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cholesterol; cholesterol oxidase, etc ; biocatalysis; energy; forces; irradiation; oxidation; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Enzymes that can convert chemical energy into mechanical force through biocatalysis have been used as engines for artificial micro/nanomotors. However, most nanomotors are powered by only one engine and have a microscale size range, which greatly limits their application scenarios. Herein, an ultrasmall enzyme/light-powered nanomotor (71.1 ± 8.2 nm) is prepared by directly coupling ultrasmall hist ...
cholesterol; cholesterol metabolism, etc ; Suid alphaherpesvirus 1; agonists; homeostasis; liver; models; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Pseudorabies virus (PRV) is a contagious herpesvirus that causes Aujeszky’s disease and economic losses worldwide. Liver X receptors (LXRs) belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and are critical for the control of lipid homeostasis. However, the role of LXR in PRV infection has not been fully established. In this study, we found that PRV infection downregulated the mRNA and protein levels of ...
cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis, etc ; Alzheimer disease; Parkinson disease; astrocytes; brain; lipoproteins; therapeutics; Show all 8 Subjects
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... High-density lipoproteins (HDL) play a key role in cholesterol homeostasis maintenance in the central nervous system (CNS), by carrying newly synthesized cholesterol from astrocytes to neurons, to support their lipid-related physiological functions. As occurs for plasma HDL, brain lipoproteins are assembled through the activity of membrane cholesterol transporters, undergo remodeling mediated by s ...
cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis, etc ; atherosclerosis; death; homeostasis; humans; inflammation; models; oxidative stress; therapeutics; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Cholesterol is an essential component of mammalian cells and is involved in many fundamental physiological processes; hence, its homeostasis in the body is tightly controlled, and any disturbance has serious consequences. Disruption of the cellular metabolism of cholesterol, accompanied by inflammation and oxidative stress, promotes the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and, consequently, is on ...
cholesterol; cholesterol metabolism, etc ; alcohol drinking; bile; excretion; fatty liver; inflammation; inulin; mice; research; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic disorder defined as the presence of intrahepatic lipid deposition and steatosis as well as chronic inflammation without excessive alcohol consumption. Our previous studies found that inulin could dramatically improve lipid metabolism disorders in NAFLD murine models. In recent years, mounting evidence has approved that there are disproportio ...
... There is no prior research on the usefulness that popular nutrition-related mobile applications would have on assessing fatty acids intake. In this study, we examine these applications through their utilization in the assessment of consumption of saturated (SFAs) and polyunsaturated (PUFAs) fatty acids against the Polish reference method (RM, Dieta 6.0). This report does also include the informati ...
cholesterol; cholesterol metabolism, etc ; absorption; animal models; hypercholesterolemia; liver; low density lipoprotein; probiotics; small intestine; Show all 9 Subjects
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... AIMS: Two putative probiotic strains, Lacticaseibacillus (Lc.) rhamnosus BFE5264 and Lactiplantibacillus (Lp.) plantarum NR74, have been shown to suppress cholesterol uptake and promote cholesterol efflux in Caco‐2 cells. However, an in vivo beneficial effect of these strains on plasma cholesterol levels has not been verified yet; neither have the underlying mechanisms of regulating cholesterol me ...
... Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a health problem worldwide and elevated cholesterol levels are a key risk factor for the disease. Dysbiotic gut microbiota has been shown to be associated with CVD development. However, the beneficial effects of healthy microbiota in decreasing cholesterol levels have not been summarized. Herein, we begin by discussing the potential mechanisms by which the gut micro ...
National Cholesterol Education Program; cholesterol, etc ; adults; energy; fat intake; food records; nutrition assessment; public health; questionnaires; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of MEDFICTS (Meats, Eggs, Dairy, Fried foods, fat In baked goods, Convenience foods, fats added at the Table, Snacks) questionnaire in Turkish population. MEDFICTS questionnaire is a brief dietary assessment tool developed as part of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel guidelines, and it measures the adherence to Ste ...
... We have investigated, at the atomic level, the ion-fishing mechanism underlying the ion transport across membranes mediated by an artificial ion transporter composed of a hydroxyl-rich cholesterol group, a flexible alkyl chain, and a crown ether. Our results show that the transporter can spontaneously insert into the membrane and switch between the folded (U-shaped) and extended (I-shaped) conform ...
... The specific effectiveness of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain Inducia of human intestinal origin was evaluated by genomic technologies, biochemical methods, and clinical biomarkers. The whole-genome sequence of L. plantarum Inducia harbored oxidative and lipid metabolism genes. The relevance of the assessed gene set to the functional properties of the strain in experimental research and t ...
cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis, etc ; ABC transporters; Alzheimer disease; amyloid; apolipoprotein E; astrocytes; brain; cytochrome P-450; immunoblotting; protein synthesis; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Imbalanced cholesterol metabolism in the brain is one of the main pathophysiological mechanisms involved in Alzheimer's disease. We investigated the effect of amyloid-beta (Aβ) on the main proteins involved in regulation of cholesterol metabolism along with cholesterol content in astrocytes and neurons.Astrocytes and neurons were cultured and treated with Aβ. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) level in the c ...
cholesterol metabolism; high density lipoprotein cholesterol, etc ; atherosclerosis; biocompatible materials; chitosan; cytokines; hepatocytes; inflammation; intravenous injection; macrophages; morbidity; mortality; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Owing to the synergistic regulation of cholesterol metabolism and lesion inflammation, the simultaneous administration of statins and nucleic acids is expected to alleviate atherosclerosis. In this work, we prepared atorvastatin- and galactose-modified trimethyl chitosan nanoparticles (GTANPs) ...
cholesterol, etc ; liver; liver diseases; mice; mitochondria; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Niemann-Pick C disease frequently presents as severe cholestatic disease in infants. However, it progressively becomes less of a problem as children age. We have found that, in an appropriate mouse model, liver cholesterol levels, which are initially very high, decrease while mitochondrial function, initially quite compromised, increases with age. The key mitochondrial regulator, MNRR1, increases ...
cholesterol, etc ; endosomes; lipid composition; lysosomes; neurites; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We identified a mushroom-derived protein, maistero-2 that specifically binds 3-hydroxy sterol including cholesterol (Chol). Maistero-2 bound lipid mixture in Chol-dependent manner with a binding threshold of around 30%. Changing lipid composition did not significantly affect the threshold concentration. EGFP-maistero-2 labeled cell surface and intracellular organelle Chol with higher sensitivity t ...
cholesterol metabolism; low density lipoprotein cholesterol, etc ; carotenoids; cholesteremic effect; dose response; hepatoma; humans; hypercholesterolemia; nutrition research; protein synthesis; subtilisin; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is an important post-transcriptional regulator of plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Inhibition of PCSK9 has emerged as an attractive strategy in recent years to combat hypercholesterolemia stimulating the search for PCSK9 inhibitors. The carotenoid crocetin exhibits hypocholesterolemic effect. However, it is unknown ...
cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis, etc ; Crabtree effect; cell viability; galactose; gene expression; lipidomics; liver; luciferase; mitochondria; mycotoxicosis; protein synthesis; sphingolipids; toxicity; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Fumonisin B₁ (FB₁) contributes to mycotoxicosis in animals and has been associated with the incidence of some cancers in humans. The effect of FB₁ on lipidomic profiles, sphingolipids and cholesterol levels have been demonstrated in experimental models, however, the events leading to altered cholesterol levels are unclear. This study investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate the effect o ...
Gabriella Iannuzzo; Alessio Buonaiuto; Ilenia Calcaterra; Marco Gentile; Francesco Forte; Maria Tripaldella; Maria D. Di Taranto; Carola Giacobbe; Giuliana Fortunato; Paolo O. Rubba; Matteo N. Dario Di Minno
high density lipoprotein cholesterol; low density lipoprotein cholesterol, etc ; genes; heterozygosity; homozygosity; hypercholesterolemia; low density lipoprotein receptors; metabolism; nutrition; subtilisin; therapeutics; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disease that leads to cardiovascular (CV) disease. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors (PCSK9-I) demonstrated efficacy in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction and in prevention of CV events. The aim of our study is to evaluate the relationship between LDL receptor (LDLR) mutations and response to PCSK ...
cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis, etc ; absorption; carboxylic ester hydrolases; catabolism; dietary fat; enterocytes; enzyme activity; fatty acids; homeostasis; liver; secretion; small intestine; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Enterocytes of the small intestine (SI) play an important role in maintaining systemic lipid levels by regulating dietary lipid absorption and postprandial lipoprotein secretion. An excessive amount of dietary-derived triglycerides (TGs) taken up by the apical side of enterocytes or basolaterally internalized lipoprotein remnants can be transiently stored in cytosolic lipid droplets (cLDs). As mic ...
high density lipoprotein cholesterol; low density lipoprotein cholesterol, etc ; drug therapy; meta-analysis; monitoring; mortality; risk assessment; standard deviation; systematic review; Show all 9 Subjects
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... No consensus has yet been reached on the associations of lipid variability (LV) with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and all-cause mortality. We aimed to quantify the associations of different types and metrics of LV with CVDs and all-cause mortality. PubMed, Medline, and Embase databases were searched for eligible cohort studies published until 14 December 2021. Lipids included total cholesterol ( ...