A new formulation, nanoprebiotics [e.g., phthalyl pullulan nanoparticles (PPNs)], was demonstrated to enhance the antimicrobial activity of probiotics Lactobacillus plantarum (LP)] in vitro through intracellular stimulation better than that by backbone prebiotics, which are commonly used. In this study, we aimed investigate whether combination would exert distinct effects as synbiotics vivo . S...

Training the next generation of independent cardiovascular investigators has been a longstanding interest to the Circulation Research community, as evidenced by an editorial in the first volume of this journal.1 Since then, National Institutes of Health (NIH) training mechanisms have expanded from a single offering of postdoctoral fellowships to the current offerings composed of institutional p...

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of foodborne pathogens, Escherichia coli, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. on slaughtered cattle in Isfahan, Iran. A total of 203 cattle carcasses were sampled by surface section of neck meat taken immediately after slaughter and analyzed using microbiological examinations. Suspected colonies to E. coli O157:H7...