Role of insect and mammal glutathione transferases in chemoperception

M Schwartz, V Boichot, S Fraichard, M Muradova… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are ubiquitous key enzymes with different activities as
transferases or isomerases. As key detoxifying enzymes, GSTs are expressed in the …

Amino acids in dog nutrition and health

AM Oberbauer, JA Larsen - Amino Acids in Nutrition and Health: Amino …, 2021 - Springer
The dog has assumed a prominent role in human society. Associated with that status, diet
choices for companion dogs have begun to reflect the personal preferences of the owners …

Comparison of carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore mammalian genomes with a new leopard assembly

S Kim, YS Cho, HM Kim, O Chung, H Kim, S Jho… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background There are three main dietary groups in mammals: carnivores, omnivores, and
herbivores. Currently, there is limited comparative genomics insight into the evolution of …

Validation of salivary oxytocin and vasopressin as biomarkers in domestic dogs

EL MacLean, LR Gesquiere, N Gee, K Levy… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Oxytocin (OT) and Vasopressin (AVP) are phylogenetically conserved
neuropeptides with effects on social behavior, cognition and stress responses. Although OT …

Comprehensive functional analysis of large lists of genes and proteins

B Mlecnik, J Galon, G Bindea - Journal of proteomics, 2018 - Elsevier
The interpretation of high dimensional datasets resulting from genomic and proteomic
experiments in a timely and efficient manner is challenging. ClueGO software is a Cytoscape …

Rethinking the starch digestion hypothesis for AMY1 copy number variation in humans

CI Fernández, AS Wiley - American journal of physical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alpha‐amylase exists across taxonomic kingdoms with a deep evolutionary history of gene
duplications that resulted in several α‐amylase paralogs. Copy number variation (CNV) in …

Salivary protein homology between humans and dogs: Mass Spectrometry-based proteomics Analysis

P Ahmad, LM Marin, C Lowe, GS Katselis… - Journal of Dentistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This benchmark study aimed to investigate sex-related differences based on the
identification and characterization of the salivary proteome of healthy male and female dogs …

Antibodies, nanobodies, or aptamers—which is best for deciphering the proteomes of non-model species?

P Dhar, RM Samarasinghe, S Shigdar - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This planet is home to countless species, some more well-known than the others. While we
have developed many techniques to be able to interrogate some of the “omics”, proteomics …

Detection and measurement of alpha-amylase in canine saliva and changes after an experimentally induced sympathetic activation

MD Contreras-Aguilar, F Tecles… - BMC veterinary …, 2017 - Springer
Background Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is considered a biomarker of sympathetic
activation in humans, but there is controversy regarding the existence of sAA in dogs. The …

The saliva proteome of dogs: variations within and between breeds and between species

S Pasha, T Inui, I Chapple, S Harris, L Holcombe… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Saliva is a complex multifunctional fluid that bathes the oral cavity to assist in soft and hard
tissue maintenance, lubrication, buffering, defense against microbes, and initiating digestion …