vector multiplets. For the SE5 case we extend a known reduction, w...

The mortality associated with invasive fungal infections remains high with that involving rare yeast pathogens other than Candida being no exception. This is in part due to the severe underlying conditions typically predisposing patients to these healthcare-related infections (most often severe neutropenia in patients with haematological malignancies), and in part due to the often challenging i...

Correspondence to: Dr. M. R. Turner, PO Box 41 (ANC), Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK E-mail: [email protected] Department of Neurology, PO Box 41, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Division of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN,...