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High Plasma Glucagon Levels Correlate with Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Suprailiac Skinfold Thickness, and Deep Subcutaneous Abdominal and Intraperitoneal Adipose Tissue Depots in Nonobese Asian Indian Males with Type 2 Diabetes in North India

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2017
We aimed to correlate plasma glucagon levels with anthropometric measures and abdominal adipose tissue depots. Nonobese males (n=81; BMI 
Shajith Anoop, Anoop Misra, Surya Prakash Bhatt, Seema Gulati, Harsh Mahajan, Gokulraj Prabakaran   +5 more
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Pregnancy and the Biliary Tract

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000
Pregnancy induces many physiological changes, some of which may have pathological results. In population studies, gallstones were found in 6.5% to 8.4% of nulliparous women, and in 18.4% to 19.3% of women with two to three or more pregnancies.
Tuvia Gilat, Fred Konikoff
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Dendrogenin A drives LXR to trigger lethal autophagy in cancers

Nature Communications, 2017
Dendrogenin A, cholesterol metabolite, has tumor suppressive properties but the mechanisms are unknown. Here the authors show that Dendrogenin A can induce autophagy-mediated cell death in both melanoma and acute myeloid leukaemia.
Gregory Segala, Marion David, Philippe de Medina, Mathias C. Poirot, Nizar Serhan, François Vergez, Aurelie Mougel, Estelle Saland, Kevin Carayon, Julie Leignadier, Nicolas Caron, Maud Voisin, Julia Cherier, Laetitia Ligat, Frederic Lopez, Emmanuel Noguer, Arnaud Rives, Bruno Payré, Talal al Saati, Antonin Lamaziere, Gaëtan Despres, Jean-Marc Lobaccaro, Silvere Baron, Cecile Demur, Fabienne de Toni, Clément Larrue, Helena Boutzen, Fabienne Thomas, Jean-Emmanuel Sarry, Marie Tosolini, Didier Picard, Michel Record, Christian Récher, Marc Poirot, Sandrine Silvente-Poirot   +34 more
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HPLC Analysis and Skin Whitening Effects of Umbelliprenin-containing Extracts of Anethum Graveolens, Pimpinella Anisum, and Ferulago Campestris

Molecules, 2019
Umbelliprenin has recently been shown to have great potential as a skin whitening agent. Wishing to investigate the same effect in plant species known to biosynthesize this coumarin, three plants belonging to the Apiaceae family, namely Anethum ...
Vito Alessandro Taddeo, Francesco Epifano, Francesca Preziuso, Serena Fiorito, Nicolas Caron, Arnaud Rives, Philippe de Medina, Marc Poirot, Sandrine Silvente-Poirot, Salvatore Genovese   +9 more
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Long Term Anticoagulation (4–16 Years) Stops Progression of Idiopathic Hip Osteonecrosis Associated with Familial Thrombophilia

Advances in Orthopedics, 2015
In 6 patients with familial thrombophilia (5 Factor V (FV) Leiden heterozygotes, 1 with resistance to activated protein C (RAPC)), we prospectively assessed whether continuous longterm (4–16 years) anticoagulation would prevent progression of idiopathic ...
Charles J. Glueck, Richard A. Freiberg, Robert Wissman, Ping Wang   +3 more
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Biliary cholesterol crystallization characterized by single-crystal cryogenic electron diffraction

Journal of Lipid Research, 2005
Cholesterol crystals are the building blocks of cholesterol gallstones. The exact structure of early-forming crystals is still controversial. We combined cryogenic-temperature transmission electron microscopy with cryogenic-temperature electron ...
Daphne Weihs, Judith Schmidt, Ilana Goldiner, Dganit Danino, Moshe Rubin, Yeshayahu Talmon, Fred M. Konikoff   +6 more
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THE EFFECT OF HCG, 17 Β-ESTRADIOL AND HYDROCORTISONE ON BLOOD CHOLESTEROL, [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of human chorionic gonadotophic (HCG), 17β-estradiol and hydrocortisone on some blood parameters and body weight in female rabbits.
Wasfi Dhahir Abd Ali Al -Mahmod
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Vascular robustness: The missing parameter in cardiovascular risk prediction

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2018
Undetected high risk for premature death of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals with low-to-moderate risk factor scores is an acknowledged obstacle to CVD prevention.
Lutz E. Kraushaar, Alexander Dressel, Alexander Maßmann   +2 more
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Cholesterol oxides inhibit cholesterol esterification by lecithin: cholesterol acyl transferase

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009
Cholesterol oxides are atherogenic and can affect the activity of diverse important enzymes for the lipidic metabolism. The effect of 7β-hydroxycholesterol, 7-ketocholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, cholestan-3β,5α,6β-triol,5,6β ...
Eder de Carvalho Pincinato, Patricia Moriel, Dulcinéia Saes Parra Abdalla   +2 more
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Impact of acute exercise on antioxidant enzymes activity and lipid status in blood of patients with hypertension [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background/Aim. Many studies support the hypothesis that oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenic process of a variety of diseases including hypertension. In humans, hypertension is also considered a state of oxidative stress that can contribute to
Kostić Nada, Čaparević Zorica, Marina Đorđe, Ilić Sanja, Radojković Jana, Ćosić Zoran, Ćelić Vera, Penčić Biljana, Radojković Ivan   +8 more
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