Respiratory health and long-term exposure to air pollutants in Swiss schoolchildren (Publications)
The impact of long-term exposure to air pollution on respiratory and allergic symptoms and illnesses was assessed in a cross-sectional study of schoolchildren (ages 6 to 15 yr, n = 4,470) living in 10
Old and new selective pressures on <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) has been affecting humans for millennia. There is increasing indication that human-adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) has been co-evolving with different human populat
8-O-methyldioncophyllinol B and revised structures of other 7,6'- coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from <em>Triphyophyllum peltatum... (Publications)
The isolation and structural elucidation of a new naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, 8-O-methyldioncophyllinol B, from Triphyophyllum peltatum (Hutch. et Dalz.) Airy Shaw (Dioncophyllaceae) is described,
Sex-specific effect of body weight gain on systemic inflammation in subjects with COPD: results from the SAPALDIA cohort study 2 (Publications)
Systemic inflammation may mediate the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and extrapulmonary comorbidities. We measured high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in COP
6-Hydroxyluteolin-7-O-(1''-alpha-rhamnoside) from <em>Vriesea sanguinolenta Cogn. and Marchal </em>(Bromeliaceae) (Publications)
The isolation of 6-hydroxyluteolin-7-O-(1"-alpha-rhamnoside) from the Central American epiphyte Vriesea sanguinolenta Cogn. and Marchal (Bromeliaceae) is described here. Its stereostructure was establ
Cultivation of procyclic trypomastigotes of <em>Trypanosoma congolense</em> in a semi-defined medium with direct adaptation from bloodstream forms (Publications)
Bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma congolense added to the semi-defined medium 109-c (Minimum Essential Medium with Earle's salts, 60 mM HEPES, haemin, and heat-inactivated FBS) and incubated at 28 degr