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Effects on Nitric Oxide Production of Urolithins, Gut-Derived Ellagitannin Metabolites, in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells

Molecules, 2016
The consumption of foodstuffs yielding circulating compounds able to maintain endothelial function by improving nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability can be considered as an effective strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention.
Valentina Spigoni, Pedro Mena, Monia Cito, Federica Fantuzzi, Riccardo C. Bonadonna, Furio Brighenti, Alessandra Dei Cas, Daniele Del Rio   +7 more
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Urolithins: The Colon Microbiota Metabolites as Endocrine Modulators: Prospects and Perspectives

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have been used in hormone related disorders, and their role in clinical medicine is evolving. Tamoxifen and raloxifen are the most commonly used synthetic SERMs, and their long-term use are known to create ...
Ravindran Vini, Juberiya M. Azeez, Viji Remadevi, T. R. Susmi, R. S. Ayswarya, Anjana Sasikumar Sujatha, Parvathy Muraleedharan, Lakshmi Mohan Lathika, Sreeja Sreeharshan   +8 more
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The Compound Specific Antibacterial Activities of Major Urolithins and Their Methyl Ethers

Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 2021
The investigation of biological activities of natural products, particularly considering the secondary metabolites, continuously receives attention.
Hayrettin Ozan GÜLCAN, Mehmet İLKTAÇ, Bahareh NOSHADİ, Karar SHUKUR, Mustafa GAZİ   +4 more
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Tissue deconjugation of urolithin A glucuronide to free urolithin A in systemic inflammation

Food & Function, 2019
Urolithin A glucuronide is deconjugated to free urolithin A in systemic inflammation.
Ávila-Gálvez, María Ángeles, GIMENEZ BASTIDA, JUAN ANTONIO, González-Sarrías, Antonio, Espín, Juan Carlos   +3 more
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Urolithin B: Two-way attack on IAPP proteotoxicity with implications for diabetes

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
IntroductionDiabetes is one of the major metabolic diseases worldwide. Despite being a complex systemic pathology, the aggregation and deposition of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP), or amylin, is a recognized histopathological marker of the disease ...
Ana F. Raimundo, Ana F. Raimundo, Ana F. Raimundo, Sofia Ferreira, Sofia Ferreira, Sofia Ferreira, Vânia Pobre, Mafalda Lopes-da-Silva, José A. Brito, Daniel J. V. A. dos Santos, Nuno Saraiva, Cláudia N. dos Santos, Cláudia N. dos Santos, Regina Menezes, Regina Menezes, Regina Menezes   +15 more
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Urolithin A, C, and D, but not iso‐urolithin A and urolithin B, attenuate triglyceride accumulation in human cultures of adipocytes and hepatocytes

Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 2016
ScopeUrolithins (Uro) are ellagic acid (EA)‐derived metabolites produced by gut microbes. There is a growing interest in the biological activities of Uro. Our aim was to evaluate the impacts of Uro on regulating triglyceride (TG) accumulation using cultures of primary human adipocytes and hepatoma Huh7 cells.Methods and resultsUroA, UroB, UroC, UroD ...
Kang, Inhae, Kim, YongEun, Tomás-Barberán, Francisco A., Espín, Juan Carlos, Chung, Soonkyu   +4 more
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Preclinical Evaluation of Oral Urolithin-A for the Treatment of Acute Campylobacteriosis in Campylobacter jejuni Infected Microbiota-Depleted IL-10^−/− Mice

Pathogens, 2020
Human campylobacteriosis represents an infectious enteritis syndrome caused by Campylobacter species, mostly Campylobacter jejuni. Given that C. jejuni infections are rising worldwide and antibiotic treatment is usually not indicated, novel treatment ...
Soraya Mousavi, Dennis Weschka, Stefan Bereswill, Markus M. Heimesaat   +3 more
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Muscadine or amla extracts standardized to ellagic acid content ameliorate glucolipotoxicity associated β-cell dysfunction via inhibition of IL-1β and improved insulin secretion

Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 2020
Glucolipotocixity induces IL-1 β secretion which impairs pancreatic β-cell insulin secretion. Ellagic acid and urolithin A have strong anti-inflammatory effect on cells. Muscadine and amla are very good sources of ellagic acid. The present study examined
Srikanth Earpina, Karen McDonough, Millicent Yeboah-Awudzi, Kristina J. Cook, Sita Aggarwal, Jack N. Losso   +5 more
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Antiproliferative effect of urolithin A, the ellagic acid-derived colonic metabolite, on hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2.2.15 cells by targeting Lin28a/let-7a axis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2018
An abnormality in the Lin28/let-7a axis is relevant to the progression of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which could be a novel therapeutic target for this malignant tumor.
Zhenpeng Qiu, Junxuan Zhou, Cong Zhang, Ye Cheng, Junjie Hu, Guohua Zheng   +5 more
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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of urolithin derivatives as potential phosphodiesterase II inhibitors

Journal of Chemical Research, 2023
Urolithins are the gut microbiota metabolites of ellagitannins which are found in natural plants such as pomegranate, strawberry, and raspberry, and in nuts.
Hecheng Wang, Long Tang, Wanhui Di, Feng Yan, Xianfeng Huang, Xiaoqing Feng, Guoqiang Song   +6 more
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