Microbial food safety has been the focus of research across various disciplines within the
risk analysis community. Natural scientists involved in food microbiology and related …

cGMP-dependent protein kinases I and II conduct signals from widespread signaling systems.
Whereas the type I kinase mediates numerous effects of natriuretic peptides and nitric …

Identification of Lgr5 as the intestinal stem cell marker as well as the growth factors necessary
to replicate adult intestinal stem cell division has led to the establishment of the methods to …

Objective Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is a high degree of interindividual
variability in the degree of response to methotrexate (MTX) treatment. This study was …

We recently established conditions allowing for long-term expansion of epithelial organoids
from intestine, recapitulating essential features of the in vivo tissue architecture. Here we …

Despite significant efforts by all parties involved, there is still a considerable burden of
foodborne illness, in which micro-organisms play a prominent role. Microbes can enter the food …

Aims: To determine the effect of hygiene measures on cross‐contamination of Campylobacter
jejuni at home and to select a safe tracer organism for C. jejuni. Methods and Results: …

… Methods and Results: Based on laboratory scenarios performed by de Jong et al. (2008)
, transfer rates were estimated for Campylobacter jejuni and Lactobacillus casei as a tracer …

We used two experimental models to prove that resveratrol (trans-3,4′,5-trihydroxystilbene)
reduces cardiac ischemic-reperfusion injury by means of a nitric oxide- and adenosine-…

… Contamination levels of salads were determined as described by De Jong (submitted) by
use of the most-probable number (MPN) method (triplicate tubes per dilution) in combination …