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This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of tannin supplementation on ruminal microbiota of sixteen lambs infected and non-infected with Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Animals were fed with hay, concentrate and supplemented with Acacia mearnsii (A. mearnsii). The animals were divided into four treatments two control groups without infection, either receiving A. mearnsii (C+) or not (C-), and two infected groups, one with A. mearnsii (I+) and another without A. mearnsii (I-). Ruminal short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) and metagenome sequencing of ruminal microbiota were used to evaluate the effect of tannin and infection on ruminal microbiome. For SCFA, differences were observed only with A. mearnsii. Total SCFA and acetate molar percentage were decreased in C+ and I+ (P less then 0.05). Butyrate, valerate and isovalerate were higher in lambs that received A. mearnsii in the diet (P less then 0.05). The infection changed the microbiome structure and decreased the abundance of butyrate-producing microorganisms. In addition, A. mearnsii supplementation also affected the structure the microbial community, increasing the diversity and abundance of the butyrate-producing and probiotics bacteria, amino acid metabolic pathways, purine, pyrimidine and sphingolipid metabolism. Together, our findings indicate that A. mearnsii supplementation modulates important groups related to nitrogen, amino acid, purine and pyrimidine metabolism, in rumen microbiome, affected by gastrointestinal nematodes infection in lambs. © FEMS 2020.AIMS Sex differences impact the occurrence, presentation, prognosis, and response to therapy in heart disease. Particularly, the phenotypic presentation of patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) differs between men and women. However, whether the response to mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is influenced by sex remains unknown. We hypothesize that males and females with NIDCM respond similarly to MSC therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS Male (n = 24) and female (n = 10) patients from the POSEIDON-DCM trial who received MSCs via transendocardial injections were evaluated over 12 months. Endothelial function was measured at baseline and 3 months post-TESI. At baseline, EF was lower (p = 0.004) and end diastolic volume (EDV; p = 0.0002) and end systolic volume (ESV; p = 0.0002) were higher in males vs. females. In contrast, baseline demographic characteristics, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were similar between groups. EF improved in males left ventricular remodeling, MSC treatment improves the NIDCM phenotype irrespective of patient sex. Importantly, MSC administration to female patients may lead to an increased rate of heart failure with recovered EF, which carries an improved mortality, transplant rate, and hospitalization rate. This hypothesis-generating study encourages the design of future trials that evaluate patient sex differences in response to cell-based therapy. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ory-1001-rg-6016.html For permissions please email journals.permissions@oup.com.Numerous hemerythrins, di-iron proteins, have been identified in prokaryote genomes, but in most cases their function remains elusive. Bacterial hemerythrin homologs (bacteriohemerythrins, Bhrs) may contribute to various cellular functions, including oxygen sensing, metal binding and antibiotic resistance. It has been proposed that methanotrophic Bhrs support methane oxidation by supplying oxygen to a core enzyme, particulate methane monooxygenase. In this study, the consequences of the overexpression or deletion of the Bhr gene (bhr) in Methylomicrobiam alcaliphillum 20ZR were investigated. We found that the bhrknockout (20ZRΔbhr) displays growth kinetics and methane consumption rates similar to wild type. However, the 20ZRΔbhr accumulates elevated concentrations of acetate at aerobic conditions, indicating slowed respiration. The methanotrophic strain overproducing Bhr shows increased oxygen consumption and reduced carbon-conversion efficiency, while its methane consumption rates remain unchanged. These results suggest that the methanotrophic Bhr proteins specifically contribute to oxygen-dependent respiration, while they have minimal, if any, input of oxygen for the methane oxidation machinery. © FEMS 2020.Importance Conventional segmentation of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) is prone to errors that may affect the accuracy of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) scans in detecting glaucomatous damage. Objective To develop a segmentation-free deep learning (DL) algorithm for assessment of glaucomatous damage using the entire circle B-scan image from SD-OCT. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study at a single institution used data from SD-OCT images of eyes with glaucoma (perimetric and preperimetric) and normal eyes. The data set was randomly split at the patient level into a training (50%), validation (20%), and test data set (30%). Data were collected from March 2008 to April 2019, and analysis began April 2018. Exposures A convolutional neural network was trained to discriminate glaucomatous from normal eyes using the SD-OCT circle B-scan without segmentation lines. Main Outcomes and Measures The ability to discriminate glaucoma from healthy eyes was evaluated by coctor for discriminating between glaucoma and controls (all P  less then  .001). At 95% specificity, the DL algorithm (81%; 95% CI, 64%-97%) was more sensitive than global RNFL thickness (67%; 95% CI, 58%-76%). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve were also significantly greater for the DL algorithm compared with RNFL thickness at each stage of disease, especially preperimetric and mild perimetric glaucoma. Conclusions and Relevance A segmentation-free DL algorithm performed better than conventional RNFL thickness parameters for diagnosing glaucomatous damage on OCT scans, especially in early disease. Future studies should investigate how such an approach contributes to diagnostic decisions when combined with other relevant clinical information, such as risk factors and perimetry results.