Browsing by Subject "Good Health and Well Being"
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Advancing COVID-19 response through community participation: Lessons learned from community–academic research partnerships for health
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Cultural efficacy as a novel component of understanding linkages between culture and mental health in Indigenous communities
(Wiley, 2022-09-01)We used a novel measure of cultural efficacy to examine empirical pathways between enculturation, efficacy, and two wellbeing outcomes. Cultural factors are not consistently linked to better wellbeing in the academic ... -
Exogenously scavenged and endogenously synthesized heme are differentially utilized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-10-26)Heme is both an essential cofactor and an abundant source of nutritional iron for the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. While heme is required for M. tuberculosis survival and virulence, it is also potentially ... -
Mycobacteria, metals, and the macrophage
(Wiley, 2015-03)Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen that thrives inside host macrophages. A key trait of M. tuberculosis is to exploit and manipulate metal cation trafficking inside infected macrophages to ... -
PPE surface proteins are required for heme utilization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017-03-08)Iron is essential for replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but iron is efficiently sequestered in the human host during infection. Heme constitutes the largest iron reservoir in the human body and is utilized by many ... -
Protein complex from human milk enhances the activity of antibiotics and drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(American Society for Microbiology, 2019-02)Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), has surpassed HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. The increasing occurrence of drug-resistant strains has become ... -
Role for zinc transporter gene SLC39A12 in the nervous system and beyond
(Elsevier, 2021-10-05)The SLC39A12 gene encodes the zinc transporter protein ZIP12, which is expressed across many tissues and is highly abundant in the vertebrate nervous system. As a zinc transporter, ZIP12 functions to transport zinc across ... -
Role of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-4 secretion system in heme iron utilization and pore formation by PPE proteins
(American Society for Microbiology, 2023-02-07)Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is transmitted through aerosols and primarily colonizes within the lung. The World Health Organization estimates that Mtb kills ~1.4 million people every year. A key aspect that makes Mtb ... -
Spatial and temporal risk as drivers for adoption of foot and mouth disease vaccination
(Elsevier, 2018-08-09)Identifying the drivers of vaccine adoption decisions under varying levels of perceived disease risk and benefit provides insight into what can limit or enhance vaccination uptake. To address the relationship of perceived ... -
Spiritual connectedness through prayer as a mediator of the relationship between Indigenous language use and positive mental health
(American Psychological Association (APA), 2021-01-01)Objective: The objective of this study is to understand how Indigenous language and spirituality revitalization efforts may affect mental health within Indigenous communities. Although Indigenous communities experience ... -
Using human-centered design to develop an innovative teen pregnancy prevention program: Lessons learned from a case study
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022)