Editorial Material
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Gabriella Broms
Summary: This study focuses on maternal outcomes in pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease, bringing attention to this important aspect that has often been overlooked in the past.
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Noa Avidan, Michael Levy, Shirley S. Daube, Roy H. Bar-Ziv
Summary: We compartmentalize cascaded gene expression reactions in a DNA brush, starting from cell-free synthesis of a unidirectional recombinase that exchanges information between two DNA molecules. Recombination yield in the DNA brush is responsive to gene composition, density, and orientation, with faster kinetics than in a homogeneous dilute bulk solution reaction. The ability to encode the DNA recombinase in the same DNA brush with its substrate constructs enables multiple spatially resolved orthogonal recombination transactions.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tomohiro Shirai, Dan Takase, Junkichi Yokoyama, Kuniyuki Nakanishi, Chisaki Uehara, Naoko Saito, Aya Kato-Namba, Keiichi Yoshikawa
Summary: This study investigates the constituents and functions of olfactory mucus, finding that it contains high concentrations of solutes and molecules related to odorant metabolism. The study also reveals the age-dependent decrease in the amount of olfactory mucus and its impact on the sensitivity of odorant detection by receptors. These findings provide insights into the molecular processes of olfactory mucus and propose a potential cause of olfactory decline.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
U. Vivian Ukah, Natalie Dayan, Brian J. Potter, Aimina Ayoub, Nathalie Auger
Summary: This study found that severe maternal morbidity is associated with an increased risk of long-term mortality after pregnancy, particularly with severe cardiac complications, acute renal failure, and cerebrovascular accidents. Women with serious pregnancy complications may benefit from more intensive clinical follow-up.
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Huafan Zhang, Linlin Wu, Xiaoxia Wu, Yixuan Chen, Fu-Ying Tian, Aiqi Yin, Fengqiao Hu, Jianing Tong, Xuna Huang, Yanmei Wan, Jianmin Niu
Summary: This study examined the relationship between postpartum BMI changes and cardiometabolic risk factors. The participants were divided into different groups based on their BMI changes. The findings showed that women with a postpartum BMI gain > 1.7 units had higher cardiometabolic risk, while those with a postpartum BMI loss > 0 units had lower risk.
ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Maria W. Steenland, Raj Vatsa, Lydia E. Pace, Jessica L. Cohen
Summary: This cross-sectional study suggests that Medicaid policies that reimburse immediate postpartum LARC may increase access to this service, but policy implementation has been uneven, resulting in unequal access.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Candy Guiguet-Auclair, Olivier Riviere, Laurent Gerbaud, Francoise Vendittelli
Summary: Through a Delphi procedure, experts and clinicians evaluated and selected 50 indicators that reflect the quality of perinatal care, which should be recorded in the birth register of each French maternity ward.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
H. G. Juncker, E. F. G. Naninck, L. Schipper, P. J. Lucassen, J. B. van Goudoever, S. R. de Rooij, A. Korosi
Summary: Maternal stress in the postpartum period is associated with lower levels of fatty acids in human milk, which may have consequences for child development.
CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kevin W. Zhu, Shawn D. Burton, Maira H. Nagai, Justin D. Silverman, Claire A. de March, Matt Wachowiak, Hiroaki Matsunami
Summary: This study utilized targeted spatial transcriptomics to map the distribution of olfactory receptors in the murine olfactory bulb and generated a 3D model. The findings revealed a relationship between receptors and odorants, providing significant insights into olfaction.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sant. Kumar, Stanislav Anastassov, Stephanie K. Aoki, Johannes Falkenstein, Ching-Hsiang Chang, Timothy Frei, Peter Buchmann, Paul Argast, Mustafa Khammash
Summary: In this study, a universal light illumination platform called Diya was introduced for high-throughput optogenetic experiments. Extensive characterization experiments demonstrated that Diya maintains viable conditions for cell cultures and enables in vivo optogenetic strategies.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
John E. Krzeczkowski, Louis A. Schmidt, Ryan J. Van Lieshout
Summary: This study demonstrates that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for mothers with postpartum depression (PPD) can improve infant emotion regulatory capacity, leading to improved emotional regulation and reducing differences between infants of mothers with PPD and healthy control infants.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Sho Kurihara, Masayoshi Tei, Junichi Hata, Eri Mori, Masato Fujioka, Yoshinori Matsuwaki, Nobuyoshi Otori, Hiromi Kojima, Hirotaka James Okano
Summary: Combined high-field MRI and DTI analyses allow visualization of olfactory sensory neurons and their projections, providing olfactory nerve maps in humans, marmosets, and mice. This technique has the potential to be used clinically for the diagnosis of olfactory dysfunction.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Fengyu Zhang, Yanhong Sun, Yihao Zhang, Wenting Shen, Shujing Wang, Qi Ouyang, Chunxiong Luo
Summary: Zhang et al. create an oscillator circuit that can be orthogonally controlled by two inducers in Escherichia coli and by systematically tuning the concentration of the inducers, the amplitude and period can be modulated independently. This design allows the oscillator to be modularized and used in more complex circuit designs, which can be a valuable contribution to the Synthetic Biology field.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Wasana Weerasuriya, Julia E. Saunders, Lilla Markel, Ke Xu, Thao T. B. Ho, Dominick J. Lemas, Maureen W. Groer, Adetola F. Louis-Jacques
Summary: This paper aims to synthesize the literature on the composition and diversity of gut microbiota in healthy mothers during the postpartum period. The dominant phylum in the early postpartum was Firmicutes, while the dominant genus was Bacteroides. The postpartum gut microbiota is influenced by various biological and environmental factors, and it is associated with health conditions such as postpartum depression and inflammatory bowel disease. Understanding the significance of the postpartum maternal gut microbiota could contribute to improving maternal short and long-term health.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Anna A. Feitzinger, Anthony Le, Ammon Thompson, Mehnoor Haseeb, Mohan Koumar Murugesan, Austin M. Tang, Susan E. Lott
Summary: Overall, maternal transcripts are more conserved while zygotic transcripts evolve at a higher rate. Within-population variation in transcript abundance is greater than between populations, and expression variation is highest post-MZT between African lines.